RAMPION 



RAMPION (Campanula rapunculus) is a biennial plant, a 

 native of Britain. It is not largely used. The roots, 

 which are fleshy and white, are used in a boiled state 

 and in salads ; the 

 leaves also are used 

 in winter salads. The 

 plant prefers a light 

 soil, ample moisture, 

 and a shady situation, 

 and in dry, thin, poor 

 soils the plants have 

 a tendency to run to 

 seed, so that it is well 

 to give good culture 

 and not sow too early 

 for winter supplies. 

 May is quite early 

 enough, indeed I have 

 got excellent roots 

 from July sowings. 

 The plants should be 

 sown in drills 12 inches 

 apart, and the seed- 

 lings thinned to half 

 that distance or even less ; and owing to the 

 seeds being very small, many growers sow broad- 

 cast, and thin the plants to 3 or 4 inches apart, 

 merely raking the seeds in when sown, and making 

 the surface quite level. Why I advise drills for 



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