CAMPANULA PU'MILA. 



DWARF BELL-FLOWER. 

 Class. Order. 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYIUA. 



Natural Order. 



CAMPANULACBjE. 



No. 48. 



Campanula, from the Latin; the diminutive of 

 campana, a bell ; a name appropriately bestowed on 

 this genus, from the shape of the flowers. Pumila, 

 also from the Latin, signifying little. 



This very pretty campanula, has been noticed by 

 the greater part of our botanical writers as a variety 

 of Campanula rotundifolia. It is, however, very 

 different in several particulars, and may well claim 

 the distinction of a separate species. 



There are two varieties, the blue and the white ; and 

 where the soil is rich and loose, it is difficult to keep 

 their thread-like roots within proper limits ; which 

 if not attended to may occasion inconvenience by 

 their mingling with other plants. 



During a part of the summer, this plant affords a 

 very attractive border. Its little pendent blue, or 

 more exquisitely delicate white, blossoms, which are 

 yielded in "lovely profusion," form an unbroken 

 line of neatness and simplicity. This effect is best 

 obtained by enclosing the roots between two rows of 

 tiles or slates, placed in the ground edgeways, about 

 two inches apart, with their upper edges even with 

 the surface of the soil. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 345. 



