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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



S. Cook Stove Drier. Through the 

 kindness of this firm we present our 

 readers with the accompanying il- 

 lustration, which may be interest- 

 ing to many Canadian readers. The 

 weight is only about twenty-five J 

 pounds, so that it may be easily 

 handled by the servant or mistress. 

 The trays are of galvanised wire 

 cloth, and therefore will not rust or 

 discolor the fruit. The price is $7. 



J[lotD£r0. 



THE BELL FLOWERS. 



" With drooping bells of purest blue, 

 Thou didst attract my childish view." 



There are only three species of 

 the Campanula family common in 

 our Canadian woods, viz., the Hare- 

 bell, or Blue Bell of Scotland (C. rotundifolia), 

 found on rocky, shaded banks; the Tall Bellflower 

 (C. Americana), the stem of which grows from 

 three to six feet high, with blue flowers also ; and 

 the Marsh or Rough-Leaved Bellflower (C. apa- 

 rinoides , with lavender flowers, which is of a 

 climbing habit. 



But there are besides these, in various parts of 

 the world, nearly 300 known species. Many of 

 these are cultivated in flower gardens, and may 

 be seen described in the catalogues of our leading 

 florists and nurserymen. Some are annuals, some 

 are perennials, like the Harebell above men- 

 tioned, and some are biennials and die after the 

 second year, as the Canterbury Bell (C. Media) 

 and the Peach-Leaved Harebell (C. persicifolia). 



To this last class belongs also the Climbing 

 Bellflower (C rapunculoides), which is so well 

 shown by the cut kindly loaned us by the Popular 

 Gardening Co. 



The name Campanula is a diminutive of the Ita- 

 lian campana, a bell, from the shape of its corolla. 



CLIMBING BELL-FLOWER. 



