BLADDER CAMPION. 



Silene wflata. Nat. Ord. 

 Caryophyllacece. 



WO or three of the campions 

 the white lychnis, the ragged 

 robin, and the corn cockle we 

 have already illustrated in our 

 series, and the only two other 

 species that are sufficiently 

 common to call for a place in 

 our pages are the pink campion 

 and the present species. Each 

 year, at the same spot in our 

 garden hedge, a specimen of 

 this graceful and delicate plant 

 springs up for our admiration ; 

 and while the gardener has 

 full liberty in the matter of 

 dandelions, groundsel, and many 

 another wilding that has been 



so unfortunate as to display its attractions where they 

 are unwelcome, our Silene is hedged about by household 

 legislation that protects it from the spoiler. The 

 stems are erect and loosely branching at their base, the 

 few divisions into which they separate all preserving 

 the general upright and slender character of the 

 plant. These stems are ordinarily from one to two feet 



