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leaflet cuneate lanceolate ; stipules longer than the stalk, lan- 

 ceolate. A variety has white flowers; another with brown 

 and yellow. 



BELLIS. 



Common Daisy. 



Bellis perennis. A well-known perennial, in bloom from 

 March to August ; three inches high. There are several 

 varieties, as the red, white, blush, red-quilled, white-quilled, 

 hen and chicken, &c. 



This beautiful little flower will not stand our winters with- 

 out protection. They are best kept in a frame, where they 

 can be preserved from the extreme cold weather, and exposed 

 to the sun and air. 



Daisies may be propagated abundantly, by dividing the 

 roots ; but these should be planted in shady borders, where 

 they will not be exposed to the too powerful influence of our 

 summer sun, which would absolutely destroy them, if left to its 

 mercy. 



CAMPANULA. 



Bell-Flower. 



This is a large family of plants, mostly handsome, hardy, 

 perennial ; some of them very beautiful, and about all suitable 

 for ornamenting the borders. We have one indigenous species, 

 which is very pretty, and worthy a place in the border ; found 

 abundantly on the banks of Merrimack river, at and above 

 Lowell. It is very much like C. rotundifolia, of England. 

 Having cultivated them side by side, we can see but a shade's 

 difference. Mr. Eaton calls our species also rotundifolia. 

 Each species has nearly round, or heart kidney crenate radical 

 leaves, from which the specific name is given, and linear entire 

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