86 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



July and August. This species may be increased in the 

 same manner as the Peach-leaved, but prefers a loamy soil : 

 they are both very hardy. The name of Throat wort was 

 given to these plants from a notion that they would cure 

 inflammation and swelling of the throat. 



The lesser Canterbury Bells have purple, brilliant blue, 

 or white flowers, which continue from June to September. 

 This prefers a dry chalky soil : in a rich soil the flowers are 

 apt to lose their colour. This is the Calathian Violet ; also 

 called Autumn Bell-flower, Autumn Violet, and Harvest 

 Bells. 



The Medium, or Coventry Bells, in French, Mariettes, 

 and in Italian, Viola Mariana [Mary's Violet] to which 

 Gerarde gives the name of Mercury's Violets, have large 

 and handsome flowers, blowing in June : their colours, 

 blue, purple, white, or striped. 



The Campanulas here enumerated, and such others as 

 are not natives of the Cape, are sufficiently hardy to endure 

 the open air in the winter, although some of them are 

 sheltered while seedlings. Most of them may be increased 

 by cuttings or seeds. Those raised from cuttings flower 

 more quickly; those from seeds are considered as the 

 strongest. They should be sparingly watered. 



There is a species of Campanula which is trained to 

 conceal fire-places in the summer, and has a very pretty 

 effect when so used. It is the Pyramidal Campanula ; la 

 Pyramidale des Jardms of the French. The roots send out 

 three or four strong upright stalks, which grow nearly 

 four feet high, and are garnished with smooth oblong 

 leaves and an abundance of large blue flowers. These 

 upright stalks send out short side-branches, which are also 

 adorned with flowers; so that, by spreading the upright 

 stalks to a flat frame composed of slender laths, the whole 

 plant is formed into the shape of a fan, and will perfectly 



