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CAMPANULA continued. 



C. me'dium al'bum. White single form. There is 

 also a double one. 



C. me'dium purpu'rea is the single purple form. 

 There is a double form too. 



C. me'dium ro'sea is the pale pink form. A 

 beautiful flower. 



C. me'dium calyca'nthema. This is the Cup and 

 Saucer variety, the largest and most handsome 

 annual variety. The enlarged calyx is coloured 

 like the corolla, the latter placed on the former 

 as on a saucer, giving the appearance of a 

 double inflorescence, about 3 ins. across. 

 Either violet, white, or rose. 



C. pentago'nia. See SPECULARIA pentagonia. 



C. pyr'amida'lis, Steeple or Chimney Bellflower. A 

 grand hardy plant, perennial by nature, but 

 treated in this country as a biennial, as it 

 usually dies down after flowering. Some- 

 times it does not flower till the third season 

 after sowing. About May it commences to 

 throw up a tall spike, very often three or four 

 or even more, till July, having attained 4 or 5 

 ft. of growth (the author had one that was 9 

 ft.) ; it produces all round the stems quantities 

 of violet bell flowers about 1 in. long. Half a 

 dozen plants or so grouped together make a 

 fine display. Although not adverse to full 

 sunshine, it appears to make stronger plants 

 when placed in semi-shade and becomes less 



