NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



has carried one back in thought to the wild heathery moors 

 or sylvan lanes of the Mother Country. 



" I think upon the heathery hills 



I ae hae lo'ed sae dearly ; 

 I think upon the wimpling burn 

 That wandered by sae clearly." 



But sylvan wooded lanes and heathery moorlands are 

 not features of our Canadian scenery, and if we would find 

 the Harebell we must look for it on the dry gravelly banks 

 of lakes and rivers, or on rocky islets, for these are its 

 haunts in Canada. 



Although in color and shape of the blossom the Canadian 

 flower resembles the British one, and is considered by 

 botanists to be the same species, it is less fragile, the flower 

 stems being stouter and the footstalk or pedicel stiffer 

 and less pendulous; the root-leaves, which are not very 

 conspicuous during its flowering season, are round heart- 

 shaped. Those of the flower-stem are numerous, narrow, 

 and pointed. This pretty flower is variable in color and 

 foliage. Its general flowering season is July and August. 



The corolla is bell-shaped or campanulate, five-cleft; 

 calyx lobes awl-shaped, persistent on the seed vessel; 

 stamens five; style one; stigmas two; seed-vessel several 

 celled and many seeded; in height the plant varies from a 

 few inches to a foot; the number of flowers vary from a few 

 to many. 



We have three common species in Canada: the present 

 one, Campanula Americana (Lin.), a large, handsome 

 species found in Western Canada; and C. aparinoides 

 (Pursh), the Rough-stemmed Bellflower, which is found in 

 thickets and swamps. The latter is of a climbing or rather 

 clinging habit, the weak slender stem, many-branched, 

 laying hold of the grasses and low shrubs that surround 



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