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beauty of a plant of cold, crisp climates, and is said to be iden- 

 tical with the bluebell of Scotland. It is a native of North 

 America, Europe and Asia, and circles the northern pole. 

 With us it prefers to hang from a ledge of rocks over som^ 

 river, where it may breath the cooling vapours of the water. 



TALL WILD BELLFLOWEJR. {Plate XZ/I.) 



Campanula A?nerlcana, 



FAMILY QOLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Belljlower. Light blue, Sce/ftless. Mostly north and luest. June, July. 



Flcnuers : borne thickly in a long spike. Calyx: tubular; of five sepals. 

 Corolla: almost wheel-shaped; of five pointed petals. Stamens : five. Pistil : 

 one with a long curved style. Leaves: alternate ; lanceolate ; finely toothed. 

 JStem : three to six feet high ; erect. 



Perhaps one of the loveliest of our native plants is the tall 

 wild bellflower. There is a vigour attached to its clinging 

 beauty that is very attractive. The coloured illustrations will 

 bring it clearly to the ininds of those to whom it is not already 

 familiar, 



COLORADO SHOOTING-STAR. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 



{Plate XLIII) 

 Dodecatheoii MeMia frtgidum, 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE ^ TIME OF BLOOM 



Primrose, Lilac, or. pink tertm- Spicy, like 'The Rocky mountains, A/>ril^ May. 

 nating in yellow. cinnamon. 



Flowers : two to twenty growing in a terminal umbel, and on pedicels that 

 curve within the flower. Calyx : reflected; five-parted. Corolla : of five rather 

 linear divisions ; strongly reflexed. Stamens : commonly five, the linear anthers 

 forming a cone. Pistil: one, protruding. Leaves: from the root; obovate to 

 lanceolate. Scape : three to fifteen inches high ; erect. 



Those that write concerning the primroses must acknowledge 

 that this one is the most pert, the most saucy looking, and the 

 most attractive of them all. Its common name of shooting- 

 star appears well adapted to it ; and although it is not a widely- 

 known plant, it is one that once seen seldom passes out of the 

 remembrance. There are several species of Dodecatheon, 

 which vary greatly. The one growing in the Central States is 

 known as Pride of Ohio, 



