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and for this reason it will be necessary to have a weather boarding at hand 

 in case of heavy showers. For wintering the plants a dry cold pit, where 

 they can be fully exposed at all favorable times, and kept close to the glass 

 at others, is the best situation, but care must be taken that the pit is at all 

 times thoroughly dry, or the plants will be better in the greenhouse. Give 

 them sufficient water to keep them from flagging, and cover them securely 

 in case of frost. If these directions are properly attended to, the result 

 will be plants with from ten to twenty or more trusses of flowers upon each, 

 which will well repay the cultivator fOr his trouble, and be a gorgeous sight 

 in the greenhouse or open air from July until September. No attempt 

 must, however, be made to force the plants, or the result will be a few 

 flowers at the expense of compact plants. ( Gard. Chronicle, 1845, p. 

 149.) 



Campanula Pyramidalis . — Twenty years ago it would hardly have been 

 expected that the Horticultural Society would have produced such a revolu- 

 tion in the culture of plants under glass in this country ; but by their lib- 

 eral offer of medals, enterprise and emulation have been excited, industry 

 and skill have been rewarded, employers and employed have enjoyed a mu- 

 tual satisfaction, and the public, by their splendid exhibitions, have been 

 gratified. But while our tender exotics have been improved, some of our. 

 hardy and ornamental plants have been neglected. I allude more particu- 

 larly to Campanula pyramidalis; this plant, when properly treated, will 

 produce a flowering stem from 8 to 16 feet in height, regularly branching 

 from the bottom upwards, and forming a pyramid, which, when the blos- 

 soms are expanded, is of singular beauty, and when placed in the lobby or 

 entrance hall, will continue so for a long period. To have good plants fit 

 for pot-culture, the seed should be sown in March, in pans, and when the 

 plants are of sufficient size, they should be pricked out in rich light soil, 

 where they should remain until they begin to grow in the following spring, 

 when the strongest plants may be selected for potting, as the plants are not 

 intended to flower until they are two years old ; they should at first be put 

 in pots just large enough to prevent the roots from being cramped, and to 

 induce a slow but healthy growth. It must be left entirely to the judg- 

 ment of the grower whether they should receive another shift in the latter 

 end of June or not ; at all events it is not advisable that they should remain 

 through the winter in a pot larger than an 8-inch pot, the chief object being 

 to have well-ripened fibre or vegetable tissue with highly elaborated sap to 

 resist the severity of the winter. The treatment during the winter months 

 is to plunge the pots in sand or ashes in a frame, or any situation where 

 they can be kept dry. 



This species may be easily propagated by division of the roots about the 

 beginning of March. Select some of the strongest, cut them into conve- 

 nient lengths, pot them into 4-inch pots, using a light sandy soil, place them 

 in a frame, where there is a little bottom-heat, and they will soon throw up 

 numerous shoots ; remove them all, except the strongest, and when the 

 plants require it, give them a larger shift ; they will make good flowering 



