a 14 The Wild Garden. 



counties of England is also very ornamental. C. 

 Trachelium is also good, and indeed nearly all the 

 members of the family are of a character superior 

 to that of most of our wild plants ; but none of 

 them surpass in beauty the common Harebell, 

 which, although it may look struggling for exis- 

 tence on comparatively poor or exposed pastures 

 and elevated spots, yet, when transferred to a gar- 

 den, makes a Vigorous plant and flowers profusely 

 — a mass of pleasing colour. It is capital for the 

 border or large rockwork. 



The little Ivy Campanula had better be grown in 

 a pot or peat soil, or in some moist and slightly 

 shaded spot where it may not be overrun by tall 

 plants. If you grow it in a pot, stand that in a saucer 

 of water, and then the tiny Ivy-like shoots will fall 

 down over the edge of the pot, and when dotted over 

 with its pale blue flowers will look very interesting, 

 especially to those acquainted with our native plants. 

 Both thisplant andtheevenmore interesting Linnaea 

 borealis may be grown well on the outside of the 

 window, with a north or shady aspect during the 

 seven warmest months of the year, by planting them 

 in pots of peat earth, and standing these in pans of 

 -water. In winter they would be better placed in a 

 cold frame or pit. To be able to cultivate things 



