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of England, is also very ornamental. C. Trachelium 

 is also good, and indeed nearly all the plants of 

 the family are pretty; but none of them surpass in 

 beauty the common Harebell, which, although it may 

 struggle for existence on poor or exposed pastures, yet, 

 when transferred to a garden, makes a vigorous plant 

 and flowers profusely — a mass of pleasing colour. 



The little Ivy Campanula had better be grown in 

 a pan of peat soil, or in some moist and slightly shaded 

 spot where it may not be overrun by tall plants. 

 Both this plant and the even more 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. 



The Ivy-leaved Cyclamen, or the common Cyclamen 

 (Cyclamen hedersefolium), a native of Southern Europe, 

 but not supposed to be truly British, has been found in 

 several places, apparently wild, and as such is generally 

 included among British plants. Being a beautiful 

 plant, it is worthy of a place. We cannot easily find 

 it wild in England, but it is not difficult to obtain, and 

 a lovely plant it is when seen in flower. A ring of it 

 planted round a small bed of choice shrubs forms 

 a pretty sight, and it may be naturalized, in bare places, 

 in woods and shrubberies. The Water Violet (Hottonia 

 palustris) with its whorls of pale purple flowers is 

 a pretty plant for ponds or ditches. 



I had almost forgotten our native Primroses and 



