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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



ailudmg to ffie delicacy and hair-like character of There are a large numher of Campanulas, and 



the stalk on T^hich it is so lightly pendulous, we will they are divided into three sections — annuals, bieo- 



CaMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA FLOREPLKNO. 



not attempt to decide. The common Blue-hell, or nlals, and perennials ; while there are a few green- 

 Wild Hyacinth {Seilla nutans), is regarded hy some house ■varieties. It is only necessary to devote a 

 as the Hare-beU. Some writers hold that Campanula few lines to the annual forms ; the best are C. attica, 

 rotundifoUa is the Blue-bell of Scotland, on whose C. Loreyi, and C. pmtagonia ; these are all dwarf- 

 high lauds and heaths it is « common ornament. growing varieties, and seed can be sown in the open 



