BELLFLOWER FAMILY 



ney Campanula, Campanula pyramidMis, so named because it was 

 formerly grown in pots to adorn the unused fireplaces in summer; 

 Coventry Bells, Campanula trachUium, an exceedingly robust and 

 hardy perennial, which in a plantation is capable of running out 

 the other Campanulas, and so taking possession not only of their 

 places but of their names; and Campanula glom^Ma var. Dahii- 

 rica, whose bell-shaped flowers form a roundish head. 



An allied genus, Adendphora, separated from Campanula by 

 minor characters, has blue, nodding flowers produced freely in 

 midsummer in stiff, slender panicles or racemes. Adenopkera 

 commimis, from western Asia, is perhaps the best of the group. 



HAREBELL. BLUEBELLS OF SCOTLAND 



Campdnula rotundifolia. 



Stem. — Slender and branching, six to twelve inches high. 



Root-leaves. — Orbicular or ovate, cordate, mostly toothed or crenate, 

 long-petioled, early withering. 



Bluebells of Scotland. Campinula 

 rolundifdlia 



Stem-leaves. — Linear or lanceolate, entire, smooth, 

 f/oiwew.— Bright-blue nodding bells. 



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