1G6 FAMTTiTAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AiND GARDEN. 



Harebell. 



quite at home on rocky preci- 

 pices, and it would take more 

 than a cyclone to disturb the 

 sure footing of either. I 

 have seen a little plant, eight 

 inches high, bend its wirj^ 

 stem prone beneath the blast, 

 and yet the half dozen flower 

 bells it held were not broken 

 off nor injured. Those of us 

 whose gardens have been vis- 

 ited by the sudden gale which 

 will sometimes precede a 

 thunderstorm know what sad 

 havoc it works among flow- 

 ers which have every appear- 

 ance of strength. But it is 

 the stout oak which falls with 

 a crash in a high wind which 

 only bends the supple reed. 

 The harebell was built to 

 stand the mountain storm. 

 The flower has a beautiful 

 purple color, scarcely ap- 

 proaching blue ; this color is 

 so charmingly graduated 

 within the bell that in its 



