NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 
has carried one back in thought to the wild heathery moors " 
or sylvan lanes of the Mother Country. 
“JT think upon the heathery hills 
I ae hae Jo’ed sae dearly ; 
I think upon the wimpling burn 
That wandered by sae clearly.” 
But sylvan wooded lanes and heathery moorlands are 
not features of our Canadian scenery, and if we would find 
the Harebell we must look for it on the dry gravelly banks 
of lakes and rivers, or on rocky islets, for these are its 
haunts in Canada. 
Although in color and shape of the blossom the Canadian 
flower resembles the British one, and is considered by 
botanists to be the same species, it is less fragile, the flower 
stems being stouter and the footstalk or pedicel stiffer 
and less pendulous; the root-leaves, which are not very 
conspicuous during its flowering season, are round heart- 
shaped. Those of the flower-stem are numerous, narrow, 
and pointed. This pretty flower is variable in color and 
foliage. Its general flowering season is July and August. 
The corolla is bell-shaped or campanulate, five-cleft; 
calyx lobes awl-shaped, persistent on the seed vessel; 
stamens five; style one; stigmas two; seed-vessel several 
celled and many seeded; in height the plant varies from a 
few inches to a foot; the number of flowers vary from a few 
to many. 
We have three common species in Canada: the present 
one, Campanula Americana (Lin.), a large, handsome 
species found in Western Canada; and C. aparinoides 
(Pursh), the Rough-stemmed Bellflower, which is found in 
thickets and swamps. The latter is of a climbing or rather 
clinging habit, the weak slender stem, many-branched, 
laying hold of the grasses and low shrubs that surround 
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