
PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. gt 
beauty of a plant of cold, crisp climates, and is said to be iden- 
tical with the bluebell of Scotland. It is a native of North 
America, Europe and Asia, and circles the northern pole. 
With us it prefers to hang from a ledge of rocks over some 
river, where it may breath the cooling vapours of the water. 
TALL WILD BELLFLOWER. (Plate XZ/Z.) 
Campanula Americana. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Bellflower. Light blue. Scentless. Mostly north and west. Sune, July. 
Flowers: borne thickly on a long spike. Calyx: tubular; of five sepals. 
Corolla: almost wheel-shaped ; of five pointed petals. Stamens: five. Pistil: 
one with a long curved style. Zeaves: alternate; lanceolate; finely toothed. 
Stem : three to six feet high; erect. 
Perhaps one of the loveliest of our native plants is the tall 
wild bellflower. There is a vigour attached to its clinging 
beauty that is very attractive. The coloured illustrations will 
bring it clearly to the minds of those to whom it is not already 
familiar. 
COLORADO SHOOTING-STAR. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 
(Plate XLITTL,) 
Dodecatheon Meadia frigidum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Primrose. Lilac,or pink termi- Spicy, like The Rocky mountains. April, May. 
nating in yellow. cinnamon. 
Flowers: two to twenty growing in a terminal umbel, and on pedicels that 
curve within the flower. Calyx: reflected; five-parted. Corolla : of five rather 
linear divisions; strongly reflexed. Stamens : commonly five, the linear anthers 
forming acone. /%st/: one, protruding. Leaves: from the root; obovate to 
lanceolate. Scafe: three to fifteen inches high; erect. 
Those that write concerning the primroses must acknowledge 
that this one is the most pert, the most saucy looking, and the 
most attractive of them all. Its common name of shooting- 
star appears well adapted to it ; and although it is not a widely- 
known plant, it is one that once seen seldom passes out of the 
remembrance. There are several species of Dodecatheon, 
which vary greatly. The one growing in the Central States is 
known as Pride of Ohio. 
