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THE FLOWER GARDEN, 



Campanula — Bell-flower, Hare-hell. — The Canterbury 

 Bell, C. Medium, is the Virgin's Violet, or Viola Mariana 

 of the sixteenth century, whence it has been falsely styled 

 the Marine Violet. A large genus, not nice about soil, 

 of easy culture and propagation, and valuable as afford- 

 ing abundance of blue flowers. Perhaps the most re- 

 markable, C. pyramidalis, sends up a flower-stem six 

 feet high or more, covered with blue blossoms from top 

 to bottom ; best grown in pots, during winter at least. 

 Propagate by offsets. The flower-stem may be trained 

 to form arches or garlands, which will produce a long 

 succession of bloom, if well supplied with water. C. ces~ 

 pitosa, a little tufted plant, makes a pretty edging, either 

 in its blue or its white variety. C. muralis, with blue or 

 bluish-white flowers, makes an elegant little rock-plant. 

 C. 3£edium (a biennial), persiccsfolia, grandis, Carpatica, 

 latifolia, and glomerata, are all useful border plants. C. 

 punctata, introduced in 1844 from Siberia, has heart- 

 shaped radical leaves, and large nodding yellowish 

 flowers, spotted inside with brown : multiplied by root- 

 division. C nobilis, from China, has creeping roots, 

 heart-shaped leaves covered with bristles, as are the 

 stems, and very large tubular vinous-red flowers sprinkled 

 with darker spots. Thrives in the open air in fresh 

 hazel loam. 



Campion (Mose) — Agrostemma coronaria. — In its dou- 

 ble variety, a useful border plant which is not particular 

 about its soil and situation. — See Lychnis. 



Calceolaria. — A very elegant and numerous genus, 

 more suited for the greenhouse than the open garden, 

 and composed of species some of which are shrubby and 

 some herbaceous. The former may be used as bedding 

 plants during summer, but none will stand our winters. 

 The shrubby Calceolarias (so called because the shape of 

 the blossoms is something like a shoe) are readily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, and require to be well supplied with 

 water. C. bicolor, white and yellow, is one of the pret- 

 tiest. C. corymbosa has bright yellow flowers. For 

 bedding, it is best to employ only a single species by 



