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plants may eventually be shifted into 5-inch pots and be strong enough to flower freely 

 the following season. Old plants may be divided early in the autumn or soon after 

 flowering. In February and March young tops can be rooted in gentle heat. These 

 may be flowered either singly in 3-inch pots or three to five in each 5-inch pot, topping 

 all young plants once or twice to make them spread. Greenhouse shelves and cool 

 frames will be found to suit them well from the time they are established in small pots. 

 Any with their pots crowded with roots should have weak liquid manure frequently. 

 The white variety is particularly charming for the margins of stages and groups of 

 plants of contrasting colours, and is a favourite for window boxes. 



C. medium calycanthema is a biennial of the easiest possible culture. Sow the seeds 

 thinly in pans or boxes, not later than April, covering lightly with fine soil, and placing 

 either in gentle heat, a close frame, or under a hand-light to germinate. Transfer the 

 seedling when large enough to handle to other pans or boxes of soil ; a cold frame 

 will be suitable for the plants, not shading them after they are recovered from the check 

 given in transplanting. From these pans or boxes the plants may either be planted 

 9 inches apart in rows 12 inches asunder in the open ground, lifting and placing the 

 requisite number in 8-inch or 9 -inch pots in the autumn, or they may be placed 

 first in 4-inch pots and from these be early shifted into others, 7 inches in diameter — 

 a good size for flowering them in. A moderately rich loamy compost and firm potting 

 suit these campanulas, and they ought to be kept constantly moist at the roots. 

 "Winter them in cold frames or pits, affording additional protection in severe weather. 

 When throwing up flowering growths feed the plants liberally, and avoid undue 

 crowding. They can be flowered a second season, but it is best to treat this species 

 as a biennial. 



C. pyramidalis should also be raised from seed or from cuttings of firm growths. 

 In this instance a longer period of preparation of the plants is necessary. They may 

 be raised exactly as advised in the case of C. medium, but in order to have the plants 

 strong enough to produce grand pyramids of flowers a second season's growth is needed. 

 At the same time no class of plants better repay for the labour and time expended on 

 their production. Frame and cool greenhouse treatment should be accorded the plants 

 in their early stages, but strong plants in preparation for flowering succeed in the 

 open air during the summer, provided worms do not enter the pots. 



cantua. — This class of greenhouse shrubs are rarely seen in private gardens now- 

 adays, having shared the fate of so many other old-fashioned plants. C. buxifolia, 



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