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30. Campanula pentagonia, jtore 

 amplijfimOy Thracica. Inft. R. H. 

 F ive-corner'd Bell-flower, with a 

 large Flower. 



The firft Sort is commonly cul- 

 tivated to adorn Chimneys, Halls, 

 & c. in the Summer - feafon ; for 

 which Purpofe there is no Plant 

 more proper, it producing fometimes 

 eight, ten, or twelve Branches, which 

 will grow four or five Feet high, 

 and produce large Quantities of 

 beautiful Flowers, almoft the whole 

 Length of the Stalks, which, if kept 

 from Rain and Sun, will continue 

 in Beauty for a long time ; and if 

 the Branches are regularly fpread 

 flat to Sticks, they make a very 

 fine Appearance. 



This Plant is propagated either 

 by fowing the Seeds in March y in a 

 Bed of light undung'd Soil, or by 

 parting the Roots ; the latter Me- 

 thod, being the moft expeditious, is 

 commonly pradtifed ; for every Dug 

 taken from the Roots in September 

 or March, will grow, if rightly ma- 

 naged : but the Roots which are 

 raifed from Seeds, will make the 

 ftrongeft Bloom ; for which Reafon, 

 you mould every Year fow of the 

 Seeds, to have a Succeliion of thefe 

 Roots, notwithstanding they are 

 commonly three or four Years be- 

 fore they flower ; we mould there- 

 fore tranfplant the young Plants into 

 Nurfery-beds the September after 

 fowing, which Beds mould be made 

 of a light Soil, rather dry than wet : 

 die Diftance they mould be planted 

 at, is fix Inches fquare : and if in 

 hard frofty Weather you cover the 

 Bed with Mats, it will greatly 

 Hrengthen 1 the young Roots : in 

 thefe Beds they may remain until 

 the third Year after fowing ; at 

 U'hich time, if you find the Roots 

 are ftrong, and promife well for 

 itewering, in September you fhould 



take them up, and plant them into- 

 Pots of light Soil ; and if you have 

 the Conveniency of a Glafs-frame 

 to (helter them in Winter from great 

 Rains, and fevere Frofts, they will 

 be vaftly the ftronger for it : for 

 altho' they require frequent Water- 

 ings in Summer-time, yet too much 

 Wet in Winter is apt to rot them ; 

 for their Roots are fucculent and 

 milky ; therefore, if you have no 

 fuch Conveniency, you muft lay the 

 Pots on one fide in very wet Wea- 

 ther, and in a great Froft fet them 

 under a warm Wall, Pale, or Hedge, 

 and cover them with Peas-haulm, 

 CirV. obferving to lay a little old 

 Dung round the Pots, to guard their 

 Roots from the Froft. If this Care 

 be taken, the Flowers will fufficiently 

 recompenfe for the Trouble, in their 

 Numbers and Largenefs. 



The Peach • leav'd Bell - flowers 

 may be raifed from Seeds, in the 

 fame manner ; or be increafed, by 

 parting their Roots in Autumn, which 

 is the moft expeditious Method : 

 thefe are very hardy, and may be 

 planted in open Beds or Borders 

 where they will flower very ftrong, 

 efpecially if their Roots are taken 

 up and parted every other Year; 

 for otherwife the Number of Heads 

 will render their Stems weak, and 

 the Flowers fmall : the double - 

 flowering Sorts are only propagated 

 by parting of their Roots. 



The Canterbury Bells are biennial, 

 feldom lafting longer than the fe- 

 cond Year ; thefe therefore are only 

 raifed by fowing their Seeds, the 

 beft Seaion for which is in the Be- 

 ginning of April, and in June the 

 Plants will be fit to tranfplant; at 

 which time you ihould prepare a Bed 

 or two in a lhady Situation, where 

 you mult "plant them at about fix 

 Inches Diftance every way ; and in 

 September following you may plant 



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