THE GENUS CAMPANULA. 



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and appears to do best in rich heavy soils, light soils often seeming to 

 weaken its character. Seed is also produced plentifully in the type. 



TRACHELIUM {urticifolia), the Nettle-leaved Campanula. — 

 Flowers of various colours, the double white being especially pretty and 

 lasting. Height 2^ to three feet. 



Species with a General Height of Two Feet. 



GLOMERATA. — A distinct native species, inhabiting our chalky 

 downs, especially on Box Hill, near Dorking, where the height is scarcely 

 above eight or 10 inches. The bells are arranged in an umbellate cluscer 

 or head, and in a lesser degree in the axils of the leaves on the stem. It 



