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NAT. ORDER. — CAMPANULACE^. 
shrubby ornamental plant, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
flowers here in August. 
Campanula Eapuncukis. Esculent Rampion. In this species 
the whole plant is full of a milky juice ; the root is biennial, spin- 
dle-shaped, sometimes branching ; the stem upright, angular, two 
feet high, hairy towards the base, and smooth above ; branches 
alternate, short, upright ; the leaves towards the base of stem hairy 
above on both sides, blunt ; the upper ones smooth, and becoming 
gradually more pointed, obscurely notched ; teeth glandular, whitish, 
not projecting beyond the edge of the leaf ; there is an awl-shaped 
bracte at the base of each peduncle ; the segments of the calyx are 
awl-shaped or setaceous, twice as long as the germ, with a small 
tooth on each side of the base; the corolla bluish purple, sometimes 
very pale purple or whitish ; each segment marked with three lines ; 
the nectary fringed. It grows wild in all parts of France, and 
flowers in June, July, and August. The fleshy roots are eatable, 
and are much cultivated in France as sallads. 
Propagation and Culture. The plants in this extensive genus 
are mostly hardy, and increased with very little difficulty. The six 
first sorts and their varieties, are all capable of being raised by 
dividing the roots in the autumn or early in the following spring, 
and planting them out on the beds' borders, or other parts where 
they are to remain. The former is, however, the better season for 
the purpose, as the roots become better established before they begin 
to shoot up into stem. They thrive in almost any soil or situation. 
As the plants of the steeple-bell-flower, trained for halls and chim- 
neys are seldom proper for the purpose the following season after 
being planted out, a supply of young plants should be annually 
raised. And though this is mostly done by offsets, as being the 
quickest mode, the plants raised from the seeds are always stronger; 
the stalks rise higher, and produce a greater number of flowers, 
especially where good seeds can be procured. 
In the fifth sort especially with varieties, the parting of their roots 
