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should be annually performed in the autumn, otherwise the plants are 
apt to degenerate to single, and the soil should not be too light or rich 
in which they are planted, as in either of these cases they degen- 
erate. In a strong fresh loam their flowers are in the greatest per- 
fection. The broad-leaved sort is also easily propagated by seeds, 
which it furnishes in great plenty. 
In all these different varieties when not sown in the places where 
they are to remain, the plants should be transplanted into such 
situations in the beginning of the autumn, as by that process they 
flower much better. 
The seventh and eighth kinds are increased by seeds which should 
be sown in the spring, on beds of common earth, keeping them clean 
from weeds till the following autumn, when they may be transplanted 
into the borders or other parts. And as the plants in the first of 
these sorts perish or decay the second year, young ones should be 
annually raised. The latter of these kinds are mostly sown in 
patches in the borders or clumps, among other hardy annuals at the 
above period ; but if sown in autumn the plants grow much taller 
and flower much earlier. 
The ninth sort is propagated by planting the offsets from the roots 
in the beginning of the autumn, in beds, or other places, where they 
are to remain. And the tenth species may be increased by planting 
the cuttings of the shoots in pots of light earth and placing them in 
he hot-bed or the stove. 
The eleventh kind is raised from the seed, which should be sown 
in April, in a moist, shady situation, the plants being thinned out to 
five or six inches distance. They are ready for use in the beginning 
of autumn. It requires to be sown annually. 
There are two hundred and twenty-seven species of Campanula, 
and most of which have been cultivated at different periods of time. 
The species and varieties here described, are among those mostly 
sought for ; they are all highly ornamental in the borders and plea- 
sure-grounds, as they continue long in bloom, and the tender kinds 
afford variety in the green-house. 
