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CAMPANULA SYLVATICA. 
that title having been previously bestowed on another species by Linnaeus, he 
afterwards altered it to C. sylvatica. 
Young plants reared from autumn-sown seeds, and kept in an airy and cool 
part of the greenhouse through the winter, will flower early in spring. On this 
account, and the conspicuousness which the upright position and fine colour of the 
blossoms impart, together with their copious numbers, it constitutes an acceptable 
subject. When put in pots, however, two or three plants should always be 
grown together in each, using a loamy soil, with a little peat. It is also essential 
during the progress of the plants to keep them near the glass, and to avoid a high 
temperature, particularly at night ; otherwise they are apt to grow loose and 
untidy, and to send out weak and lengthened flower-stalks. 
It is an excellent little plant for the parterre, and this qualification perhaps 
forms its best recommendation. It flowers early, and continues to bloom for a 
considerable period. Seeds ripen in abundance. 
