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CAMPANULA SYLVATICA. 
that title having been previously bestowed on another species by LiniiEeus, he 
afterwards altered it to C. sylmtica. 
Young plants reared from autumn-sown seeds, and kept in an airy and cool I 
part of the greenhouse through the winter, will flower early in spring. On this i 
account, and the conspicuousness which the upright position and fine colour of the i 
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 ear 
considerable period. Seeds ripen in abundance. 
ly, and continues to bloom for a 
