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PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. 
expanded ; at which time it was removed to the greenhouse, where it continued 
flowering for several weeks. 
“I may remark, that during the early part of its growth, it showed no disposition 
to branch : but when the leading shoot was picked out, it immediately branched and 
produced flowers. It strikes readily by cuttings in agreeable heat.” 
Platycodon is a genus composed of plants, separated from that of Campanula. 
P. grandiflorum, formerly cultivated in gardens, but since lost to the country, was 
a dwarf, hardy, herbaceous plant, bearing deep blue flowers, similar in their shape to 
those of Campanula persicifolia. 
The present species for the most part has been grown under glass : it consequently 
has not experienced the severity of our winters. The colour of its flowers is not of 
that deep blue, represented by some drawings of the original P. grandiflorum. 
Platycodon is derived from platys, broad, and kodon, a bell ; in reference to the 
shape and breadth of the flowers. 
