CAMPANULA NOB'ILIS. 
NOBLE BELL-FLOWEK. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACE M. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
3 feet. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1844. 
No. 1148. 
Campanula, see No. 936, for derivation. 
This fine species of Campanula was sent home 
from China by the London Horticultural Society's 
collector, Mr. Fortune, who says “there can be no 
doubt that this species will prove as hardy in Eng- 
land as the common Canterbury Bell. It is a great 
favourite with the Chinese in the northern parts 
of the empire. The name it bears is Tye-Chung- 
wha, or purple Bell flower, which coincides rather 
curiously with the ‘Blue Bells of Scotland,' a pretty 
name which we give to another species of this genus. 
It was first found cultivated in the gardens of the 
mandarins, at Chusan and Shanghae, and subse- 
quently in nurseries, where it was grown for sale.” 
“In the garden of the Horticultural Society it is 
found to grow freely in such soils and situations as 
are suitable to the more common species of the 
same family. It is easily multiplied by dividing 
the roots in autumn or winter, when in a dormant 
condition.” 
We are not enabled to state whether this plant 
will bear severe winters, it not having yet been 
exposed to one. 
