RAMPION 
Rampion {Campanula rapunculus) is a biennial plant, a 
native of Britain. It is not largely used. The roots, 
which are fleshy and white, are used in a boiled state 
and in salads ; the 
leaves also are used 
in winter salads. The 
plant prefers a light 
soil, ample moisture, 
and a shady situation, 
and in dry, thin, poor 
soils the plants have 
a tendency to run to 
seed, so that it is well 
to give good culture 
and not sow too early 
for winter supplies. 
May is quite early 
enough, indeed I have 
got excellent roots 
from July sowings. 
The plants should be 
sown in drills 12 inches 
apart, and the seed- 
lings thinned to half 
that distance or even less ; and owing to the 
seeds being very small, many growers sow broad- 
cast, and thin the plants to 3 or 4 inches apart, 
merely raking the seeds in when sown, and making 
the surface quite level. Why I advise drills for 
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