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NATURAL HISTORY. 
BLUE BELL. 
T he blue bell plant flioots forth ftalkj 
two feet and a half high, which are hairy, 
and furniflied with leaves: thefe are oblong, 
broad, and pointed at the end, notched at 
the edges, and downy; along thefe fl;alks,and 
at the Items of the leaves, the flowers grow, 
in form of bells : thefe bloflbms are blue, 
notched at the brims, and divided into four 
parts ; each is fupported by a calyx, or little 
cup, divided likewife into five parts. This 
flower delights much in the foil of a 
kitchen garden. It is multiplied by fowing 
the feed, as thinly as polTible, on the end of 
a plot well dug, and fmoothed on the fur- 
face. The time of fowing is September and 
Oflober, and that of flowering is July. 
SUNFLOWER. 
T his plant is called turn-fol by the Itali-* 
ans, which turning towards the fun ; it is 
therefore called turnfol by feveral of our 
botanifts. The caufe of its turning towards 
the fun, is from the flow'er being heavy, and 
confequently inclining the ftem to that pofiti- 
on it is liable to, from being warped by the 
rays of this luminary. 
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