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Dr. Lorey, who discovered it on Mount Baldo in the Veronese. It has since been found in several different parts 
of Italy, and was introduced in England about 1824. In the nurseries and seed-shops, it is generally called the 
new Venus’s Looking Glass. It is quite hardy, and of the easiest culture; the seeds only requiring to be 
scattered on the border, and very slightly covered, to come up abundantly. The plants in dry weather require 
to be frequently noticed, as the roots are very slender, and are apt to wither up if not supplied with sufficient 
moisture. This species may be grown either singly in masses, or as an edging plant; for which last purpose it 
is very suitable, as nearly all the seeds will vegetate. 
2 .— CAMPANULA DIVERGENS, Willd. THE SPREADING BELL-FLOWER. 
Synonymes.—C. spatulata, Waldst et Kit. ; C. nutans, Vahl; 
C. cemua, Ball. ; C. pulcherrima, Hort. 
Engravings. —Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard., 2nd Ser., t. 256 ; and our 
fig. 3, in Plate 30. 
Specific Character. —Plant pilose. Stem panicled ; radical 
leaves subspatulate, crenulated, narrowed at the base. Cauline 
leaves sessile, lanceolate, acuminated. Peduncles many-flowered, 
diverging. Lobes of calyx bristly, long-acuminated, four times shorter 
than the corolla ; appendages of the siuuses ovate, obtuse, one half 
shorter than the lobes.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —The flowers of this very handsome species are erect in the bud, but drooping in their 
expanded state. Many are quite smooth, and of a beautifully clear bright purple. The general appearance of 
the plant greatly resembles that of the common biennial species, Campanula media , usually called the Canterbury 
Bell. C. divergens is a native of Hungary and Transylvania, and it has been also found in Siberia. It was 
introduced in 1814; but it is not common in the seed-shops and nurseries. It is frequently considered a 
biennial, but if the seeds are sown very early in the season, say in February or March, in a light gravelly or 
chalky soil, or brought forward in a hotbed and planted out in April or May, the plants will flower early in 
June. Even if sown in the open border in April or May, they will generally flower the following August or 
September. The plants while growing should be well supplied with water; and if this be attended to, and the 
soil be such as to allow the free passage of the slender fibrous roots, the plants will grow with great luxuriance ; 
and instances have been known of as many as fifty flowers having been produced from a single root. 
3.—CAMPANULA SPECULUM, Lin. VENUS’S LOOKING-GLASS. 
Synonymes _Specularia Speculum, Alph. Dec. ; Prismatocarpus 
speculum, L'Herit. ; Campanula pulchella, Salisb. ; C. cordata, 
Visioni. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 102; and our fig. 4, in Plate 30. 
Variety. —C. s. 2, alba. Flowers white. 
Specific Character. — Stem branched. Branches 3-flowered. 
Calyx glabrous or downy, with a prismatic tube, which is narrow at 
the apex, and linear-lanceolate spreading lobes, which are at length 
reflexed. Corolla length of the lobes of the calyx.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —No description appears necessary of this well-known flower, which has been grown 
iu our gardens since the time of Gerard, 1596. It is a native of the south of Europe, and is of the easiest 
culture. If allowed to sow itself, it will flower nearly all the year without trouble; or it may be sown with the 
other annuals in spring. 
4— CAMPANULA PENTAGONIA, Lin. THE LARGE-FLOWERED VENUS’S LOOKING-GLASS, OR 
FIVE-ANGLED BELL-FLOWER. 
Synonymes. —Prismatocarpus pentagonius, L'Herit. ; Specularia 
pentagonia, Alph. Dec. 
Engravings_ Bot. Reg. t. 56 ; and our fig. 1, in Plate 30. 
Specific Character.— Stem branched, large. Flowers terminal, 
solitary'. Calyx beset with a few stiff hairs, having a long prismatic 
tube, and long, linear-lanceolate, spreading lobes. Corolla the length 
of the calycine lobes.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— This species is frequently called, in the nurseries and seed-shops, the large flowered Venus's 
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