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summer and will be stronger plants, and flower finer 
than those of the first summer. An amateur wishing 
to produce a good show plant could not exhibit one of 
more striking appearance than a Campanula, which 
when treated as above will often grow five or six feet 
in height if well managed. When the climate is mild 
enough for them to live through winter, the}' need not 
be taken up in fall, but in spring if wanted to flower in 
pots, or they may be transplanted into the flower bor¬ 
ders. A bed of Campanulas and Lobelia cardinalis 
makes a fine show together when in flower, by the 
contrast of their colors. 
CARNATION. 
Almost all the varieties of this genus, are in high 
estimation, for the peculiar beauty of their flowers, 
and for their delightful fragrance. On account of the 
variation of these flowers, they are divided by florists 
into the following classes. 
1st. Bizarres , (from the French, signifying irrreg- 
ular or odd,) which consist of those flowers which 
are striped with irregular spots or stripes, having two 
colors, on a white ground. 
2nd. Flakes — such as have only one color, on a 
ground, being in large stripes, going quite through the 
petals. 
