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CAMPANULA SMITHII. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
CINDER the name which is here adopted, this pretty Bellwort was shown at a 
J 77 meeting of the Floral Committee in July, 1874, and gained a well-merited 
First-class Certificate. Its extremely floriferous character stamps it at 
once as a popular plant of high merit, while the pretty grey-blue colour 
of its flowers and its hardy character mark it as a plant desirable for its distinct¬ 
ness, and one which may be made available for general decorative purposes. The 
plant originated with Mr. William Smith, of Wilmot Road, Leyton, and our figure 
was made from specimens communicated by him. It may be compared to an 
erect-growing Campanula fragilis , and its history may be summed up in the re¬ 
mark that it sprang up accidentally in a frame wherein C. fragilis and C. pumila 
alba had been largely grown for market purposes. It may therefore be fairly 
presumed to be a natural hybrid. 
There can be no question that this Campanula Smithii is a charming novelty 
among dwarf-flowering plants suitable for decorative purposes. It is a perennial, 
requiring probably the protection of a frame, but possibly quite hardy. It has 
small hairy ovate toothed radical leaves, and erect hairy scarcely leafy stems, grow¬ 
ing about 6 in. high, freely branched, and bearing a profusion of semi-erect 
delicately tinted greyish-blue bell-shaped flowers, wdiich are smaller than those of 
the trailing-stemmed C. fragilis , and less tubular than those of C. pumila alba , 
but showing very much of an intermediate character. 
Our figure represents, we believe, the parent plant ; but we learn from Mr. 
Smith that young plants raised from cuttings, and only 3 in. to 4 in. high, pro¬ 
duced flowers at that early age.—-T. Moore. 
FORCING TIIE HAUTBOIS. 
W E seldom miss having a few nice dishes of Hautbois Strawberry; and 
where its rich peculiar flavour is appreciated, they well repay the little 
labour or care necessary, while at all times they make an agreeable 
change. As most people are now getting their stock ready, I put this 
hint forward, as a word in season. 
The best runners are two-year-old ones, potted into 48-sized pots. They do 
not at any time require such rich soil as other sorts; a light sort of chalky soil 
seems to be best suited for them, and they most likely will be found to do quite 
as well the second year if left in the pots, or with a slight shift. They are 
remarkably pretty when in bloom, and the fruit sets without any difficulty. 
They look best when placed on the table in small baskets, with the foot-stalks 
attached, treating them as Wood or Alpine Strawberries. 
There are two sorts generally catalogued, Myatt’s and the Royal , between 
which I see no difference ; the first lot w T e had here came from the late Mr. 
Cutliill, who was fond of trying experiments on this and other varieties. To 
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