ON THE CULTURE OF CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS. 
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ON THE CULTURE OF CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS. 
Sir, —Permit me, through the valuable pages of your Register, to 
lay before your readers a superior method of growing the Campanula 
Pyramidalis. 
About the beginning or middle of May sow the seeds on light soil, 
in a warm situation below a hand-glass, and cover them about one 
quarter of an inch deep. After the plants appear above the soil, they 
should have air, increasing it as the plants get strength—never allowing 
the soil to become dry, which, if it does, the plants will make little 
progress. When they get about one inch high, they should be planted 
into a bed prepared beforehand: the soil of this bed should be thrown 
out to the depth of one foot, and on the bottom lay a few inches thick 
of good rotten dung, filling up with good, light, rich soil. In pricking 
out the plants, care must be taken not to break or damage the roots, 
if possible. When they are planted, about an inch of dung should 
be spread over the surface amongst the plants, to retain moisture. 
An east or west aspect is better than the south or north. If the wea¬ 
ther prove dry, the plants should be regularly supplied with dung 
water. By autumn they will have made great progress, and be strong 
plants. Through winter they should be protected from severe frosts, 
by having a little loose hay or straw laid over them, but not so heavy as 
to break the leaves of the plants. 
In March following the plants should be examined, and if any have 
the appearance of throwing up a flowering stem, the plant should be 
carefully lifted, and the flower-stem cut off, in the same manner as in 
cutting sea-kale, leaving a few buds to each crown. The lifting of the 
plant is to retard its growth ; for, if cut over, and not removed, it would 
quickly shoot forth more flowering stems, to the great hurt of the 
plant. When planted again, they should be placed a little more dis¬ 
tant from one another, and shaded from the sun (if powerful) for a few 
days. If the weather be dry, the plant should get a regular supply of 
dung-water at least three times a week; for it is only by supplying 
them liberally with manure in a liquid state, that we can expect 
much success. The plants by autumn will be very strong, and will 
require a little more care in protecting through winter. After the 
plants have done growing in October, the ground should be covered to 
the depth of three or four inches with old tan, saw-dust, or coal ashes, 
but not so deep as to cover the point of the shoots; and if frost be 
severe, cover as before with hay or straw. 
