Ibarebell. 
Thou shalt not lack 
The flower that’s like thy face, pale Primrose, nor 
The azured Harebell, like thy veins. 
Cymbeline , iv. 2, 220. {See Eglantine.) 
HE Harebell of Shakespeare is undoubtedly 
the Wild Hyacinth (Scilla nutans ), the “san¬ 
guine flower inscribed with woe ” of Milton’s 
“ Lycidas,” though we must bear in mind that 
the name is applied differently in various parts 
of the island; “ thus the Harebell of Scotch 
writers is the Campanula, and the Bluebell, so celebrated in 
Scottish song, is the Wild Hyacinth or Scilla; while in England 
the same names are used con¬ 
versely, the Campanula being the 
Bluebell and the Wild Hyacinth 
the Harebell ” (“ Poets’ Plea- 
saunce ”)—but this will only 
apply in poetry: in ordinary 
language, at least in the South of 
England, the Wild Hyacinth is 
the Bluebell, and is the plant 
referred to by Shakespeare as the 
Harebell. 
It is one of the chief orna¬ 
ments of our woods, growing in 
profusion wherever it establishes 
itself, and being found of various 
colours—pink, white, and blue. 
As a garden flower it may well be introduced into shrubberies, 
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