POETRY OF FLOWERS. 55 
CANTERBURY BELL. 
Campanula, medium . . . Class 5 ; Order 1, 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.-GRATITUDE. 
Ah, must I tell thee ? Well, I fear 
The die is surely cast 
That I am thine, and only thine, 
Beloved, to the last. 
I could not see thee, hear thy voice, 
Or look upon thy brow, 
Nor fail to love thee tenderly— 
My heart must break or bow. 
Although the genus of Campanulacece, or 
bell-flowers, is deemed emblematic of constancy , 
each of the well-known members of the grace¬ 
ful family has its own particular meaning. 
The Canterbury Bell, so styled because of its 
profusion in the neighborhood of that city, is 
one of the most known of the race. Flori- 
graphists have variously considered it as the 
symbol of both gratitude and constancy. Its 
deep purple bells are generally very large ; but 
there is a kind bearing bells of lesser size, and 
colored blue, purple or white. What a slight 
stretch of fancy is needed to imagine that these 
tiny trembling bells oft ring their mad merry 
