THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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Chimney Campanula., C. pyramidalis. —A remarka¬ 
bly noble plant, attaining the height of nearly three 
feet. Flowers blue or white. The white variety is 
equally as stately and ornamental as the blue. Excel¬ 
lent for pot culture, and best grown from seed as. a 
biennial. 
Canterbury Bells, C. medium. —These are every¬ 
body’s flowers. Some fine double varieties have been 
introduced within the past few years, and we have sin¬ 
gle and double of several colors, the pale pink being ex¬ 
quisitely beautiful. They look remarkably well on bor¬ 
ders, or as pot plants. Grow from seed as biennials. 
Turban Campanula, C. turbinatcC. —A dwarf-grow¬ 
ing kind, about nine inches in height. Flowers deep 
purple. Plant in good rich loam, either on the 
rockery or border. This is a very showy species. 
The Turfted Harebell, C. ccespitosa, is the same as 
C. pumila. 
Scheuchzer’s Harebell, C. Scheuchzeri .—This is a 
charming rock plant; flowers of a lovely violet-blue 
color of the most delicate kind. Plant it on the rock¬ 
ery in a light rich soil, and choose a well-drained spot. 
Noble Bell-Flower, C. nobilis. —This is worthy of 
special notice because of its color, which is rosy or 
maroon-shaded purple. Propagate by the under¬ 
ground stems, and make as many plants as possible, as 
it is a good subject for exchanging, very few amateurs 
possessing it. 
A New Begonia. 
BEGONIA SCEPTRUM. 
Among the new plants of recent introduction we 
notice the Begonia Sceptrum, a very handsome and 
distinct species, a native of Brazil. Its leaves are 
obliquely ovate in outline, deeply lobed on one side, the 
lobes oblong obtuse, the veins sunk, and the raised 
spaces between marked with large silvery blotches, and 
numerous smaller dots of silvery gray. The leaf stalks 
are red, this color passing up the ribs of the under 
surface. 
This species is a desirable addition to our list of orna¬ 
mental plants for the conservatory. The popularity the 
tuberous-rooted species has justly attained, has had a 
tendency to detract from the ornamental-leaved sorts, 
although they occupy entirely different grounds. We 
are quite apt to neglect the old in our chase for the new; 
this has been particularly so in regard to the Begonia. 
We now rarely see a good collection of the old Rex 
section, notwithstanding'the plant possesses far more of 
interest than many of those now extensively cultivated 
for the sake of their flowers. There is, or at least 
should be, room for all, and we trust the one which we 
illustrate in this number will have a tendency to en¬ 
courage the more general cultivation of all the species 
of this truly beautiful class of plants. 
