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ornamental objects. The C. Persicifolia and its six varieties, dif¬ 
fering in form and colour of the flowers, are in every garden. 
The C. pyramidalis is an universal favourite, and, when properly 
managed, becomes a magnificent object of beauty. The culture 
is rather tedious, but the result is highly satisfactory. Seeds are 
sown, about the beginning of May, on light soil, in a warm situa¬ 
tion and under a handglass. As the seedlings rise, they must be 
allowed air, increasing it gradually, and must not be allowed to 
get dry. When about one inch high, they are transplanted into 
a bed prepared for them by taking out one foot in depth of the 
natural soil, and filling it with four inches of good rotten dung in 
the bottom, and making up with good light soil. Transplant, 
without damaging the roots, at six inches apart, and cover the 
surface with an inch of rotten dung, to keep the roots moist. 
Besides this, the plants must be supplied with manured water 
occasionally. By autumn they will be strong. During winter 
they must be protected from hard frost by having dry fern or loose 
straw thrown over, but not so as to break the leaves. In March 
following examine the plants, and if any present a flower stem, the 
plant should be carefully taken up : have the stem cut off, leaving 
only a few buds to the crown, and replanted. During summer 
the plants must be liberally supplied with dung-water, and the 
consequence will be very strong plants in the autumn. When 
done growing in October, the ground among the plants should be 
covered with old bark saw-dust or coal-ashes, but not so as to 
cover the points of the shoots ; and in severe frosts cover as before. 
In the third year, before they start into growth, they should 
be taken up with good balls, and either placed in large pots or 
planted in the flower-garden, enriching each station with good 
dung, where they will be most ornamental. Here the plants will 
form a pyramid nine feet high, and covered with flowers from top 
to bottom. Sometimes this campanula is trained upon a light 
frame of wood (they all require props) by cottagers, and really 
looks very beautiful, and even fit to embellish the finest drawings 
room. The little bell-flower (C. rotundifoliaJ, so often seen on 
dry heaths and commons, is also made a cottage-window ornament 
by keeping it in pots with the white flowering variety, either 
intermixed or separate. Among a good many others which are 
natives of Britain, one has been introduced into the kitchen 
garden as a culinary vegetable, namely, the Rampion (C. rapun - 
