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GRATITUDE. 
CAMPANULA, OR PYRAMIDAL BELL-FLOWER. 
This was a very fashionable plant some 
thirty years ago, and is still cultivated. It 
is used in Holland as an ornament to halls 
and staircases, aud for placing before fire 
places in the summer. For this purpose it 
is planted in large pots, and is trained in 
such a manner as to cover a large surface, 
and continues to flower for two or three 
months in shady places. When in full flower 
it is a very magnificent plant, rising in a py¬ 
ramidal shape, not unlike that of the tower- 
ing pagoda. It may be trained to almost 
any shape, and we presume that on this ac¬ 
count it has been made the emblem of gra¬ 
titude. 
