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GRATITUDE. 
CAMPANULA, OR PYRAMIDAL BELL-FLOWER, 


Tus was a very fashionable plant some thirty 
years ago, and is still cultivated. It is used 
in Holland as an ornament to halls and stair- 
cases, and for placing before fire-places in the 
summer. For this purpose it is planted in 
large pots, andis 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 pyramidal shape, not unlike 
that of the towering pagoda. It may be trained 
to almost any shape, and we presume that on 
this account it has been made the emblem of 
gratitude. 








