. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CAMPANULA Hort. Plants sold under this name are likely to be C. glom- erata, var. speciosa.—O. Erinus, Linn. Annual : plant hispid : height 3-9 in.: Ivs. small, glossy, H"'^ in. broad, cordate, deeply cut, the po
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. CAMPANULA Hort. Plants sold under this name are likely to be C. glom- erata, var. speciosa.—O. Erinus, Linn. Annual : plant hispid : height 3-9 in.: Ivs. small, glossy, H"'^ in. broad, cordate, deeply cut, the pointed lobes conspicuous : tls. sessile, pale blue with a light center, tubular (or star-shaped?), i^in. broad, with acute narrow lobes ; style long, conspicuous, colored like co- rolla : racemes long, semi-prostrate, 10-20-fid. Mediterranean. Rare short-lived rock plant. Also for edgings and pots.—C grandifldra, grandillorus.—C Lamdrck-ii, D. Dietr.^Adenophora Lamarckii.—C nitida, plani- Qor&.—O. plaiiifldra,ljsiva. (C. nitida, Ait.), trlabrous: height 3-9 in.: stem simple: Ivs. sessile, leathery, shining: root-lvs. crowded in a dense rosette, ovate or obovate-obtuse, crenulate, Ij^in. long ; stem Ivs. linear-lanceolate, acute, nearly entire : fls. blue or white, with double varieties, in spicate racemes ; calyx lobes ovate, acute, broad, erect, a third shorter than the broadly bell-shaped or saucer-shaped corolla. Not American, though commonly so stated. Habitat unknown. III. 33: 283. Rock plant, for sunny position. — C. specidsa, Pourr., is a rare species. Most of the plants passing under this name are likely to be C. glomerata. 2649 is C. glomerata, var. spe- ciosa.—0. Speculum, Speculum.—C wr(^ci- fblia. This name is now abandoned. Plants are likely to be C. Trachelium.—0. Van Hoitttei, Carr. Height 2 ft.: root-lvs. long-petioled, roundish cordate, more or less lobed ; stem-lvs. sessile, oval-lanceola
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