chimney campanula
English
Noun
chimney campanula (plural chimney campanulas)
- The chimney bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 256:
- One brought him a tall and extended chimney campanula; and, to make it look taller, had it placed upon a table within a foot of his nose, so that he was obloged to throw his head back to survey it […] .
- 1876, Samuel Wood, A Plain Guide to Good Gardening, p. 138:
- The Chimney Campanula, as it used to be called by my old gardeneress,—and a very appropriate name it is indeed for it,—is indicative of its character.
- 1892, The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots, p. 225:
- But the Canterbury Bell, the Chimney Campanula (C . pyramidalis), and some few others, require more careful cultivation.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 256: