chimney campanula

English

Noun

chimney campanula (plural chimney campanulas)

1. The chimney bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 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, page 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, page 225:

     But the Canterbury Bell, the Chimney Campanula (C . pyramidalis), and some few others, require more careful cultivation.