Venus's Looking Glass
VENUS'S LOOKING GLASS, a popular garden name for Campanula Speculum (or Specularia Speculum), from the old name for the plant, Speculum Veneris. It is a common cornfield plant in the south of Europe, and is grown in gardens on account of its brilliant purple flowers.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
