Plate 398. 

 CAMPANULA TTJKBIN A T A . 



The eminent firm of Backhouse and Son, of York, have long 

 been distinguished for the zeal and energy with which they 

 have cultivated Alpine plants, and we have very frequently 

 enriched our pages with some of their beautiful introductions, 

 which, although small, are some of them perfect gems in their 

 way; and as in the flowers of the pretty deep blue GenUanella, 



the flowers seem greatlj disproportioned to the dwarf foliage, 



so it is in the lovely Campanula which we now figure. 



" Campanula turUnata" say the Messrs. Backhouse, " is from 



the mountains of Transylvania, and is, perhaps, the most beau- 

 tiful Campanula in cultivation, certainly one of the most beau- 

 tiful ; the flowers are as large as those of Campanula carpatica, 

 but instead of having slender, decumbent, straggling sienis. as 

 in that species, this has short erect stems. heav\ stalks and 

 leaves, and erect flowers of a deep purple. The individual 

 blooms in the plant figured must be nearly two inches across, 

 the whole plant being, in this case, only some three or four 

 inches high.* It thrives well in a common border, where it 

 forms large tufts, the flowers standing four to eight inches 

 high ; but it is, perhaps, most effective in pots, or in the vertical 

 fissures of rockwork, in the full sun. It delights in a rich 

 loam, and is. of course, perfectly hardy, while strong plants ot 

 it remain many weeks in flower during the summer. We are 

 not aware of any one having introduced it before ourselves." 



While crowds of worthless flowers, with high-sounding 

 names, are being constantly brought before the public, only 

 to be afterwards consigned to well-merited oblivion, such lovelj 

 gems as these are surely worthy of cultivation, and the Crystal 

 Palace Companj did well this season in offering prizes for 



