April 10, 1909 



H O R T I C U LT U K E 



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Campanula Glomerata 



Campanula glomerata dahurica 



The clustered bellflower, Campanula glomerata, is a 

 hardy perennial meriting general attention both by the 

 landscape gardeners and garden owners. Plants pro- 

 duce large, dense clusters of funnel-shaped blossoms in 

 great profusion. The prettiest and for that reason best 

 known variety tliereof is Campanula glomerata dahurica. 

 This bellilower blooms from June to August, being at its 

 best on Mount Desert Island in Maine by the middle or 

 latter part of June, single stalks reaching a height of 

 about 18 inches. Their terminal, bright violet blue 



flowers have proven to be a very de- 

 sirable material for filling vases. As 

 a garden plant our campanula gives 

 a most effective border in front of 

 taller herbaceous plantations, and 

 has also been used to good advan- 

 tage in rock gardens. It sui-vives 

 tlie winters of the northern states 

 well under cover of leaves while 

 >^(iuth of New York it may require 

 little or no special protection. The 

 1 lustered bellflowers prefer an open 

 liosition, thriving best in well ma- 

 nured and cultivated garden soil. 

 Under favoraljle conditions plants 

 -pread out very rapidly and in the 

 ' Miirse of a few years form a perfect 

 iiiuss of roots, plants and subse- 

 iiently flowering stalks. 

 Similar in its habit is Campanula 

 glomerata alba, a pure white form 

 possessing the same free-flowering 

 qualities as the former, while the 

 new Campanula glomerata acaulis 

 bears its bright blue, densely-set 

 clusters on short stalks. The vivid 

 green of the leaves of this novelty adds considerably 

 to the beauty of its general appearance. I believe that 

 Campanula glomerata acaulis has a just claim for liberal 

 space in American rock gardens. 



urtesy Ml. Dlsert Nur 



SoeAyOAxi-^iMyC/ 



Northeast Harbor, Me. 



European Horticulture 



THE ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY 



We may at length rejoice in the fact of winter having 

 left these islands and that all the seasonable operations 

 in gardens, orchards and fields can proceed without 

 hindrance from the elements. As was noted, the Vin- 

 cent Square Hall forced plants are even now the main 

 stay of the horticulturist, but plants of the open air 

 will soon be making their appearance. On Tuesday, 

 March 23, the hall was filled to overflowing with choice 

 things of the garden. The more striking of these was 

 Messrs. Sutton & Son's grand display of cactus-flowered 

 cineraria; such a lot of plants of this dwarf floriferous 

 strain has never been seen before in this country. They 

 are a great improvement on the leggy, straggling stellata 

 strain, and are a long way ahead of them as decorative 

 plants for the greenhouse, cool conservatory, jardiniere, 

 etc. Among other specialties, a fine lot of rhododen- 

 drons. Ascot Brilliant, Pink Pearl and Mirabile, carry- 

 ing grand trusses and big, beautiful blooms came from 

 Messrs. J. Veiteh & Sons. Messrs. Heath and Sons 

 showed a comprehensive collection of the once greatly 

 admired, fragrant-leaved Cape Geraniums, which fash- 

 ion banished for fifty or more years. Now we are get- 

 ting them back again, with some additional varieties, 

 thanks to the efforts in hybridizing of the late Dr. E. 

 Bonavia. Messrs. W. Bull & Son seem to be waking up 



after playing a Eip Van Winkle part for several years. 

 This firm once famed for the introduction of new or- 

 chids and other species of plants, showed some fine hip- 

 peastrums. 



Carnations were greatly in evidence, and Messrs. W. 

 Cutbush & Son had a new variety in Lady Millar — a 

 cross between Enchantress and the creamy pink Souvenir 

 de la Malmaison. It takes after the latter in build and 

 color, and is a full flower. Lady Nora Brassy is an- 

 other novelty of the Bobert Craig strain, in color royal 

 purple. A singular looking Begonia Saturne, having 

 flowers of a lurid pink tint mounted on very tall stems 

 was an exhibit from Messrs. Cannell. H. B. May who 

 is far-famed for his fern culture showed a beautiful 

 selection of species and varieties, the osmundas being 

 varied and highly ornamental. We observed cristata 

 undulata and purpurascens. 



Orchids were fairly abundant. Messrs. Sander & 

 Sons showed Cypripedium Curtisii Sander's variety; 

 Phaius hybridus, a cross between P. grandifolius and P. 

 Wallichi ; the flower has brown sepals and petals and is 

 of a crimson color in the throat. Messrs. Charlesworth 

 & Co. showed a new Phaius F. W. Wigan, a brilliant col- 

 ored variety having a rich rosy crimson lip and throat. 



