IRISH GARDENING 



JUNE 



collectinj^ it is to wind its roots round a six-inch 

 pot, filling- up with a \cr\ well-drained compost, 

 i^-etting the y^rowlh to start, and afterwards 

 treating- it the same as in C. abietina. 



Campanula barhata, one of the most beautiful 

 o( the family, should never be collected as 

 plants. The seed should be collected and sou n 

 at home, when it is an easy matter to obtain a 

 good stock. 



C". c;espitosa. with its small gracetul bells, 



method i> to put it into a pan, and as soon as 

 grow th ii.is been assured, to lay a fairly heavv 

 stone o\er the joints oi \hc runneis, when it 

 will root easily. To any one cultivating this 

 plant, the position in which it grows on 

 the I'yrenees shoulil be noted to assure suc- 

 cess. 



Camp.\ni i..\ Species (n.\me inknown). 



yields to a very similar treatment to the previous 

 species, but is rather easier. 



C. alpina and Alpina tomentosa require rather 

 different treatment. C. alpina has a compara- 

 tively smooth leaf, and is generally found on a 

 shady or semi-shady side of the mountain ; 

 while tomentosum, which has numerous little 

 white hairs on the surface of the leaf, is found 

 on the sunny slopes, the theory being that the 

 little hairs protect the fleshy tissues from the 

 direct rays of the sun. Both the species and 

 its variety do not strike well as cuttings, 

 having- a tendency to damp off, so the best 



grown so easily from seed that it is not worthy 

 of note here. 



Campanula linifolia is a plant seldom found in 

 the Pyrenees, and its variety never. The latter 

 takes its name from the noted valley in Switzer- 

 land, the indigenous home of Saxifraga valdensis. 



Campanula pulla occurs very scantily on the 

 Spanish side of Mount Perdu, and even when 

 found presents a poor contrast to its growth in 

 this country. Judging from the formation on 

 which it does grow, it is a g^ranite lover, 

 although it is yielding to limestone treatment 

 with me at Kildare. 



