iiMsii (;aki)i:\i.\( 



fiiiiinonito H U'W : ll\ iiu-mojiIin lliim asplfiii- 

 oiilrs, H. (Irtnissiiin, H. fiilklaiulicuiii. li. IIhIk'I- 

 l»tnin. Tmlrii hynu'iio|ili\ lloidt's. T mi|hiI>ii 

 (most hrtiulsomc). 'rrichoiuanrs rail'tans Ainln-w- 

 sii. T. r. (lilatatuin. T. n-niforin«<, T. s<«tiL:riiim. 



Many sjUM'irs antl varirtii-s of Filmy Krrns arc 

 pn>\vn Imti' in a nuiv'h structun' (without heat) 

 with roiu-n"t«« walls. Small |M»i'ki'ts iiiikIc with 

 pifoe.s of santistoiic, lixfd to the wall, maUt> cx- 

 ci'llrnt plarrs f<»r starting i)it>((«s t)f the crt'cpinu 

 ones, thrsc fVjMJtually i;fttiu;r «»»it on the wall 

 its«'lf. and havinir then a most natural cfTcct. 



I may nu'iition in the same house ^'ootl i>i('ccs 

 of tin- Nrw Zraland Tn-*' Kern. Dicksonia s|H'ci('s, 

 ilo t'(|ually Wfll. the wh»)li> i-c<|uirin«,' little 

 attention, exeept lH»in;j sprayed over with a ho.se 

 oaeh monunir. If rainwater is jinu'urahle, it 

 wotdd U' eiTtainly advisahle to use it in ])refer- 

 eneo. Althou^di some "growers do not afrree with 

 overhead damping'. I have found it to l>e 

 absolutely liarnde.^s to the i)lants when used iti 

 moderation. 



I liave .seen ret;istered in this house live de^^nvcs 

 of frost, and on any snili c|.i\s we withhold 

 thew ater. ^. (J. \V. 



Smaller Campanulas for the 

 Rock Garden. 



I'Ain- HI. 



Hy Mri:i;vY lloiiNiniiooK. 



('.\MP.\MM.\ i.ctra-a is a ran-. (lifflcuK. and soiiio- 

 what dowdy pi int. inakiu); a small tuft of hairy 

 leaves and jirodecing i)ale yellow flowers. It 

 survives in moraine, but seems of biennial ten- 

 denry : it eomes easily from seed. 



C. piilla is another " indispensable." Supposed 

 for ye'irs to be a lime-hater, and catalogued as 

 sueh. it is now rerogni.sed .as a lime-lover. With 

 me it is indifferent to soil and situation, rominfj 

 uj) everywlu-re in sun or shade, and never be- 

 eoming a weed. T'ossibly no other ('am]>anul.' 

 can compare with ('. pulla at its best. Imaf.^ine i 

 <-los<* e.irpet ')f bri dit shiny gr.-en leaves, and then, 

 lat<-r, the whol.- mass ab.solutely covered witli 

 drooping bells of deepest and i>urest puri>le borne 

 just clear of the foliage on thread-like stems. 

 One I'atch. now ovt-r two yards' square, is the 

 annual joy of my garden, and beyond a yearly 

 topdressim; of .sand and leaf-mould it has received 

 no further attention for .several years. ( . jiuUa 

 has a pale form — var. lilacina — which I do not 

 find Very attractive, it has also a very rare white 

 ft>rm. which I have lost. There was also for a 

 short time a partici larly strong and good 

 coloured form known as the " Italian Variety." 

 I got it once frr.m Heath of tlieltenham. and lost 

 it by over-coddling. I lever .see it catalf)gued 

 now, and fear it mu.st have disap]ieared. I have 

 in a former article sung the praises of the true 

 t'. KaiiH-ri. a dwarf creejapg thing bearing 

 enormous upturned V»ells on 3-inch stems. In 

 moraine it is almost sti-ndess. It seems quite 



bartly aed peieunial in .>loiiy soil, .ti d increases 

 . .isily fr im rooted runm-rs, but it rarely «• mmch 

 line from .seed. I( seems as anxious t'l croKK with 

 oilier Campanulas (("arpatica for choice) as Sax. 

 I oii^ifolia is to rross with the other .\i/.oon Saxi- 

 iiiujes. ;md tin- re.sultini; hybritis of which there 

 .ire one or two in commerce are invjiriably nnich 

 taller. (' Itaiiieri is beloved of slugs, and should 

 be ]>rotected from tlieiii uiitil it has made its 

 spring growth. 



('. ]{addeana is now within (he reach of overy- 

 oiie's i)ur.se. and is a very distinct plant ; its 

 bright green heart-shaped leJives push uo freely. 

 ,uid it bears rather tall bunches <if metallic blue 

 llowers. There is a paler form — var. pallida. 

 This ('am)ianul.-i increases fairly rapidly, bi t 1 

 lind it necessary to grow it in very poor .soil, in 

 moraine, or in soil containing some fiiirly big 

 .sl<ines. It does not seen\ to llower freely except 

 when in a '• pot l)ound "' condition and in .s<iil, 

 the best (lowering plants are inv.-iriably those 



up against, a ]>\n slolle or SqUee/.ed in between 



two slabs of s( .IU-. 



('. I'h'imboidalis ';rows in sun or shade, but 

 prefers. I think, a half shady position in s.indy 

 le.if soil. It has wide open luns of v.iryim; shades 

 of b]\ie, on tall leafy stems which, unfortunately, 

 are inclined to " flop "' : the dwarf form— var. 

 nana — is better in this respect, and the white form 

 is Very ]iri'tty. A friend brought back some 

 years ago a very distinct plant of the rhomboi- 

 (lalis class, stronger in every way, with jjalecliina- 

 blue bidls. I labelled it simply " Sp. from 

 Am illi." It has strayed through various friendly 

 liaiids to those of an l^nglish nur.seryman, who 

 1 .see catalogues it as " ('. amalli." 1 must send 

 it to Kew and lind out if it really is a new species. 



Cami)anidas Saxifraga and tridentata are very 

 near to one another, and of (he .same kin as 

 ('. bellidifolia and ('. alpina. They make tufts 



of s] n-.shaiied leaves and bear large jturple 



bells, siuf^ly, on ;> t-<:) (5 inch .stems. They both 

 resent excess of winter moisture, and are 

 es]iecially slug-beloved. 



('. Aiuheri seems to be an extra fine C Saxi- 

 fraga, bearing enormous flowers very early in the 

 spring. I give all of them full sun and very stony 

 soil, and a zinc ring in early spring. C tliyr- 

 soidei is a curi )us plant, which i)eople either like, 

 or dislike, very much. Per.sonally it attracts me 

 with its Knipholia-like ])okers of pale lemon 

 llowers. It is only l)iennial. and shoi Id be urown 

 in groups of four or more jilants against a dark 

 background t • make an elTiMt. "^rhere is a 

 variety wliicli throws up (lowering shoots from 

 the base all aroiiud the nuiin stem, and does not 

 always di<' after (lowering. This I got under the 

 name of var. Carniolica. C. tyrolensis seems near 

 to ('. (c'cspito.sa, l)ut stronger in every way. C. 

 imnctata is a rambling .la|)anese, throwin:> uj> 

 bunches of large leaves, .some (5 inches high, and 

 creamy-white flow^ers curiovsly sp;)tt^'d on the 

 insid" ; it has a scarcer i»ink form. This Cam- 

 panula is said to be a bad ))erennial. but I have 

 found it as indistructalile :'s C. collina when 

 planted in ordinary .soil in .semi-.shade. It likes 

 to get into the roots of deciduous shrubs, such as 

 dwarf Almonds J>nd Azaleas. In fact I have one 

 plint which refuses to lea\e the roots of 

 Amygdalus nanus, although I have lifted the 

 latter several times and removed, as I imagined, 

 every atom of the Cainiianula. It is a very 

 disliTict jdant. and curioush little kn)W^n. C 



