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Camellia — continued. 



M\is. Cope,* white, delicately shaded with pink, and striped 

 with rose; Mrs. Dombrain,* shape and suostance excellent, 

 colour beautiful soft pink; Napoi.kdn III., (lowers rose, lieauti- 

 fully veined witli deep rose, and ed^ed with pure white ; Princk 

 Ai.b^;rt, white, beautifully flaked with carmine; PRI^CESs 

 lUcnoccni,* rich velvety carmine; PrincI'^ss Frederick 

 \Vri.i.lAM,* flowers white, tipped with bright carmine ; QUEFIN OF 

 KosEs, flowers delicate rose ; Reink des Beautios,* very delicate 

 clear rose, fine form, extra fine variety; Reine des Fleurs,* 

 finely imbricated, petals of good substance and perfect sjanmetry, 

 colour vermilion-red, flaked occasionally with white ; Rubens, 

 deep rose-white stripes; Saccoiana,* a finely imbricated flower, 

 colour very variable, occxsionally clear rose, at other times spotted 

 with pure white ; Sarah Frost, flowers bright red ; Storyi, 

 outcf petals bright rose, centre ahiin.st wliite ; Targiom, flowers 

 bt-autiiully imbricated, pure white, striind witli cerise ; Teutonia, 

 flowers sumetimes red, at other times \\liite, but occasionally half 

 red and half white ; Thomas Mooke,* flowers 4iin. across, per- 

 fectty round, and well imbricated, petals also round, and well 

 filled up in the centre, colour rich carmine, shaded with crimson ; 

 Tricolor de Mathot, flowers red, marbled with white, semi- 

 ilouble; Tricolor imbricata plena, blush white, flaked with 

 carmine and rose; Valtevareda, colour bright rose, often 

 spotteil with snowy wliite; Wilderii,* soft rose, of excellent 

 form. 



CAMOENSIA (named in honour of Luis Camoens, a 

 celebrated Portuguese poet). Ord. Legnmiitosce. A genua 

 containing- a couple of handsome species. C. maxima is 

 the largest-flowered leguminous plant known. It thrives 

 well in rich loam and leaf mould. Cuttings root in sandy 

 loam, in bottom heat, if placed under a bell glass. It has 

 not yet flowered in this country. The other species has 

 not been introduced. 



C. maxima (greatest).* Jl. cream-colour, yellow, 1ft. long, in short 

 axillary racemes. Angola, 1878. (V. h. S. 25, 36.) 



CASIOMIIiE. See Chamomile. 



CAMFANEA (from cam-pana, a bell ; alluding to the 

 shape of the flowers). Ord. Gesneraceas. Stove herbaceous 

 climbing pereimials, the only one at present introduced 

 being C. grnndiflora. For cultivation, see Gesnera. 



C. g^andiflora (large -flowered).* Jl. in axillary tufts, at ends of 

 long, axillary, and terminal pedimcles ; corolla white, lined and 

 dotted with crimson. June. I. opposite, oval, acuminated, 

 oblique, soft, crenated, stalked. Plant hairy, h. 2ft. Santa ¥(:, 

 1848. (R. H. 1849,241.) 



CAMPAIfUIiA (diminutive of ('(Tm;;ja?ia, abell; in refe- 

 rence to the shape of the flowers). Bell-flower ; Slipperwort. 

 Ord. Campanulacece. A genus of mostly perennial — rarely 

 annual or biennial — herbs. Flowers blue or white, for the 

 most part pedunculate, usually racemose, rarely spicate or 

 glomerate. Radical leaves usually different jn form from 

 the cauline ones, especially in size. All the species of this 

 genus are elegant when in flower (see Fig. 339), and are 

 very largely grown. The dwarf varieties make excellent 

 subjects for pot culture, rockeries, or the fronts of borders. 

 A rather rich sandy loam, with plenty of drainage, suits 

 these plants. The forms of C. pyramidalis may be kept 

 in cold frames during the winter, and firmly repotted in 

 summer, the crown of the plant being kept just a trifle 

 raised above the soil, or they are at times liable to damp 

 off, through the water lodging around the necks. During 

 hot weather, the pots should be plunged in a bed of ashes. 

 Campanulas are easily raised from seeds, which should 

 be sown in spring. 



General Culture, As a rule, few plants are so easily 

 cultivated as these. The strong-growing kinds may be 

 grown with the greatest success in ordinary garden soil, 

 well enriched with manure, while the alpine kinds are 

 easily managed on the rockery. Sow seeds of the annuals 

 in April, and of the biennials in June, in the open, or in a 

 cold frame. The perennials are chiefly propagated by 

 dividing the roots, or by young cuttings, in spring — the 

 latter is by far the best method of propagation with many 

 of the species — or by seeds. Those kinds reqiiiring special 

 treatment are particularised, and those suitable to the 

 rockery are so designated. Perennials, except where other- 

 wise mentioned. 



C. Adami (Adam's), jl. bluish, nearly erect, one on the top of 

 each stem ; corolla fuimel-shaped. July. /. slightly ciliated ; 



CampaniUa —continued. 



radical ones on long petioles, cuneate-spathulate, coarsely toothed 

 at the apex; cauline ones sessile, obovato or linear. k. bin. 

 Caucasus, 1821. Alpine. 



C. AUionil (vMlit'ui's).* Jl. usually blue, rarely white, subnutant, 

 large, solitary. July to September. I., radical ones linear- 

 lanceolate, neaily entire, ciliated; lower ones rosulate, bluntish. 

 Stem rather pilose. Root creeping. A. 3in. to 4in. Piedmontese 

 Alps, Ac, 1820. A little gem, recjuiring a well-drained position, 

 in rich sandy loam, with plenty of grit m it, and an abundance of 

 moisture when growing. Svns. C. alne^tris and C. 7iana. (B. M. 

 6588.) 



C. alpestriS (rocky). A synonym of C. Allionii. 



C. alpina (alpine).* JI. deep blue, few or numerous, scattered in a 

 pyramidal manner ahuig the whole stem. July. I. linear-lanceo- 

 late, repandly-crenate, woolly ; radical ones crowded, narrowed at 

 ttie base. Stem glalirous or woolly. A. Sin. to 9in. Europe, 1779. 

 Rockery. (R M. 957.) 



C. americana (American), jl erect, one to three from the axil of 

 each bract; corollas blue, a little longer than the calycine lobes. 

 July. I., radical ones rosulate, ovate, acute, a little conlate, 

 petiolate, serrated ; cauline ones ovate-lanceolate, ai-uiiiiii;iti.'(l at 

 both ends, serrulated, h. 3ft. to 6ft. North America, 1763. 

 liorders. 



C. barbata (liearded).* Jl, nutant, disposed in a loose, often secund 

 raceme ; pedicels one-flowered, rising from the axils of the superior 

 leaves ; corolla pale blue or wliite (in the variety atha), glabrous 

 outside, but woolly in the mouth. June. I. villous, nearly entire ; 

 radical ones crowded, lanceolate ; cauline ones few, ligulate. 

 k. 6in. to 18in. European Alps, 1752. This is best grown on the 

 rockery. The white variety is very handsome. (B. M. 1258.) 



C. Barrelierii (liarrdier's). A synonym of C. Jrafjllis. 



C. be tonic sefolia (I'.etnny-leaved).* Jl. terminal and axillary, 

 the branchlets usually bearing three ; corollas purplish-blue, with 

 a pale yellow base, tubular. May. I. elliptic-oblong or ovate, 

 acute, crenate-toothed ; radiciil ones shortly petiolate. Stems 

 much branched. Plant pilose, h. lift. Mount Olvmpus in 

 Bithynia, 1820. Borders. (S. F. G. 210.) 



C. bononiensis (Bononian).* Jl. bluish-violet, rather small, 

 numerous, disposed in long racemes. July. I. serrulated, ovate, 

 acuminate, dark green above, pale beneath ; radical ones cordate, 

 petiolate ; upper ones stem-clasping, h. 2ft. to 3ft. Europe, 1773. 

 Borders. There is also a very showy white-flowered variety. 



C. csespitosa (tufted).* _//. drooping, terminal, solitary, and 

 sometimes three to four at the top of each stem ; corollas deep 

 blue or pure white (in the variety «//»«), May to August. L, radical 

 ones crowded, on short petioles, ovate, glandularly toothed, 

 shining. Stems numerous, tufted. Root fibrous, creeping, h. 

 4in. to 6in. Temperate parts of Europe, 1813. Rockery, delight- 

 ing in rich fibrous loam and leaf moidd. 



Fig. 340. Flowering Stkm ok Campanula carpatiiica. 



C. carpatiiica (Tarpathian).* ff. blue, broadly campanulate, dis- 

 posed in looM- I'aiiiilis, mi long iicduurlcs, which are elongated, 

 naked, and tfrniitiiiti'd )'y an i-rrct flower. June to August. 

 L, lower ones t.in long ()etioles, ovate-roundish, cordate, toothed; 

 ■ipper ones on short petioles, ovate, acute. Stems leafy, branched. 



