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turned a leaf in any frost or storm. 

 The soil is rather poor, and the position 

 slightly shaded under trees. They 

 were never mulched or attended to, 

 and are rather close-set. The only 

 nourishment they have is the fall of 

 their leaves ! One should keep to the 

 single forms red, rose, or white, as 

 may be preferred. Camellias have 

 been very much neglected in the past, 

 the trade seeking double forms, which 

 are not nearly as good for the open air. 



C. RETICULATA. This is hardy, but 

 rarely flowers satisfactorily in the open, 

 except in the south-west, where it is grown 

 both against walls and as a bush plant. 

 It is by far the finest of the Camellias, 

 bearing lovely pink semi-double flowers 

 6 inches in diameter, with bright yellow 

 spreading stamens. 



At Scorrier House, Tremough, and 

 Pengreep, among the varieties that 

 do best are Mathotiana, the largest, 

 anemone flora, very profuse flowering ; 

 Countess of Orkney, Donkelaari, which 

 comes very early ; and the old japon- 

 ica. C. Reticulata is the handsomest 

 of the Camellias, but needs a warm 

 and sheltered place. 



CAMPANULA ( Hairbell} . The 

 alpine kinds are charming for rock 

 gardens, and not as a rule difficult to 

 cultivate. A group of kinds somewhat 

 larger than the high alpines adorn 

 rocks and old walls on the mountains, 

 and may be used for these in our gar- 

 dens. Some are pretty window plants. 

 Numbers are good border and edging 

 plants of easy culture ; the tall and 

 straggling kinds admirable for the 

 wild garden, or rough woody places 

 or hedgerows, but these tall species 

 must not be used much in the flower 

 garden or mixed borders, as their time 

 of bloom is short. Some of the annual 

 kinds, if well grown, are showy. The 

 Canterbury Bell is one of the finest of 

 biennials, the tall chimney Campanula 

 a very handsome and precious plant 

 for garden or greenhouse. 



C. ABIETINA. Forms close mats of 

 leaves 2 inches high, and gives a delightful 

 lot of open starry reddish-purple flowers 

 in May, on wiry stems 9 inches high. A 

 rock garden gem. 



C. ALLIONI. An alpine kind forming a 

 network of succulent roots, with stemless 

 rosettes of leaves an inch long, from which 

 arise stalkless erect flowers. It thrives in 

 exposed positions in the rock garden in a 

 moist, free, and sandy loam ; dislikes 

 limestone. Division. Alps. 



C. ALPINA (Alpine Hairbell). Covered 

 with stiff down, giving it a slightly grey 



appearance, 5 to 10 inches high ; flowers 

 of dark fine blue, scattered along the 

 stems, margins of mixed border, and the 

 rock garden. Division or seeds. Carpa- 

 thians. 



C. ARVATICA (Acutangula). A pretty 

 Spanish kind affording a profusion of 

 starry deep violet flowers in July and 

 August. A good moraine plant 4 inches 

 high. 



C. C^ESPITOSA (Tufted Hairbell). A 

 charming little plant, its roots ramble very 

 much, and it soon forms large patches in 

 any garden soil. Excellent for edgings 

 and rocks, the angles of steps in rock gar- 

 dens, and where flagstones are used to 

 form paths it is one of the plants that run 

 about among the stones with pretty effect. 

 The white kind is as free and useful as the 

 purple one. 



Alpine Hairbell in rock garden. 



C. CARPATICA (Carpathian Hairbell). A 

 dwarf plant of free-flowering habit, the 

 light-blue flowers large and cup-shaped, 

 borne on footstalks 12 to 15 inches high 

 in July and August in succession. There 

 are pale and white forms of this plant and 

 the hybrid forms, none "of them better 

 than the wild plant. Isabel, pelirformis, 

 Riverslea, and White Star are some of the 

 best oi these. 



