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CAMPANULA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CAMPANULA . 



C. CENISIA (Mont Cenis Hairbell). A 

 high alpine plant growing among Saxifraga 

 biflora on the sides of glaciers, making 

 little show above ground but vigorous 

 below, and compact rosettes of light green 

 leaves, with blue flowers. It should have 

 a sandy or gritty and moist soil on the 

 rock garden among the smallest plants. 

 Division. 



C. FRAGILIS (Brittle Hairbell). The 

 young branches are coated with soft down ; 

 the flowering branches prostrate, 12 or 

 15 inches long ; the flowers i inch or more 

 in diameter, delicate blue. A variety C. 

 hirsuta is covered with stiff down, and 

 looks almost woolly. Division, cuttings, 

 and seeds. 



C. GARGANICA (Gargano Hairbell). A 

 compact plant of prostrate habit, the 

 starry erect flowers in branching racemes, 

 pale blue, shading off to white towards 

 the centre in summer, thriving in a rock 

 garden or a border. There is a white 

 variety. C. H. Paine, a soft violet blue 

 with white centre, is the best of all. Divi- 

 sion or by cuttings taken in early spring. 



Campanula carpatica. 



C. GLOMERATA (Clustered Bellflower). 

 A handsome plant about 2 feet high, the 

 stems terminated by dense clusters of 

 pretty intense purple flowers. The variety 

 Dahurica.; with deep purple heads of 

 flowers, is of exceptional merit. 



C. HENDERSONI. Good hybrid for 

 August and later. This forms a mound 

 15 inches high and through, flowering 

 abundantly when established. Prefers a 

 cool, rather heavy loam. 



C. ISOPHYLLA (Ligurian Hairbell). A 

 very pretty Italian species ; the leaves 

 are round or heart-shaped, the flowers a 

 pale but very bright blue, and with whitish 

 centre. A charming ornament for the 

 rock garden, in sunny positions in well- 

 drained, rather dry fissures, in sandy loam. 



The variety alba is a beautiful form with 

 white flowers. Both are good in chinks of 

 rock or rock walls, but rarely endure the 

 winter if planted on level ground. Seed 

 and cuttings. 



C. MACRANTHA. The stems of this 

 handsome plant rise to a height of 5 feet, 

 terminated by clusters of large deep blue 

 flowers almost as large as Canterbury 

 Bells, but less contracted at the mouth 

 of the tube. It is a free vigorous perennial, 

 best fitted for naturalisation in woody 

 places. Its variety C. I. macrantha is 

 more stately, with huge violet-purple 

 bells. C. Van Houttei is regarded by 

 some as a variety of the above, though the 

 evidences of hybrid origin are not wanting. 

 It is of elegant and graceful habit, grow- 

 ing 3 feet high, and producing glossy pale 

 purple bells 3 inches long in abundance. 

 A first-rate border plant of easy cultiva- 

 tion. June, July. Division. 



C. MACROSTYLA (Candelabra Bellflower). 

 A singular plant, having large flowers, 

 with blue netted veins on a white ground, 

 which gets purple at the edges, and with 

 a huge stigma. It is wholly distinct from 

 any of the Campanulas in our gardens, 

 and well deserves culture. It is readily 

 recognised by its candelabra habit of 

 growth, and is a fine annual of easy 

 culture. Asia Minor. 



C. MEDIUM (Canterbury Bell). A 

 familiar old plant having many varie- 

 ties of various colours, bearing single 

 flowers, doubles, in which two, three, and 

 even four bells seem to be compressed 

 into the outer one ; and duplex flowers, 

 in which one bell grows in the other, the 

 two combined resembling a cup standing 

 in a saucer. There are many colours, 

 such as white, lavender, mauve, several 

 shades of purple, pink, rose, salmon, and 

 blue. The habit of the plants as a rule is 

 compact when in bloom, ranging from 18 

 to 24 inches in height, and forming perfect 

 pyramids of flowers. 



March or April is the best time to sow 

 seed in a warm spot in the open ground, 

 but it is much safer to sow some also in 

 shallow pans or boxes placed in a frame 

 or on a shelf in the greenhouse. When the 

 seedlings are large enough to handle, prick 

 them out into some shady spot, and keep 

 them watered until well rooted. From 

 that time they may be safely left to take 

 care of themselves until September, when 

 they should be transplanted into their 

 permanent places in the flower borders, 

 where they will get well established before 

 the winter and develop blooming crowns 

 for the next year. 



C. PERSICIFOLIA (Peach-leaved Bell- 

 flower). A beautiful kind, with cup- 

 shaped flowers 2 inches across, in July 

 and August. Besides the double blue and 

 white forms, there is an interesting variety 

 named coronata, in which the corolla is 

 doubled. There are many varieties single 



