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and double, white and blue or purple 

 among them, and worth a place Daisy 

 Hill mcerheimi, Alba grandiflora maxima, 

 Pallida grandiflora, and Felham Beauty, 

 a handsome single blue, are the best. All 

 the varieties of this group revel in a cool 

 soil, shade, or moisture. 



C. PORTENSCHLAGIANA (Wall Hairbell) . 

 A dense tufted evergreen kind, with 

 small bright green leaves, so dense as to 

 obscure the foot-stalks, i inch or more in 

 length, by which they are supported. The 

 flowers, pale blue, appear in masses in 

 June, and continue with some freedom for 

 weeks. It spreads slowly by underground 

 stems, and succeeds in crevices of the rock 

 garden or border. Dalmatia. 



C. PROFUSION. A charming late flower- 

 ing sort of hybrid origin raised by Mr E. H. 

 Jenkins. Two varieties are in cultivation 

 under this name, both of the same parent- 

 age, one having self-blue flowers ; the 

 other a lovely plant, sky-blue and mauve 

 .shaded. They flower in August and Sep- 

 tember. Though of easy cultivation, but 

 having isophylla blood in them, they are 

 seen to the best advantage when draping 

 rock gullies in positions where the roots 

 can penetrate into cool soil behind. Divi- 

 sion and cuttings to any extent. 



C. PULLA (Austrian Hairbell). One of 

 ! the most beautiful of the Alpine Hairbells, 

 j a native of the Austrian Alps, on high 

 ; mountain pastures ; in the rock garden it 

 i should have a shelf of soil in which peat 

 and sand have been mixed. Division. 



C. PULLOIDES. Perhaps the finest of 

 I the dwarf Campanulas, and a plant of 

 I unsurpassed beauty. Habit, close and 

 \ tufted ; 6 inches high ; affording in June 

 ' and July a wealth of glowing purple, pen- 

 dent, bell-shaped flowers that impel 

 ; admiration. A gem for the rock garden. 

 : Quite happy in cool loam and leaf mould. 

 Division in spring. 



C. PUSILLA. Smaller than C. ccespitosa, 

 rarely exceeding 4 inches in height, the 

 shining green leaves heart-shaped and 

 toothed, the flowers pale blue, in racemes, 

 in June and July. Very gritty moist loam 

 in the rock garden is best for it. The 

 silvery blue, Miss Willmott, is the best 

 form. Switzerland. 



C. PYRAMIDALIS (Steeple Bellflower). A 

 vigorous plant, with thick and fleshy 

 flower-stems, rising to a height of 4 to 

 6 feet ; the flowers, close to the stem, 

 giving the inflorescence a steeple-kke form. 

 The flowers are blue or white, coming in 

 succession over a considerable time in 

 i July, August, and September. Though 

 not quite a biennial, it is better in general 

 cultivation to treat it as such, as from 

 seedling plants, well grown on during the 

 first year, the finest stems arise. A border 

 flower of the highest merit in favourable 

 soils ; occasional batches of seed should 

 be sown to keep up a supply. It is often 

 grown in pots for the house both in Eng- 

 land and France. 



C. RADDEANA. A species of distinction 

 and merit from the Caucasus of the easiest 

 cultivation. Height, 9 inches to 12 inches, 

 the lax branching stems bearing a rich 



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profusion of large pendent bells of the 

 deepest purple. An acquisition. Quite 

 happy in chalky loams. Division. 



C. RAINERI (Rainer's Hairbell). A 

 dwarf, sturdy plant, 3 to 6 inches high, 

 each shoot bearing a large dark blue 

 flower. It thrives best in sunny positions 

 in loam freely intermingled with pieces of 

 stone, and well watered in dry weather, 

 and is a gem for the rock garden. Alps 

 of N. Italy. 



C. ROTUNDIFOLIA (English Hairbell). 

 Of this pretty wild plant we have a white 

 variety, generally dwarfer, and there are 

 several forms all beautiful, and of easy 

 culture in any soil. These are all excellent 

 border flowers, and also for the rock 

 garden. C. R. Hostii, and its white form, 

 are also good, and flower in July. 



C. STANSFIELDI. A hybrid of unre- 

 corded parentage, and one of the most 

 charming of rock garden plants. Greyish 

 ovate, acutely pointed leaves, and horizon- 

 tally disposed bells of violet-purple colour 

 on wiry stems, 6 inches high, mark it 

 well. A good grower of easy cultivation, 

 flowering in July, it is readily increased by 

 division. Succeeds best perhaps in chalky 



