86 Remarks ii^un the Campanula, or Bell- Flower. 



The following species are suitable for rock work or for the front of 

 borders : — 



Campanula hederacea (Ivy-leaved Bell-flower). A very neat and 

 dwarf flowering campanula, growing about three inches high, and 

 forming a green tuft on the surface of the soil. The flowers are of a 

 bright-blue color, and bloom in June and July. The plant makes a 

 neat edging for bed or border, and did it continue in bloom much 

 longer than it does, it would be a most desirable plant for every flower 

 garden. It is a hardy perennial. Not common in this country. 



Campaitula fragilis var. hirsuta (Hairy-leaved Brittle Bell-flower). 

 This very pretty perennial dwarf campanula is a native of the moun- 

 tains of Italy, where the bright-blue patches of its lovely flowei's are 

 quite enchanting. The plant grows about six inches high ; the flowers 

 are about one inch in diameter, produced in profusion, of a fine blue 

 color, with a whitish centre. In bloom from May to September. Al- 

 pine plants, of which this is one, require protection in winter ; in their 

 native habitat they receive a thick covering of snow, which is the best 

 protection that can be given them or other plants. 



Campanula gai'ganica (St. Angelo Ilare-bcll). A very handsome, 

 flowering, hardy, perennial plant, blooming profusely. A most suitable 

 plant for a rockery, and producing numerous racemes of blossoms. The 

 flowers are of a pale blue inside, and of a pale rose outside. 



Campanula carpatica (Carpathian Bell-flower). A handsome, har- 

 dy, perennial bell-flower ; an Alpine plant of considerable beauty ; one 

 variety with rich blue, and another with pure white, flowers ; about six 

 inches high ; flowering most of the season. It has stood the winter 

 with me very well. Raised from seed or divisions of the root. 



Several of the species which were formerly included in this genus 

 have, for some good reason no doubt, been removed by botanists into 

 other genera. Thus, C. speculum^ wliich has been described, should 

 come under the head of the genus Specular ia ; and C. grand/ flora, 

 which has been called Wa/ilcjtbcrgla, now comes under the head of 



Platycodon (Large Bell-flower). (From the Greek, meaning a large 

 bell.) 



P. grandijlorum. Separated from the campanulas on account of the 

 manner in which the pod opens. This is a magnificent hardy peren- 



