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the eye of the botanist. It is chiefly valuable for its 

 white form, which is much more vigorous than the 

 white harebell proper, and can be divided without 

 fear. There is also a curious and beautiful double 

 variety of C. rotundifolia called C. soldanelloides. 

 This should be grown in some cool part of the rock 

 garden, as it is far less vigorous than C. rotundifolia. 

 Campanula carpatica is a well-known and beautiful 

 plant with large, open, bell-shaped flowers, growing 

 about 9 in. high. There is a white variety, and 

 several other varieties, of which pelviformis is partic- 

 ularly beautiful. C. carpatica is best raised from 

 seed, and the seedlings are apt to vary a good deal 

 in the size of their flowers and also in the depth 

 of their colour. Campanula turbinata is a dwarf 

 variety with flowers very large in proportion to its 

 size, and one of the finest of campanulas for the rock 

 garden. It will not often come true from seed, and 

 therefore should be increased by division in early 

 spring. Campanula mirabilis is a plant from the 

 Caucasus, of which a great deal was made when it 

 first appeared some ten years ago. It is certainly 

 beautiful, being like a very delicate Canterbury- 

 bell, but, as it often takes years before it flowers and 

 appears always to die after flowering, it is not a very 

 valuable garden plant. It can be easily raised from 

 seed, and should be grown in rather poor, stony soil, 

 on the lower slopes of the rock garden. Campanula 

 rhomboidalis is a pretty harebell growing about a 

 foot high and thriving in any border of ordinary soil. 



