CAMPANULA 



(From the Latin campanula, a little bell) 

 Campanulacea 



93. Campanula persicifolia 

 English Names: Peach-leaf campanula, Peach bells. 



CENTRAL AND N. EUROPE EARLY JUNE TO EARLY JULY 



MANY large purplish-blue cup-shaped flowers, often an inch and a 

 half long and two inches broad, ranging along erect stems two to 

 three feet high, and borne above a tuft of pretty, narrow-toothed leaves 

 resembling those of the 

 peach in form and size. 

 Probably the greatest 

 fovorite among the Cam- 

 panulas, very graceful in 

 groups in the herbaceous 

 border, or against shrub- 

 bery, and good for cut- 

 ting. If cut back it will 

 blossom a second time. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture 

 in rich soil in sun. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



There are many horti- 

 cultural varieties of C. 

 persicifolia, a number of 

 which are excellent. 

 Among these are: 



Var. grandifiora, with 

 larger flowers than the 

 type. 



Var. fnacrchitha, a 

 large-flowered form with 

 flowers all along the stem. 



