CAMPANULA 



(From the Latin campanula, a little bell) 



Campanuldcea 



94. Campanula persicifolia, var. alba 

 English Names: White peach-leaf campanula, White peach bells. 



HORTICULTURAL VARIETY 

 TYPE FROM CENTRAL AND N. EUROPE 



EARLY JUNE TO 

 EARLY JULY 



MANY large white 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 favorite 

 among the Campanulas, 

 very graceful in groups 

 in the herbaceous border, 

 or against shrubbery, and 

 good for cutting. 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 white 

 horticultural varieties of 

 C. persicifolia, a number 

 of which are excellent. 

 Among these are: 



Var. alba grandiflora. 

 Very large white cup- 

 shaped flowers, one of 

 the finest of the Cam- 

 panulas. 



Var. Backhousei, 

 double white camellia- 

 Hke flowers all along the stem, flowers much larger than the type. 



Var. Moerheimi, another fine white double-flowered variety. 



