OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 51 



special notice ; they are very desirable flowers, on the score of 

 both quaintness and beauty. I will first notice the kind with 

 two corollas, the inner bell of which will be more than an inch 

 deep, and about the same in diameter. The outer corolla is much 

 shorter, crumpled, rolled back, and somewhat marked with 

 green, as if intermediate in its nature between the larger corolla 

 and the calyx. The whole flower has a droll but pleasing form, 

 and I have heard it not inaptly called " Grandmother's Frilled 

 Cap." The other kind has five or more corollas, which are neatly 

 arranged, each growing less as they approach the centre. In 

 all, the segments are but slightly divided, though neatly formed ; 

 this flower is of the purest white and veiy beautiful, resembling 

 a small double rose. It is one of the best flowers to be found at 

 its season in the borders, and for cutting purposes I know none 

 to surpass it; it is clean and durable. So much are the flowers 

 esteemed, that the plant is often grown in pots for forcing and 

 conservatory decoration, to which treatment it takes kindly. 



In the open all the above varieties grow freely in any kind of 

 garden soil, but if transplanted in the autumn into newly-dug 

 quarters they will in every way prove more satisfactory ; this 

 is not necessary, but if cultivation means anything, it means we 

 should adopt the best-known methods of treatment towards all 

 the plants we grow, and certainly some of the above Bellflowers 

 are deserving of all the care that flowers are worth. 



Flowering period, July to September. 



Campanula Pyramidalis. 



PYRAMIDAL or CHIMNEY CAMPANULA; Nat. Ord. 



CAMPANTJLACE.E. 



THIS herbaceous perennial is a very old flower in this country ; 

 it came from Carniola in the year 1594. It is very hardy, and 

 for several months together it continues to produce its large 

 lively blue flowers, beginning in July and lasting until stopped 

 by frosts. At no time is it in finer form than in September ; 

 at the height of from 5ft. to 7ft. it proves richly effective 

 amongst the blooming hollyhocks, where, as regards colour, it 

 supplies the " missing link " (see Fig. 23). 



The flowers are a light bright blue colour, and lin. to l^in. 

 across. The corolla is bell-shaped, the five divisions being deeply 

 cut, which allows the flower to expand well ; the calyx is neat 

 and smooth, the segments long and awl-shaped ; the flower stalks 

 are short, causing the numerous erect branches to be closely 

 furnished with bloom during favourable weather. The leaves of 

 the root are very large and stalked, of irregular shape, but for 

 the most part broadly oval or lance-shaped. The edges are 

 slightly toothed, having minute glands ; those of the stems are 

 much smaller, sessile, and long egg-shaped ; all the foliage is 



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