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variety, and Miranda is a choice and distinct novelty 

 with white blooms. Any soil suits it ; it is excellent for 

 rockwork crevices, for planting on the flat, in a wall, 

 or in the moraine. Increased by seeds or division. 



C. Raddeana (Radde's Harebell). An easy rockery 

 plant, about nine inches high, with pretty leaves and 

 fragile stems, bearing violet-purple blooms. Easy in 

 crevices or flat places, as well as in the moraine. Increased 

 by seeds or division. 



C. rotundifolia (Common Harebell). Everybody knows 

 this wild plant and would probably scarcely include it 

 among their rock-garden flowers, but some of its varieties 

 are worthy of consideration. There are white and also 

 pale blue forms, and the double one is a favourite with 

 some. Alaskana, a big, twelve-inch-high plant, bearing 

 a profusion of blue flowers, is very handsome. Increased 

 by seeds or division. 



C. Scheuchzeri (Scheuchzer's Harebell). Another 

 of the numerous Harebells, a good form with deep blue 

 flowers, easy to grow, and requiring no special attention. 

 Increased by seeds or division. 



C. Stansfieldi (Stansfield's Bellflower). This fine kind 

 forms a dwarf carpet of leaves, and bears unusually large, 

 blue, somewhat drooping flowers. It needs no special 

 care. It can be grown in rock crevices, on the level in 

 loam, leaf-soil, and sand, or in the moraine. Increased 

 by division. It is of garden origin. 



C. Tommasiniana (Tommasini's Bellflower). A beauti- 

 ful Italian rock plant with little narrow, blue flowers 



