CAMPANULA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CAMPANULA. 



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A handsome plant about 2 ft. high, the 

 stems terminated by dense clusters of pretty 

 intense purple flowers. The pure-white 

 form is somewhat rare, and there are 



Campanula carpatica. 



various forms and allies. Some of the taller 

 herbaceous kinds are rampant growers, 

 and flower too short a time to be worth a 

 place in a select flower-garden. 



C. grandiflora. See PLATYCODON. 



C. isophylla (Ligurian HairbeH}.k 

 very pretty Italian species ; the leaves are 

 round or heart-shaped, the flowers a 

 pale but very bright blue, and with whitish 

 centre. A charming ornament for the 

 rock-garden, in sunny positions m well- 

 drained, rather dry fissures, in sandy 

 loam. The variety alba is a beautiful 

 form with white flowers. Seed and 

 cuttings. 



C. macrantha. The stems of this 

 handsome plant rise to a height of 5 ft., 

 terminated by clusters of large deep-blue 

 flowers almost as large as Canterbury 

 Bells, but less contracted at the mouth 

 of the tube. It is a free vigorous perennial, 

 best fitted for naturalisation in woody 

 places. 



C. macrostyla (Candelabra Bellflower}. 

 A singular plant, having large flowers, 

 with blue netted veins on a white ground 

 which gets purple at the edges, and with 

 a huge stigma. It is wholly distinct from 

 any of the Campanulas in our gardens, 

 and well deserves culture. It is readily 

 recognised by its candelabra habit of 

 growth, and is a fine annual of easy cul- 

 ture. Asia Minor. 



C. Medium (Canterbury Bell}. A 

 familiar old plant having many varieties 

 of various colours bearing single flowers, 

 doubles, in which two, three, and even four 



bells seem to be compressed into the outer 

 one ; and duplex flowers, in which one 

 bell grows in the other, the two com- 

 bined resembling a cup standing in a 

 saucer. There are many colours, such as 

 white, lavender, mauve, several shades of 

 purple, pink, rose, salmon, and blue. The 

 habit of the plants as a rule is compact, 

 when in' bloom, ranging from 18 to 

 24 in. in height, and forming perfect 

 pyramids of flowers. The Calycanthema 

 section usually exhibits a taller and a 

 looser growth, and should be planted in 

 borders behind the double and single 

 kinds. 



March or April is the best time to sow 

 seed in a warm spot in the open ground, 

 but it is much safer to sow some also 

 in shallow pans or boxes placed in a frame 

 or on a shelf in the greenhouse. When 

 the seedlings are large enough to handle, 

 prick them out into some shady spot, 

 and keep them watered until well 

 rooted. From that time they may be 

 safely left to take care of themselves until 

 September, when they should be trans- 

 planted into their permanent places in 

 the flower borders, where they will get 

 well established before the winter and 

 develop blooming crowns for the next year. 



C. persicifolia (Peach - leaved Bell- 

 flower}. A beautiful kind, with cup- 

 shaped flowers 2 in. across, in July and 

 August. Besides the double blue and 

 white forms there is an interesting variety 

 named coronata, in which the corolla is 

 doubled. Other varieties are worth a 



Campanula hirsuta. 



place among perennials. Plants occasion- 

 ally divided and grown in rich soil give 

 fine crops of flowers. There are many 

 varieties single and double white and 



