CALCEOLARIA, SHRUBBY CAMPANULA 225 



CALCEOLARIA RUGOSA 



Shrubby Calceolaria. Half-hardy perennial 



NOTWITHSTANDING the ease with which cuttings of the Shrubby 

 Calceolaria can be carried through a severe w inter, there is a growing 

 disposition to obtain the required number of plants from seed sown 

 in February ; and seedlings have the advantage of great variety of 

 colour. A frame or greenhouse, and the most ordinary treatment, 

 will suffice to insure a large stock of attractive healthy plants for the 

 embellishment of beds and borders. 



CAMPANULA 



Bell Floiver. Annual and perennial ; hardy and half-hardy 



CAMPANULAS vary much in habit, and the quick-growing annual 

 kinds may be disposed of by saying that they only need to be sown 

 on the borders where they are required to flower. But the Canterbury 

 Bell, the Chimney Campanula (C . pyramidalis), and some few others, 

 require more careful cultivation. By sowing early on a gentle heat, 

 and nursing the plants with a little care, most of the biennial and 

 some of the perennial kinds will flower the same season. It must be 

 remembered, however, that hardy plants will not endure much heat, and 

 therefore when the seedlings have made a little progress in comfortable 

 quarters, they must have as much light and air as they can endure 

 without giving them a check, and be planted out early, unless it is 

 intended to flower them in pots, for which the Chimney Campanula 

 is well adapted. A light rich soil and secure drainage are essential 

 at all stages, and they should never suffer for want of water, as this 

 will not only impoverish the growth, but render them a prey to green 

 fly or red spider. To raise a fine stock of the varieties of Canterbury 

 Bell, sow the seed any time from March to July in a frame or border, 

 and get the plants pricked out early to become strong and short, and 

 transplant into rows in August or September to stand the winter, or 

 bed them in a frame. In the ensuing spring transplant with care to 

 flowering positions. 



