44 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



A note on campanulas in general may be useful. The 

 best of them are hardy border flowers, that need no parti- 

 cular care, and thrive well in any ordinary good soil, but 

 cannot endure to be starved or over-much shaded. In 

 planting a border, preference in the first instance should 

 be given to such sorts as C. latifolia, C. trac helium, 

 C. gloinerata, C. nobilis, C. persicifolia. For the rockery, 

 the most important, to begin with, are C. carpathica, C. 

 garganica', C. pumila, and C. rotundifolia. The last-named 

 is the " harebell " of the hedgerow and the roadside and 

 the woodland waste, which we have met with near Hayfield, 

 in Derbyshire, in many shades of blue, white, and pink, 

 but the plants and seeds we saved of the curious varieties 

 lost their distinguishing characters when removed, so that 

 when planted out on raised banks of sandy soil in the 

 garden they all produced blue flowers. 



