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high. Flowers, in spring, continuing 

 until early summer; bright golden- 

 yellow, large ; peduncles furrowed. 

 Leaves, roundish, kidney - shaped, 

 roundly crenate, on long stalks. There 

 is a double variety and a smaller- 

 flowered one, the double one excellent 

 for gardens. Marshy places, moist 

 meadows and margins of rivers, brooks, 

 etc., throughout Europe, Western 



Asia, and North America. The 



double var. is a first-class plant for 

 moist soils and the artificial bog : the 

 single one always looks well by the 

 side of ponds and streams. Division. 



Calypso borealis (Northern C.} A 

 handsome and very interesting orchid, 

 about 1 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 rose - coloured, resembling those of a 

 Cypripedium, solitary on the end of 

 a slender, sheathed stem. Leaves, one 

 only, thin, many-nerved, either ovate 

 or cordate. Native of the Northern 

 parts of Europe, Asia, and A.merica, 

 in woods, especially of Firs. The 

 plant' appears to be nearly related to 

 Ccelogyne, and particularly to the sec- 

 tion Pleione. Half -shady spots on 



the margins of the rock-garden or 

 artificial bog, or in a select spot in 

 shrubberies, in light, moist vegetable 

 soil mulched with cocoa fibre or other 

 material to keep the surface open. 



Calystegia dahurica (Dahurian C.) 

 Convolvulus daJturicus A very 

 showy twining perennial. Flowers, in 

 summer ; rosy purple ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, I -flowered ; sepals, lance-shaped, 

 2 outer ones broadest. Leaves, some- 

 what heart-shaped, smooth; margins 

 and veins of the under surface downy ; 

 stems downy. Hoots, creeping. Cau- 

 casus. Excellent for covering 



bowers, railings, stumps, cottages, 

 etc., and also for naturalization in 

 hedgerows and copses. It grows in 

 almost any kind of soil, and, like its 

 relation the bind-weed, is readily in- 

 creased by division of the root. 



Calystegia pubescens plena (Double 

 C. A handsome twining plant, 3 

 to 6 ft. high. Flowers, in summer 

 and autumn ; large, of a flesh rose- 

 colour, changing to bright rose, very 

 double, on stalks from 2| to 34 in. 

 long. Leaves, alternate, hastate, 



downy. China. Likes a light soil 



and warm aspect, and is useful for the 

 same positions as the preceding though 

 not so vigorous. Grown in large pots 

 and tubs, I have seen it used with 

 good effect in London for forming 

 small bowers, etc. on balconies. 

 Division of the root, which runs very 

 much. 



Camassia esculenta (Quamash-roof). 

 A handsome and distinct bulbous 

 perennial, 1 to 2^ ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; dull violet - blue, 6 to 

 10 in a lax spike. Leaves, linear, 

 grooved on the inside, streaked, some- 

 times glaucescent. Bulb, of moderate 

 size, egg-shaped, whitish. Native of 

 N. W. America and the valleys of the 



Rocky Mountains. Borders and 



bulb-garden, attaining greatest vigour 

 and beauty in free and deep sandy 

 loam, well drained. Separation of the 

 bulbs every third or fourth year. 



Campanula alpina (Alpine Harebell). 

 A dwarf herb, covered with stiff down, 

 and with nearly simple, furrowed 

 stems, 5 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; deep blue, scattered in a 

 pyramidal manner along the stems; 

 lobes of the calyx nearly as long as 

 the corolla: Leaves, oblong - linear, 

 woolly, those of the root crowded and 

 narrowed at the base. Transylvania and 



the Carpathian Mountains. The 



front margin of the mixed border, or 

 rockwork, in sandy loam. Division 

 or seed. 



Campanula autumnalis (Autumn C.} 

 Platycodon autumnale. A handsome 

 perennial, 20 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in autumn; of a vivid blue, glistening 



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