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CAMPANULA. 



on tlie outside, arranged in a length- 

 ened panicle. Leaves, alternate, oval- 

 acute, toothed, often tinged with red. 

 There are several varieties : one with 

 single white flowers, another with 

 double blue, another with double 

 light-blue or lilac, and another with 



double white. China. This kind 



differs from Q. grandiflora by its pyra- 

 midal habit, its stem being more 

 branching, with slenderer branches, 

 and covered with leaves up to the top. 



Mixed borders, in warm sandy 



loam, and in a warm position, or as 

 isolated clumps near the fringes of 

 shrubberies, in the picturesque garden. 

 Division and seed. 



Campanula barbata (Bearded Hare- 

 bell.) A distinct kind, with rough, 

 shaggy leaves, and round, nearly 

 simple stems, 6 to 18 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; pale sky-blue, nearly 1| 

 In. long, drooping gracefully, and with 

 a long beard at the mouth, in a few- 

 flowered raceme, 1 on each stalk ; 

 calyx hairy, about one quarter of length 

 of corolla. Leaves, nearly entire ; radical 

 ones crowded, lance - shaped ; stem- 

 leaves few, strap-shaped. France, Swit- 

 zerland, North Italy, and Austria. 



Mixed borders, or the rougher parts 

 of rockwork in sandy soil. Seed. 



Campanula csespitosa (Tufted Hare- 

 bell). Campanula pumila, Hort. A 

 very dwarf alpine herb, long known 

 in our gardens, 3 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; deep blue, 1 to 

 4 on each stem, drooping ; divisions of 

 the calyx narrow, erect, one- third 

 the length of the corolla. Leaves of 

 root crowded, on short stalks, obovate 

 or kidney -shaped, those of stem nar- 

 rower, toothed. There is a white 

 variety, equally common. Central 

 Europe, on mountains. Front mar- 

 gin of the mixed border, rockwork, or 

 as edging to beds, growing in almost 

 any soil, but thriving best in a moist 

 one. Division. 



Campanula carpatica (Carpathian } 

 Harebell). A dwarf, but noble kind, 

 6 to 15 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 large and handsome, blue, about the size 

 of those of the Peach-leaved Campa- 

 nula, in loose panicles, on long stalks ; 

 divisions of the calyx nearly erect, two- 

 thirds shorter than the broadly bell- 

 shaped corolla. Leaves, smooth ; lower 

 ones somewhat kidney-shaped, toothed, 

 and on long stalks ; upper ones on 

 short stalks, ovate-acute. There is a 

 variety with white flowers, C. carpa- 

 tica alba, and a light blue and white 

 one, C. carpatica bicolor. The rock- 

 garden, mixed border, as an edgiug 

 and bedding plant, and for naturaliza- 

 tion in any soil. Seed and divi- 

 sion. 



Campanula cenisia (Mont Cenis 

 Harebell). A very dwarf tufted peren- 

 nial, a few inches high, running much 

 at the root. Flowers, in summer ; 

 blue, solitary, somewhat funnel- 

 shaped, but open, and cut nearly to 

 the base into 5 divisions ; divisions of 

 the calyx about half as long as the 

 corolla. Leaves, entire ; radical ones in 

 rosettes, obovate, obtuse; stem-leaves 

 ovate - oblong. Alps of Europe, at 



high elevations. Rockwork, in 



gritty or sandy soil. I have no expe- 

 rience of this as a border plant. In 

 its native haunts it did not seem a 

 very attractive kind. Division and 

 seed. 



Campanula Elatines (Elatine Hare- 

 bell). A dwarf downy kind, with 

 ascending branching stems, 3 to 6 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; pale 

 bluish-purple, freely produced in loose 

 racemes or panicles; divisions of 

 calyx spreading, linear-lanceolate, 

 about half as long as the corolla. 

 Leaves, lower ones roundish ; upper 

 ones heart-shaped and more pointed 

 all coarsely toothed. In shady rocky 



places on the Mountains of Italy. 



Rockwork, borders, old ruins, etc., in 



