CAMPANULA. 



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dryish or calcareous soils. Seed and 

 division. 



Campanula fragilis (Fragile Hare- 

 bell}. A free-blooming and valuable 

 dwarf kind, 3 to 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; pale blue, in loose 

 corymbs, or panicles ; corolla broadly 

 bell-shaped, about as long as the divi- 

 sions of the calyx. Leaves, of root 

 roundish - heart - shaped, toothed, on 

 long stalks; stem-leaves smaller, some- 

 what lance-shaped, and on shorter 

 stalks. C. fragilis fiirsuta is a variety 

 clothed with long hairs on all parts. 



South of Italy. Rockwork, borders, 



stony banks, old ruins, etc., in lightish 

 soil, dry in winter. Seed and division. 



Campanula garganica (Gargano 

 Harebell). Another excellent dwarf 

 species, with somewhat of the habit 

 of the Carpathian Harebell, but smaller, 

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

 bluish-purple with whitish centres, in 

 loose racemes ; corolla flat, 5-parted ; 

 divisions of calyx spreading, unequal. 

 Leaves, of root kidney-shaped ; of stem 

 heart-shaped, all toothed and downy. 



Italy. In interstices of the most 



vertical parts of rockwork, or borders 

 in warm and well- drained positions ; 

 in a deep sandy loam. Seed or divi- 

 sion. 



Campanula glomerata (Clustered C.) 

 A showy native perennial, 1 to 2 

 feet high or more. Flowers, in summer ; 

 blue or violet, sessile, in terminal 

 clusters on the branches and stem; 

 r corolla funnel-shaped, ^ in. or more 

 long ; divisions of calyx awl-shaped, 

 obtuse, half the length of corolla. 

 Leaves, ovate or heart-shaped ; lower 

 ones stalked ; upper stem - leaves 

 sessile. There are several varieties, 

 the best being C. glomerata alba, a 

 white one, and C. glomerata plena, a 

 double one. Europe, Asia, and 

 Britain. Borders, margins of shrub- 

 beries, by walks, in any soil. Division 

 or e-ecd. 



Campanula grandiflora (Noble Hare 

 bell). Platycodon grandiflorum. A 

 stately, smooth, glaucous plant, 20 in. 

 to 2 ft. or more high. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; large, cup-shaped, deep 

 blue, glistening as if varnished, in a 

 very long panicled cluster, containing 

 a few flowers, each flower 2 to 24 in. 

 across, erect, solitary, on a long naked 

 stalk. Leaves, alternate or nearly 

 opposite, stalkless, rather long, oval- 

 acute, coarsely serrated ; upper ones 



much the smallest. Siberia. 



Borders, and warm banks, in deep 

 sandy loam. Careful division, or 

 seeds, which do not ripen readily in 

 this country. 



Campanula grandis (Great Bell- 

 flower}. A very distinct and hand- 

 some species, with a simple, furrowed 

 stem, 1J to 2ft. high. Flowers, early 

 in summer ; pale violet-blue, broadly 

 bell-shaped, with large pointed divi- 

 sions, axillary and alternate on the 

 upper part of the stem. Leaves, long, 

 sessile, lance-shaped, pointed, finely 

 serrate, attenuated towards the base, 

 and most numerous in the middle part 

 of the stem. Siberia and Asia Minor. 

 Mixed border, margins of shrub- 

 beries, and naturalization among the 

 medium, sized herbaceous plants, long 

 grass, etc. Division and seed. 



Campanula hederacea (Ivy Harebell). 

 Wahlenbergia hederacea. A very 

 small, graceful, creeping kind, with 

 almost thread-like branchlets. Flowers, 

 in summer* and autumn ; faint bluish- 

 purple, less than ^ in. long, on long 

 slender stalks, drooping in the bud, 

 and nearly erect when fully open; 

 corolla 5-lobed, four times as long as 

 the divisions of the calyx, Leaves, 

 on long stalks, roundish-heart-shaped 

 in outline, 5 to 7-lobed. Europe, 

 America, and Britain in moist and 



boggy places. In the artificial bog, 



or in moist spots near the rockwork 

 or hardy fernery. Division. 



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