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CAMPANULA. 



Campanula isophylla (Ligurian Hare- 

 bell). C. floribunda. A free-flower- 

 ing and showy dwarf kind, 3 to 6 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; pale 

 bright blue, with whitish centres, 

 very numerous, erect, disposed in 

 corymbs ; style protruding ; corolla 

 flat, twice as long as the divisions of 

 the calyx. Leaves, stalked, roundish- 

 heart-shaped, crenately toothed, all 



about the same size. Italy. The 



rock-garden, borders in light and 

 calcareous soil, old chalk-pits, ruins, 

 etc., in sunny spots. Seed or divi- 

 sion. 



Campanula lactiflora (Milk-flowered 

 C.} A vigorous and handsome herb, 

 with branching stems, 2 to 4 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; milk-white, 

 tinged with blue, rather large, and 

 produced in loose leafy panicles ; divi- 

 sions of the calyx very broad, acute, 

 half as long as the corolla, which opens 

 wide, and has a short tube. Leaves, 

 sessile, ovate - lanceolate, sharply 

 serrated, pale underneath. Caucasus 



and Siberia. Borders, fringes of 



shrubberies, or naturalization in any 

 soil. Division. 



Campanula latifolia (Broad-leaved 

 C.) A large and handsome native 

 species, 3 to 6 ft. high, with simple 

 stems and leaves, often 6 in. long and 2 

 in. broad. Flowers, in summer ; blue, 

 axillary, forming a leafy raceme ; 

 peduncles erect, 1 -flowered; divisions 

 of the calyx, tapering, broad at the 

 base, 3 times shorter than the large 

 bell-shaped corolla. Leaves, ovate- 

 lance-shaped, pointed and toothed; 

 root leaves stalked, upper ones stalk- 

 less, all narrowed at the base. 0. 

 macrantha is a variety with larger 

 flowers, and with stem and leaves 

 more hairy. There is also a whit 3- 

 flowered variety. Europe, Britain, 



and Central Asia. Among the 



taller plants in the mixed border, on 

 the margins of shrubberies, and by 



wood - walks, in auy soil. Divi- 

 sion. 



Campanula muralis ( Wall Bell-flower). 

 A very distinct and charming dwarf 

 species, 6 to 9 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; pale violet-blue, f in. long 

 and 4 in. across, abundantly produced 

 in racemes; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 three times as long as the divisions of 

 the calyx. Leaves, nearly equal in 

 size, roundish-heart-shaped, toothed, 



stalked. On walls in Dalmatia. 



The rock-garden, in positions where 

 it may spread, like ivy, up the face of 

 a steep part of the stone-work. In 

 such a position only it is seen to best 

 advantage. Division and seed. 



Campanula nitida (Shining Harebell). 

 A slow-growing, stiff, and dwarf 

 kind. Flowers, in summer ; blue or 

 white, resembling those of the Peach- 

 leaved Campanula, but smaller and on 

 very stiff stems, from 3 to 9 in. high. 

 Leaves, in rosettes, leathery, very 

 dark and shining green, oblong, cre- 

 nate ; those of the stem lance- shaped, 

 almost entire. There is a double 



variety. North America. Borders 



and the rock-garden in free and open, 

 but moist and firm soil. Division. 



Campanula nobilis (Long-flowered 

 Harebell) . A very noble an d large-fl o w- 

 ered species, 1 to 1 4 ft. high. Flowers, 

 whitish or reddish, crowded towards 

 the ends of the branches, pendent, of 

 an elongated bell-shape, smooth on 

 the outside, hairy within. Leaves, 

 hairy, serrate, green on both sides ; 

 the radical leaves on long stalks, 

 deeply heart-shaped-ovate ; the stem- 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate. China. 



Borders and the rougher parts of 

 rock work, and naturalized on banks 

 or slopes. Division and seed. 



Campanula persicifolia (Peach-leaved 

 (7.) One of our handsomest tall peren- 

 nials, 1 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; blue, glistening, very large, 

 broadly bell-shaped, terminal and 



