NOTEWORTHY PERENNIALS Q5 



of blue which appear during late Spring. This sort is found wild in 

 many of the hills and mountains of our country and possesses a sort 

 of unexcelled daintiness. 



Uses. The uses are almost as varied as the numerous forms. The 

 dwarfer varieties are especially suited for small borders, for baskets and 

 the rock garden. The tall ones, especially the Chimney Bellflower, 

 are adaptable for pot culture or as specimen plants and make a beauti- 

 ful decoration for the terrace or porch. The other varieties are ex- 

 cellent in the border or to use as cut flowers. 



Culture. Campanulas should be given full sunhght and should 

 not be crowded in the beds. The taller varieties need staking to pre- 

 vent injury from the high winds. They like a good, rich soil, and in 

 the Spring a little fine manure and some bonemeal should be dug around 

 each plant. Most of the varieties, especially the taller ones, need 

 ^^ inter protection, for if allowed to stand naturally, the heavy snows 

 will flatten the crown of leaves to the groimd, causing it to decay. 

 Forest leaves should be packed between the plants, holding the leaves 

 of the Campanula together with one hand. Evergreen boughs, straw 

 or hay wiU serve for the dwarfer ones. If the flowers are cut imme- 

 diately upon fading, the blooming season can be prolonged for several 

 weeks. 



Propagation. Most of the Campanulas are biennials. For this 

 reason seed must be sown each year in order to have plants which will 

 bloom the next year. A mistake, commonly made, is in sowing the 

 seed too late. It should be sown any time from May until August, 

 according to the variety, in rich soil which has been carefully prepared, 

 and it should be watered daily. The plants should be hardened gradu- 

 aUy, after they have been wintered over in coldframes, and can be 

 removed to the open ground in May. The rows should be 12 inches 

 apart, with an almost equal amount of space between the plants. 

 Campanulas are also propagated by cuttings and division. 



Caryopteris — Blue Spiraea 



This Blue Spiraea is another one of the good, Fall blooming plants. 

 It is shrubby in nature, growing from 3 feet to 4 feet tall with small 

 leaves and clusters of small, rich lavender-blue flowers. It begins 

 blooming in September and continues until cut by the frost. The 

 flowers are arranged in whorls at the axils of the leaves and bloom al- 



