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Shasta Daisy. The varieties of C. maxi- 

 mum (the Shasta Daisy) flower throughout 

 the summer and early autumn. As white 

 summer-flowering border plants they are 



Peach-leaved and Chimney Bellflowers. 

 The varieties of C. persicaefolia (the Peach- 

 leaved Bellflower) are amongst the most 

 beautiful of all, their elegant growth and 

 attractive flowers are most 

 effective in beds and borders. 

 The flowering season is from 

 May to August, the average 

 height of the plants is 2 to 



3 feet. Alba, white ; caerul.-a. 

 blue ; Moerheimi, semi-double 

 white ; humosa, pale blue, 

 semi-double ; Backhousei (alba 

 grandiflora). large white; 

 Die Fee, deep blue; and 

 maxima, large pale blue, are 

 fine varieties. C. pyramidulis. 

 the well-known and popular 

 Chimney Campanula, flo\\ei> 

 from July to September, giving 

 tall spikes, 4 to 6 feet high, 

 freely covered with blue 

 flowers, var. alba is similar in 

 growth. C. rapunculoides, 2 to 



4 feet, is a free-growing plant, 

 one of the best kinds for the 

 shrubbery border; the under- 

 ground stems spre<ul very 

 freely ; the flowers are bluish- 

 violet, and produced from June 

 to August. An improved 

 variety is named major. C. 

 Trachelium, 2 to 3 feet, has 

 I tin pie-blue flowers, from June 

 to August ; good varieties are 

 flore pleno. double blue ; alba, 

 white ; and alba plena, double 

 white. 



Chrysanthemum, Hardy 

 Perennial. Three kinds of 

 Chrysanthemum are highly 

 valued hardy perennials : ( '. 

 maximum, C. Leucanthemum, 

 and C. uliginosum. The 

 varieties of the first named 

 are of much value in the 

 flower Ixmler. and are in great 

 demand for the supply of cut 

 flowers. Greenhouse varied. , 

 of the ordinary (.'hry -.ant lie- 

 mum (C. indicum) will be fully 



dealt with later in a special A gplendid tpec5meii of |h> Ch{mney Bellflower 



Chapter. (Campanula pyramidalit). 



