AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



Of all the species of Campanula, unquestionably 

 the most attractive for garden cultivation are the 

 Medium varieties, the well-known Canterbury 

 Bells. They come single, double, and in the 

 " cup and saucer " shape, and vary in shade from 

 pure white to lavender, mauve, pink, rose, salmon, 

 blue, and purple. The Cup and Saucer variety 

 is known as C. calycanthema. All these varieties 

 are biennials, and the seed should be sown in the 

 spring or early summer. It is not worth while to 

 buy seeds of all the varieties, for if you purchase 

 the most expensive, C. calycanthema, you will find 

 that the flowers will be mainly ordinary singles 

 and doubles. It is as a general thing wise to buy 

 the choicest varieties of most seeds in quantity, 

 and you will find that you have got more than 

 you need of the commoner sorts. The only way 

 you can get the shapes and colors you prefer is 

 to mark your best plants and collect the seeds 

 from them. To be in any way certain even then, 

 you must take care to remove other plants of a 

 different shape or color from the neighborhood of 

 your chosen variety. The medium Campanulas 

 do well in ordinary garden soil ; prefer sunlight to 

 shade, and are easily transplanted. They bloom 

 on the island from July 12th to September 15th. 



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