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seed or division. — A lovely plant for banks, rocky places, 

 or any position in which it may not be overrun by taller 

 vegetation. It thrives in any soil. 



Fragile Bell-flower. Campanula fragilis. Italy. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; \ foot ; pale blue ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — On dry sunny banks^ amidst dwarf 

 rock plants, or in crevices in old quarries, &c. 



Gargano Bell-flower. Campanula garganica. Italy. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 6 inches ; blue j summer ; 

 seed or division. — Similar uses to the preceding. 



TaU Bell-flower. Campanula grandis. Asia Minor. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 3 feet ; blue ; summer ; seed or 

 division. — Association with the finer medium-sized her- 

 baceous plants, on fringes of shrubberies, and in open 

 glades in woods. 



Equal-leaved Bell-flower. Campanula isophylla. 

 North Italy. Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 6 inches ; blue ; 

 summer ; seed or division. — Similar positions to those for 

 C. fragilis, or C. garganica. 



Wall Bell-flower. Campanula muralis. Dalmatia. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 8 to 1 2 inches ; pale blue ; 

 summer ; seed or division. — Rocky places or old quar- 

 ries ; if possible, in chinks against a vertical face of rock, 

 where it will prove most ornamental. 



Long Bell-flower. Campanula nobilis. China. Her- 

 baceous perennial ; i to 2 feet ; purple or white ; sum- 

 mer; seed or division. — Banks and rocky places, or on 

 the level ground, on which, however, its large pendulous 

 blossoms will not be seen to such great advantage as 

 when the plant is somewhat elevated. 



