90 The Wild Garden. 



Peach-leaved Bell-flower. Campanula p&rsidfolia. 

 Southern Europe. Herbaceous perennial ; 2^ feet; blue; 

 summer; division. — Similar positions to those for Cs 

 grandis. 



THE HEATH FAMILY. 



Spring Heath. Erica camea. Germany. Small 

 shrub ; 6 to 1 2 inches ; pale purple ; winter ; division 

 or cuttings. — Among our wild heaths, or on margins of 

 shrubberies, in ordinary garden soil, though it thrives best 

 in peat. 



Empetrum-like Menziesia. Menziesia empetriformis. 

 North America. Small shrub ; pale red ; summer ; divi- 

 sion or cuttings. — ^Very bare rocky places, in moist peaty 

 soil ; chiefly suited for nioist or upland districts, imless 

 when carefully grown in the rock-garden. 



Partridge Berry. Gaultheria procumbens. North 

 America. Trailing shrub ; 2 to 4 inches ; white ; sum- 

 mer ; division. — Rocky and bare places, or in almost any 

 position amidst very dwarf vegetation ; always in rather 

 moist soil ; best in that which is somewhat peaty. 



THE PERIWINKLE FAMILY. 



Herbaceous Periwinkle. Vinca herbacea. Hungary. 

 Perennial ; i to i| feet ; blue ; summer ; division. — Woods, 

 copses, fringes of shrubberies, banks, rough rockwork, &c. 



Greater Periwinkle. Vinca major. Southern Eu- 

 rope. Trailer; i to i| feet ; blue; summer; division. — 

 Similar positions to preceding, but this is a much stronger 



