292 HABDT HERBACEOUS FLOWERS. 



rate their halls and stairways, and as summer screens in the fire- 

 place. 



Carpatiefl. — These are of dwarf habit, growing only some 

 sis inches high ; there are two Tarieties, one with white flowers, 

 the other is tinted with azure. 



Goronata. — Is a very pretty semi-double, profuse bloomer, 

 with pure white flowers, ia July and August, growing to the 

 height of eighteen inches. 



Grandiflora.- — There are two varieties, both growing about 

 eighteen inches high and flowering in July, the one pale blue 

 and the other a semi-double white. 



Medium or Canterbury Bells. — ^These are biennials, and 

 are all very showy, the colors red, white and blue, and both 

 single and double. Seed should be sown every year. 



Fersicifolia.- — The flowers of this are large and showy, the 

 plants perfectly hardy perennials, growing about three feet high, 

 and blossoming in June and July. There are both double and 

 single varieties of blue flowers and of white. 



Pyramidalis. — ^Very showy, forming a pyramid five feet 

 high, and covered with a profusion of large blue flowers for two 

 months. The flowers continue better if the plant be partially 

 shaded from the sun. The seed is usually sown in the autumn, 

 soon after being gathered. These come up in the spring, are 

 kept clean and free from weeds during the summer, and in Octo- 

 ber transplanted to the bed where they are to remain. They 

 require a light protection of leaves during the winter in our 

 climate where unprotected by snow, but should not be dressed 

 at any time with manure. They usually bloom the second year, 

 though sometimes not until the third. 



Rotundifolia. — Is a native of this continent, probably to be 

 met with in Canada as well as in New England, grows about a 

 foot high, of slender habit, and produces drooping, fine blue 

 flowers in July. It is the Harebell, both of England and 

 America. 



Trachelium. — Grows about three feet high, preferring a 

 loamy soil, has large heart-shaped foUage, and produces double 



