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CAMPANULA GARGANICA.— G^'zr^fl^o Harebell. 



A FINE showy species, with somewhat of the habit of the Car- 

 pathian Harebell, but smaller ; the leaves that spring from the 

 root are kidney-shaped, those from the stem heart-shaped, all 

 toothed and downy. In summer the whole plant becomes a 

 mass of brilliant bluish-purple starry flowers with white centres. 

 It does not grow more than from three to six inclies high, and is 

 of a free prostrate habit, so that it is seen to great advantage 

 when placed in, interstices on the most vertical parts of rock- 

 work, in warm and well-drained spots. The better and deeper 

 the soil the finer and more prolonged the bloom will be. ^ It is a 

 native of Italy, flowers in summer, and is qasily increased by 

 cuttings, division, or seeds. ,/ 



CAMPANULA HEDEEACEA.— /zy C. 



This is not mentioned for its stature, being a weakly creeping 

 thing, with almost thread-like branches bearing small delicate 

 leaves, roundish or heart-shaped, with a fe* teeth ; nor for the 

 showinessof its flowers, which are of a faint bluish purple, less 

 than half an inch long and drooping in the bud. However, 

 as in the case of many other diminutive and delicate crea- 

 tures, there is an interest and peculiar grace about it that 

 we do not find in more robust members of the same family : 

 besides it is a native of Britain, that creeps over bare spots by 

 the sides of rills and on moist banks, and wherever there is a 

 moist boggy spot near the rockwork, or by the side of a stream- 

 let or in an artificial bog, it will be found worthy of a place as 

 an interesting native. It occurs chiefly in Ireland and Western 

 England, and less abundantly in the east. Increaised by division. 



CAMPANULA T&OVJCrL.JuA..—Ligurian Harebell. 



This is a very ornamental and profusely flowering Italian 

 species, long known, but only recently introduced to cultivation 

 by Mr. Traherne Moggridge, The leaves are roundish or heart- 

 shaped, deeply toothed, and nearly all about the same size, and 

 the flowers of a pale but very bright blue with whitish centre 

 and protruding styles. It will make a charming ornament for 

 every sort of rockwork, and should be placed in sunny positions 

 in well-drained, rather dry fissures in sandy loam, and then it 



