CAMPANULA 



HABEBELL OBDEB 



CAMPANULA 563 



C. abietina. — A tufted slender - 

 stemmed species 9-15 in. high, native of 

 E. Europe. Flowers in July and August, 

 light blue, in loose branching spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Adami. — A Caucasian species 

 about 6 in. high, with spoon-ahaped or 

 obovate coarsely toothed leaves. Flowers 

 in July, bluish, semi-erect, one on the 

 top of each stem. 



Culture So. as above. 



C. alliarisefolia. — A very pretty Cau- 

 casian perennial 12-18 in. high, with erect 

 stems, branching above, and furnished 

 with grey downy or velvety leaves. The 

 drooping white flowers about Ij in. long 

 are borne in long racemes at the ends of 

 the shoots about July. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Allioni (C alpestris ; C. nana). 

 A charming alpine species 3-4 in. high, 

 with creeping, fleshy roots, and rosettes 

 of bluntly linear lance-shaped leaves. 

 Flowers from July to September, blue, 

 rarely white, large, solitary, somewhat 

 nodding. 



Culture a/nd Propagation. — Kec[uires 

 a gritty, well-drained soU, and exposed 

 situation with plenty of moisture during 

 growth. It makes a handsome carpet in 

 the rock garden. 



C. alpina. — A pretty Tyrolese rook 

 plant 3-9 in. high, covered with a slight 

 greyish down. Leaves linear lance- 

 shaped, slightly crenate, lower ones 

 crowded. Flowers in July, deep blue, 

 about f in. across, in a loose pyramidal 

 spike. 



Culture dc. as above. Suitable for 

 limestone niches in the rockery. 



C. balchiniana. — A singular and beau- 

 tiful hybrid between C.fragilis and the 

 white variety of C. isophylla with creeping 

 hairy stems and roundish coarsely toothed 

 leaves, densely covered with long straight 

 whitish hairs. When quite young the 

 leaves are of a pale violet colour, when 

 old edged with creamy white. Flowers in 

 IMay and June, soft lilac-blue, and remark- 

 able for having the sepals developed into 

 5 shortly stalked ordinary green leaves. 



Culture do. as above. Owing to the 

 imperfect anthers in the flower, this plant 

 will probably have to be increased alnaost 

 entirely by cuttings which may be in- 

 serted in sandy soil about February and 



March and placed in gentle heat. It 

 seems to have a delicate constitution. 



C. barbata. — A deep-rooting native 

 of the European Alps 6-18 in. high, with 

 hairy lance-shaped leaves. Flowers in 

 June, pale blue, woolly in the throat of 

 the corolla, in loose racemes. The 

 variety alba has white flowers, and is a 

 pretty plant for the rock garden. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. betonicsfolia. — A somewhat hairy 

 species about IJ ft. high, native of Mt. 

 Olympus. Leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 ovate, crenate. Flowers in May, purple- 

 blue, with a pale yellow base. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. bononiensis. — A native of Europe 

 2-3 ft. high. Leaves heart-shaped ovate, 

 pointed, serrulate. Flowers in July, 

 rather small, bluish-violet, in long ra- 

 cemes. There is a pretty variety with 

 white flowers. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. caespitosa. — A beautiful strong- 

 growing alpine, 4-6 in. high. Lower 

 leaves crowded, shortly stalked, ovate, 

 glandularly toothed, shining green. 

 Flowers from May to August, deep blue, 

 drooping, solitary, or 3-4 on the top of 

 each stem. The variety alba has white 

 flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. A fine plant 

 for nooks, corners, crevices &c. in the 

 rock garden in good rich loam. 



C. carpatica. — A pretty Transylvanian 

 rock plant 9-12 in. high. Lower leaves 

 long-stalked, ovate, heart-shaped toothed, 

 upper ones short - stalked, ovate acute. 

 Flowers from June to August, blue, 

 broadly bell-shaped, in loose panicles. 



There are several varieties of this 

 species, the best being alba with smaller 

 wavy white flowers ; pelviformis, a seed- 

 ling form 9-18 in. high, with ovate heart- 

 shaped toothed leaves, and fragrant lilac 

 flowers, nearly 2 in. across ; turbiriata, 

 similar but dwarfer, with deep purple, 

 erect flowers, or pale purple in the form 

 known as palKda. The white and blue 

 forms mixed look very pretty. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. caucasica. — A handsome Caucasian 

 species 6-9 in. high. Leaves bluntly obo- 

 vate, or lance-shaped. Flowers in July, 

 violet-blue, bearded inside, drooping. 



Culture dc. as above. 



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