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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS campanula 



C. Cenisia. — A charming Italian rock 

 plant about 3 in. high, with rosettes of 

 bluntly obovate or ovate-oblong leaves. 

 Flowers in June, deep blue, soUtary, 

 erect and very attractive. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. cervicaria (Throatwort). — A 

 European biennial 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 bluntly linear lance-shaped or pointed, 

 crenate- serrate. Flowers in July, blue, 

 hairy outside, in round heads. 



Culhire dc. as above. Being a biennial 

 it is necessary to sow seeds every year to 

 maintain a stock of this species. 



C. collina. — A Caucasian species 

 about 1 ft. high, with ovate-oblong 

 crenate or lance-shaped hnear leaves. 

 Flowers in July and August, deep blue, 

 in long one-sided racemes. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. dichotoma. — A hairy annual about 

 6 in. high, native of S.W. Europe, with 

 forked branches and ovate acute slightly 

 crenate leaves. Flowers in July, bluish- 

 purple, drooping, solitary in the forks of 

 the branches and stem. 



Culture dc. as above. Sow seeds in 

 gentle heat in March or in the open 

 ground in April every year. 



C. drabsefolia. — A hairy Grecian 

 annual about 3 in. high, with much- 

 forked stems, and elliptic oblong toothed 

 leaves. Flowers in July, white, tipped 

 with violet-blue. There is a pure white 

 variety, alha. 



CwZiwre rfc. as above. Sow seeds where 

 intended to bloom in the rockery every 

 year in April or May, or in gentle heat in 

 March, and afterwards prick out the seed- 

 lings. 



C. Elatines. — A pretty creeping downy 

 rock plant about 3 in. high, native 

 of Piedmont. Leaves roundish or heart- 

 shaped, coarsely and sharply toothed. 

 Flowers from June to August, bluish- 

 purple, in racemes or panicles. 



Culttire da. as above. 



C. elatinoides. — A downy rock plant 

 2-4 in. high, native of Piedmont, having 

 heart-shaped oval acute leaves with 

 coarsely toothed margins. The bluish- 

 purple flowers appear frona June to August 

 in clusters or panicles. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. elegans. — A pretty and little known 

 Siberian perennial 2-8 ft. high with oval 



lance-shaped acute leaves, rounded or 

 heart-shaped at the base and irregularly 

 toothed on the margins ; the lower leaves 

 have long stalks, and are greyish-green 

 and rough beneath. The rather large 

 drooping flowers appear in June and July, 

 and are borne in a long spike at the ends- 

 of the shoots. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Erinus. — A hairy annual species- 

 3-9 in. high, native of the Mediterranean 

 region. Leaves obovate or ovate, toothed. 

 Flowers from May to August, pale bluish- 

 rose or white, bearded at the base. 



Culture dc. as above. Sow seeds 

 every year in April and May in parts of 

 the rockery where the plants are intended 

 to bloom, and thm out the seedlings. 



C. excisa. — ^A rare rock plant 3-6 in. 

 high, native of the mountains of Central 

 Europe. Leaves linear pointed, slightly 

 toothed or entire. Flowers in June, blue, 

 solitary, drooping. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. fragilis (C. Barrelieri). — A South 

 Italian rock plant 4-6 in. high, with more 

 or less prostrate branches, downy when 

 young. Leaves more or less roundish 

 heart- or kidney-shaped, rather deeply 

 lobed. Flowers in July and August, 

 clear lilac-purple, white in the centre^ 

 Bohtary or in pairs, more or less erect. 



Culture dc. as above. Owing to its 

 trailing habit this species is suitable for 

 growing in hanging pots or baskets. " 



C. garganica. — A very variable Italian 

 rock plant 3-6 in. high. Lower leaves 

 long-stalked, kidney-shaped ; upper ones 

 heart-shaped, crenate, toothed, downy. 

 Flowers from May to September, blue, 

 rotate, deeply 5-lobed, in axillary clusters. 

 The variety hirsuta has saucer-shaped 

 pm'ple-blue flowers, and leaves densely 

 covered with long stiff white hairs. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. glomerata. — A handsome British 

 and European species 1-2 ft. high. Lower 

 leaves long-stalked oblong or ovate heart- 

 shaped crenate ; upper ones sessile ovate, 

 half stem- clasping. Flowers in Septem- 

 ber and October, bright blue, mostly in a 

 terminal head. There are several varie- 

 ties and forms, the best known being 

 dahurica with large heads of deep blue 

 flowers. There is also a double-flowered 

 va,tiety,flore pleno, a,ni alba, a somewhat 

 rare white-flowered one. 



