CAMPANULA 



HABEBELL OBDEB 



CAMPANULA 565 



Culture d-c. as above. They all grow 

 well in dry chalky soil. 



C. grandis. — A fine Siberian species 

 1-2 ft. high, with unstalked lance-shaped 

 serrate leaves. Flowers in June, pale 

 violet-blue, broadly bell-shaped, with 

 pointed lobes. Alba is a white-flowered 

 variety. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Grossecki. — A handsome species 

 with leafy stems about 2J ft. high, native 

 of E. Europe. Leaves large, heart-shaped 

 pointed, coarsely toothed. Flowers in 

 summer, violet, large, in long racemes. 



Cultivre dc. as above. 



C. haylodgensis. — This pretty rook 

 plant 6-9 in. high is supposed to be a 

 hybrid between C. carpatioa or C. pulla 

 and C. pusilla. Lower leaves roundish 

 heart-shaped, slightly crenate ; upper ones 

 ovate heart-shaped, distinctly toothed. 

 Flowers in August, pale blue, open bell- 



Culture rfc. as above. 



C. Hendersoni. — A handsome plant 

 about 1 ft. high, supposed to be a hybrid be- 

 tween C. alUaricefoUa and C. carpatica. 

 Lower leaves more or less heart-shaped 

 ■ovate, slightly crenate, on long stalks ; 

 upper ones sessile, oblong. Flowers from 

 July to September, rich mauve, in large 

 pyramidal racemes. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. isophylla (C.floribunda). — A beau- 

 tiful free-flowering Italian species 8-6 in. 

 high, with slender trailing stems, with 

 stalked roundish heart-shaped, crenately 

 toothed leaves. Flowers in July and 

 August, over 1 in. across, pale lilac-blue, 

 with a grey centre, deeply salver-shaped. 

 The variety alba is exactly like the type 

 but has pure white flowers. The variety 

 Mayi is a quite new and beautiful free- 

 flowering form, with downy and greyish- 

 vsfhite heart - shaped coarsely toothed 

 leaves, and bright mauve-blue flowers 

 nearly 2 in. across. 



Culture (fc.as above. Cuttings rooted 

 in heat in February produce fine flower- 

 ing plants by July and August. This 

 ■species and its varieties are valuable for 

 growing in hanging baskets or pots owing 

 to the trailing stems which are studded 

 with blossoms. It cannot, however, be 

 regarded as hardy except in the mildest 

 parts of the south and west. 



C. Jacobaea. — A half-hardy bush 2-3 

 ft. high, native of Cape de Verde. Leaves 

 sessOe or nearly so, more or less oblong- 

 ovate narrowed at the base ; upper ones 

 heart-shaped half stem -clasping. Flowers 

 in early summer, deep blue, 1-1 ^ in. long 

 on curved pedicels. 



Culttore dc. as above. This species 

 is not very well-known. It may possibly 

 stand the winter in the mildest parts of 

 the south and west coasts. 



C. lactiflora (C. celtidifolia). — A 

 vigorous Caucasian species 2-6 ft. high, 

 with sessile ovate lance-shaped sharply 

 toothed leaves. Flowers from Jtdy to 

 September, milky white, tinged with blue, 

 erect, in loose panicles. The variety 

 ocerulea has blue flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. lamiifolia. — A handsome Caucasian 

 species 2-2^ ft. high, with heart-shaped 

 toothed leaves with a whitish under sm'- 

 faee, and beautiful drooping white flowers 

 in long racemes in June and July. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Langsdorfiiana. — A native of the 

 mountains of N. Asia and America, 3-9 

 in. high, with lahce-shaped toothed leaves. 

 Flowers blue, solitary, or in few-flowered 

 panicles somewhat resembling those of 

 C. rotundifolia. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. latifolia. — A strong-growing British 

 plant 3-6 ft. high, with ovate lance-shaped 

 pointed and toothed leaves, often 6 in. 

 long and 2 in. broad. Flowers in July, 

 blue, axillary, forming a leafy raceme. 

 The variety alba has white flowers ; 

 eriocarpa has hairy leaves and calyx ; 

 macrantha is a hybrid form with 

 hairy stems and leaves and large blue 

 flowers ; Burghalti and Van Houttei are 

 two fine forms — probably hybrids — with 

 pale and dark blue drooping flowers about 

 2 in. long, and deeply 5-lobed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. LcefHing^. — An annual species 6-18 

 in. high, native of S.W. Europe. Lower 

 leaves ovate kidney-shaped ; upper ones 

 ovate stem-clasping. Flowers in July, 

 blue or violet, white at the base, with a 

 deep coloured zone beneath the middle. 



Culture da. as above. Seeds must be 

 sown annually to keep up a stock of this 

 species either in the border where it is 

 required to bloom, or in gentle heat about 

 March, afterwards pricking the seedlings 

 out when large enough. 



