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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS campanula 



C. macrostyla. — A beautiful bushy 

 annual 1-2 ft. high, native of the Taurus 

 Mountains. Leaves ovate-oblong or 

 lance-shaped, hairy, roughish. Flowers 

 in July, erect, about 2 in. across, purple, 

 beautifully veined with violet, and remark- 

 able for a long thick club-like protruding 

 style. 



Culture dc. as above. The seeds of 

 this pretty annual may be sown in gentle 

 heat in March and the seedlings pricked 

 out when large enough to handle, after- 

 wards transferring to the open border in 

 May. Seeds may also be sown out of 

 doors where the plants are to bloom in 

 April and May, and the seedlings thinned 

 out about 9-12 in. apart. 



C. Medium (Ccmterbury Bell). — A 

 beautiful bushy biennial 2-4 ft. high, 

 native of S. Europe, with roughish hairy 

 stems and sessile ovate lance-shaped 

 blimtly toothed leaves. Flowers in June 

 and July, of various colours — blue, white, 

 purple, pink &c., broadly bell-shaped, in- 

 flated at the base, lobes more or less re- 

 flexed. 



The variety calycanthema is remark- 

 able for the way in which the calyx of the 

 flowers has been developed into a coloured 

 body like a second or even third corolla. 

 This duplication of coroUas has given rise 

 to the Cvp and Saii-cer and Hose-im-Hose 

 varieties now so well known. 



Cultv/re amd Propagation. — Seeds of 

 Canterbury Bells are best sown thinly in 

 Aprilin the open border, or in shallow boxes 

 under glass. The seedlings when large 

 enough may be transplanted to a shady 

 boj-der and well watered. In September 

 they may be again transplanted where 

 they are to bloom in the flower borders 

 the following season. The plants should 

 be at least 2 ft. apart. Seeds are pro- 

 duced in abundance. 



C. mirabilis. — A beautiful Caucasian 

 species 1-2 ft. high, with rather straggling 

 hairy stems, and roundish toothed leaves. 

 Flowers in June and July, 2 in. across, 

 broadly bell-shaped, pale blue, erect, in 

 loose panicles. Ripens seed freely. 



Culture d-c. as above. This remarkable 

 species has been only a few years in 

 cultivation, and has proved to be perfectly 

 hardy, at least in the Thames Valley. It 

 ripens seeds freely, and in favourable 

 positions the young plants come up all 

 round the parent, and may be transplanted 

 in spring. 



C. nitida {C. planiflora). — A North 

 American species 3-9 in. high, with 

 rosettes of leathery dark shining green 

 oblong erenate leaves. Flowers in sum- 

 mer, blue or white, bell-shaped rotate, in 

 spiked racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. nobilis. — A noble Chinese species 

 1^-2 ft. high. Lower leaves long-stalked 

 ovate, toothed, upper ones lance-shaped 

 sessile or nearly so, all hairy. Flowers 

 in July, reddish-violet, creamy, or white, 

 spotted, 3 'in. or more long, drooping, 

 crowded near the ends of the branches. 

 The white-flowered form is rather better 

 known than the species. 



Culture dc. as above. In northern 

 parts of the kingdom it is advisable in 

 severe winters to give a little protection 

 to the crowns of this species as it may 

 not prove to be perfectly hardy except in 

 the milder parts. 



C. peregrina. — A native of Movmt 

 Lebanon with angular stems about 2 ft. 

 high. Lower leaves obovate, upper ones 

 ovate acute, all erenate. Flowers in July, 

 deep violet at the base, becoming paler 

 upwards, in dense spiked racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. persicaefolia. — A fine European 

 species 1-3 ft. high, now naturalised in 

 the woods of Yorkshire and Banffshire. 

 Leaves 8-4 in. long, narrowly lance- 

 shaped. Flowers in June and Jmy, blue, 

 large, broadly bell-shaped, 3 together in 

 the axUs of the upper leaves, the middle 

 one opening first. There are some fine 

 varieties, the best being alba, pure white ; 

 alha coronata, white semi-double; alba 

 fl. pi. double white ; alba grwndiflora and 

 alba maxima, large pure white, 2i-3 in. 

 across. There are also semi-double and 

 double blue varieties. 



Culture and Propagation. — ■ After 

 flowering the plants may be divided 

 carefully and placed in nice sandy loam. 

 In spring cuttings may be rooted under 

 glass, or every young growth will make a 

 good strong plant. Plants may also be 

 raised from seeds as stated above under 

 the general instructions, p. 562. 



C. petrsea. — A native of the Maritime 

 and Tyrolese Alps, with tufts of downy 

 leaves, and yellow flowers in summer. 



Culture do. as above. This should be 

 grown in dry sunny parts of the rockery, 

 and may be increased by cuttings or seed 

 in spring. 



