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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS campanula 



ovate - acute, serrate leaves. 

 Flowers in July, blue, drooping, in loose 

 racemes. 



Culture d-c. as above. 



C. rotundifolia (Bluehell; Harebell). 

 A pretty British Harebell 6-12 in. high. 

 Lower leaves stalked, roundish heart- 

 shaped, crenately toothed ; upper ones 

 linear or lance-shaped. Flowers from 

 June to August, deep blue, drooping. 

 The variety alba has white flowers; 

 and the variety Hosti is rich blue, larger 

 than the type, and with upper linear 

 pointed leaves, sometimes 3-4 in. long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. sarmatica. — A native of the 

 Caucasus with downy stems 1-2 ft. high. 

 Lower leaves stalked, heart - shaped, 

 rather hastate, crenately toothed; upper 

 ones ovate-lance-shaped, serrate. Flowers 

 from May to July, pale violet - blue, 

 nodding, in loose, one-sided racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. saxatilis. — A very rare rock plant 

 6 in. high, native of Crete. Leaves tufted 

 ovate-spoon-shaped, orenate. Flowers in 

 May, blue, nodding, 3-5 in a loose raceme. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Scheuchzeri. — A native of the 

 S. European Alps 3-6 in. high. Lower 

 leaves broadly rounded, ovate or heart- 

 shaped, serrate ; upper ones linear. 

 Flowers in July and August, deep blue, 

 drooping, broadly bell-shaped, on slender 

 stems. . 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Scouleri. — A native of N.W. 

 America about 1 ft. high, with long- 

 stalked ovate or ovate-lance-shaped, 

 coarsely toothed leaves. Flowers in July 

 and August, pale blue, in panicles. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. sibirica. — A hairy biennial 1-1^ ft. 

 high. Widely distributed through E. and 

 S. Europe. Lower leaves stalked, bluntly 

 obovate, crenate ; upper ones oblong lance- 

 shaped, pointed, wavy. Flowers in July, 

 bluish-violet, drooping, about 1 in. long. 



The variety divergena (C. spathulata) 

 has rather large violet flowers, somewhat 

 erect at first but drooping when expanded. 

 The variety eximia is dwarf and compact 

 in habit, with pale blue or violet flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. soldanellseflora. — A curious tem- 

 perate European species about 1 ft. high, 

 with long, linear acute, sessile leaves. 



Flowers in June, blue, semi-double, with 

 deeply cut lobes. 



Culture dc. as above. Closely related 

 to C. rotundifoUa. 



C. speciosa. — A Pyrenean species 

 1-1-^ ft. high. Lower leaves sessUe, 

 linear lance-shaped, in rosettes ; upper 

 ones linear. Flowers in June and July, 

 blue, purple, or white, about 1 in. long, 

 bearded inside, arranged in a pyramidal 

 raceme. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. spicata. — A European biennial 

 1-2 ft. high. Lower leaves downy, 

 crowded, sessile, linear lanoe-shaped ; 

 upper ones linear pointed. Flowers in 

 July, violet-blue, staJkless, 1-3 from each 

 bract in long spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. striata. — An Armenian biennial 

 1-2 ft. high. Leaves hairy, ovate-lance- 

 shaped acute, serrate. Flowers in July, 

 blue, tubular, few, in spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. thyrsoides. — A hairy biennial 

 I-I5 ft. high, native of the Alps and 

 Carpathians. Leaves entire, hairy, in 

 rosettes; lower ones bluntly -lance-shaped ; 

 upper ones linear lance-shaped acute. 

 Flowers in July, pale yellow, sessile, 

 oblong, in dense pyramidal spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. Should be 

 grown in lime rubble in well-drained 

 sunny parts of the border or rockery. 



C. tommasiniana. — A handsome 

 Italian alpine 9-12 in. high, with more 

 or less drooping stems. Leaves sessile or 

 nearly so, linear lance-shaped, pointed, 

 serrate. Flowers in July and August, 

 pale blue, tubular, slightly angled, in 

 closely set axillary cymes. 



Culture dc. as above. This is closely 

 related to C. waldsteiniana, and is some- 

 times regarded as a variety of it. 



C. Tracheliura. — A handsome and 

 vigorous European species 2-3 ft. high, 

 with angular stems, and roughish, heart- 

 shaped, coarsely toothed. Nettle - hke 

 leaves, lower ones stalked, upper sessile. 

 Flowers in July, blue, large, in leafy 

 racemes, 2-3 together, sometimes solitary. 

 The variety alba has white flowers ; alba 

 plena, double white ; and flore pleno, a 

 double blue form. 



Culture dc. as above. 



