ENOCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
firm shoots inserted in well-drained pots of sandy peat in cool green- 
house in Aug., transferring pots in March to temp. 55° & putting 
cuttings in small pots following Sept.; by layers of shoots in Sept.; 
grafting in March. p 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: O. japonica, parent of the numerous cultivated varie- 
ties, red, spring, 15 to 20 {t., Japan; japonica anemonzeflora, red; reticulata, red, 
spring, 8 to 10 ft., China; roseflora, rose, spring, 3 ft., China; Sasanqua, white, 
Feb., 6 ft., China; theifera (China Tea Plant), white, May, 5 to 6 ft., China; 
theifera assamica (Assam or Indian Tea plant). 
Campanula (Bellflower; Harebell; Canterbury Bell; Garden 
Rampion).—Ord. Campanulacee. Hardy annuals, biennials, & peren- 
nials. 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary rich. Posi- 
tion, trailing species on sunny rockeries; tall species beds & borders, 
sunny or shady. Plant, Oct. to April. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, equal parts leaf-mould, loam, & sand. 
Trailing kinds grow in small pots in hanging baskets. Repot them in 
March. Water moderately in winter, freely other times. Tall kinds 
grow singly in 5in. pots or three in a 7in. pot. Sow seeds of these in 
cold frame in Aug.; transplant seedlings singly in 3 in. pots in Oct., 
into 5in. in April, 7in, in May. Water moderately in winter, freely 
in summer. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Sow seeds in gentle heat in 
March, transplant seedlings into boxes, harden off in cold frame in 
May & plant out in sunny borders early in June. 
CULTURE OF BIENNIAL SPECIES: Sow seeds outdoors in April, 
May, or June. TYansplant seedlings when 1 in. high, 6in. apart in 
nursery bed, & pine out in borders in Oct. to flower following year. 
CULTURE OF RAMPION: Sow seeds in shallow drills Gin. apart 
in shady border of rich soilin May. Thin seedlings to 4 in. apart. ft 
& store roots in frost-proof place in Nov. Uses: Young roots & leaves 
for winter salads; large roots cook and eat like parsnips, : 
Propagate perennials by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep in sandy soil in temp. 
55° in March or Aug.; by cuttings of young shoots in light soil in cold 
frame in Aug. or March; division of roots in Oct. or April. 
ANNUAL SPEOIES: ©. dichotoma, blue, July, 1 ft., Sioily; drabsfolia, blue, 
July, 3 in., and drabsfolia alba, white, Greece; erinoides, blue, July, 1 ft., S. 
Africa; Erinus, blue, July, 1 ft., 8. Europe; Loeflingii, blue, July, 1 ft., Portugal; 
Loreyi, purple, June, 18 in., Italy; macrostyla, blue, July, 18 in., Asia Minor. 
BIENNIAL SPEOIES: O. Medium (Canterbury Sale blue, July, 3 ft., S. Europe; 
and several white, rose, and purple single and double varieties. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: O. abietiana, blue, July, 1 ft., Europe; alliariefolia, 
yellow, June, 18 in., Caucasus; Allioni, blue, July, 3 in., France; alpina, blue, 
July, 6 in., Europe; balchiniana, blue, July, 6 in., hybrid; barbata, blue, June, 
1 ft., Europe; betonicefolia, blue, May, 18 in., Mt. Olympus; bononiensis, blue, 
July, 24ft., Europe; csespitosa, blue, summer, 6 in., Europe; osspitosa alba, white; 
carpatica, blue, summer, 12 in., E, Europe; carpatica alba, white; carpatica 
turbinata, blue, 6 in.; collina, blue, July, 1 ft., Caucasus; Elatines, purple, sum- 
mer, 3 in., Piedmont; elatinoides, purple, summer, 3 in., Piedmont; fragalis (Syn. 
O. Barrelieri), lilac and purple, Aug., 6 in., Italy; ganganica, blue, June, 6 in., 
Italy; gipmarete, blue, summer, 18 in., Europe (Britain), and its varieties dahurica 
(deep blue) and flore-pleno (double, blue); grandis, violet blue, June, 2 ft., Siberia, 
and its variety alba (white); Hondersonii, mauve, July to Sept., 1 ft., hybrid; 
isophylla, lilac blue, July, 3 to 6 in., Italy, and its varieties alba (white) and 
Mayi (mauve); lactiflora, white and blue, July, 3 ft., Caucasus; latifolia, blue, 
July, 4 to 6 ft., Britain, and its varieties alba (white), Burghalti (lilac), and Van 
Houttei (violet-blue); nobilis, reddish violet, or creamy, July, 2 ft., China; persici- 
folia, blue, June, 2 to 3 ft., Europe, and its varieties alba (white), albo coronata 
(white, semi-double), alba flore-pleno (double white), etc.; portenschlagiana 
blue, June, 6 in., 8, Europe; pulla, violet blue, June, 6 in., Austria; pusila, dark 
blue, July 4 in., Alps; and its varieties alba (white) and pallida (pale blue); 
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