iscent of many that were loved and prized a cen- 

 tury ago? That they do bear a resemblance is a 

 saving grace, therefore we accept them graciously, 

 with thanks to the hybridisers. 

 ^ The first seeds to be sown will be, 1 hope, those 

 of the regal Chimney bellflower (Campanula 

 pyramidalis), both the blue and the white variety. 

 All the campanulas are grown with the greater 

 ease from seed, a simple and ready means of acquir- 

 ing a large ^tock, especially of the Chimney which 

 grows five and six feet tall in good garden soil 

 and comes into bloom in late Summer when mo^ 

 needed. And they are so strikingly handsome! 

 ^ Sow the seed in cold frames or flats. The seed- 

 lings should be potted singly to secure the moSt 

 robu^ root development, and it is wise to Winter 

 them in a cold frame and in the Spring place them 

 in their permanent positions. They are perfectly 

 hardy. For the terrace or sun room they are beau- 

 tifully adaptable when six or eight are planted in a 

 twelve inch pot and at flowering time fed with 

 weak soot water and a little pulverized sheep or 

 cow manure worked into the top soil and well 

 watered. If the faded blossoms are carefully picked 

 off the blooming may be prolonged greatly to 

 your pleasure and pride. 



^ In the perennial border plant groups of the 

 stately Chimney bellflowers to carry on a succes- 

 sion of tall, lovely blue and white flowers well 

 into the Autumn. I always treat these as bien- 

 nials and sow seed every Summer, thus keeping 

 up a large and splendid showing. 



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