So THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



C CARPATICA ALBA. 



Harebell gracing uic.nl and hedgerow with its slender 

 stems ol soli blue Mowers. 



C. earpatica is a beautiful kind which may be raised from 

 seed sown as soon as ripe in a cold frame, but il is 

 nei essary to propagate the named varieties from cuttings 

 at the same time, or by pulling the lulls apart, to increase 

 their number. This Campanula should be in every 

 garden, and il will succeed in any light soil. It may be 

 also grown in baskets. Alba is a variety with pure white 

 Mowers, and pallida, as ils n one suggests, is delicate blue. 



C. fragilis is a pretty little species with drooping downy 

 shoots, smothered in summer with pale blue Mowers. 

 When planted in the rock garden it should have a warm 

 sunny spot and fairly deep loamy soil. This is, perhaps, 

 ol all Bellflowers the most useful for hanging baskets in 

 the w indow or greenhouse. Il may be often seen in full 

 beauty in stuffy cottage windows, where one would think 

 few things could exist. Il is easily increased by cuttings 

 taken in spring, choosing the little shouts and dibbling 

 them into pots, which should be placed in a cold frame. 



C. glomerata is a native kind, with blue Mowers. There 

 is a w hile variety, and one named dahurica, w hich should 

 be in all gardens, tow n or country, large or small. Its 

 clusters of deep purple Mowers are very handsome, as 

 they are produced with wonderful freedom. No Bell- 

 Mower is richer in colour or freer than this, anil il will 

 succeed in almost any soil. 



C. grandis, as its name suggests, is a noble plant, bearing 

 upon its tall stems pale blue Mowers. It grows rapidly, 

 and soon forms an imposing group, but is scarcely so fine 

 as C. persicifolia. Increased by division in spring. 

 There is a white variety called alba. 



C. isophylla is as popular as almost any Bellflower. 

 This is the kind seen so frequently in the greenhouse and 

 in baskets in the window, its slender drooping shoots 

 wreathed with blossom, blue in the lype, and pure white 

 in the variety alba. It may be grow n in gritty soil in the 

 rock garden, or even naturalised in the chinks of old 

 walls. Any child almost can grow it in the window, 

 and little cuttings of young shoots strike quickly in the 

 spring in the greenhouse or even in the window. A use 

 not often made of it is as a window-box plant, letting its 

 slender shoots hang over the ledge and drape it with 

 oeautiful Mowers. Mayi is quite a new form, freer and 

 Stronger than the type. 



C. latifolia macrantha is a noble plant, the stems 

 frequently 5ft. high, and bearing deep purple Mowers in 

 profusion. A group of this is very handsome, and il is 

 not necessary merely to plant il in the border, but 

 amongst evergreen shrubs loo. Rich blue and deep green 

 foliage makes an effe:tive association. C. latifolia is a 

 native kind. Van ITouttei is also a variety worth growing. 

 The native species should be kept to the rougher parts of 

 the garden. 



C. Medium. — Canterbury Bells, which see amongst 

 " Biennial Flowers." 



C. persicifolia is the beautiful peach-leaved BellMower, 

 which is usually most vigorous in deep, rather moist loamy 

 soil and partial shade. It should be in every border, 

 whether in large or small gardens, and may be grown in 

 pots also. A very happy way to use il is amongst ever- 

 green shrubs of dwarf growth. There are several varie- 

 ties, all beautiful, and some very distinct in form. 

 Coronata, of which there are blue and white variations, 

 has a semi-double kind of bloom, unlike the other varie- 

 ties. Alba is very pure, and grandiHora, an enlarged 

 edition of it, a mixture of wdiite and blue, is pleasing. 



C. Portensehlagiana is the same as C. muralis, or the 

 wall BellMower, which grows freely in chinks in the 

 rock garden, and has small leav es hidden at Mowering lime 

 with delicate blue blossoms, which are scarcely so bell- 

 shaped as in many of this family. It is as free in a 

 basket as in the open garden or rockwork, and should be 

 included in a list of all window plants. 



C. pillla is a delightful kind, which requires a soil com- 

 posed of peat and loam. A variety named G. F. Wilson 

 has larger Mowers, but of the same deep purple colour. 

 When well grown there are few sweeter Alpine flowers 

 than C. pulla, but it is apt to disappoint, as its growth is 

 scarcely so free always as one would desire. It is wise 



CAMPANULA. 



to have young plants coming on, and this is best 

 done by striking young growths in gentle heat in spring, 

 potting them off when rooted, and then planting out. This 

 BellMower is readily known by its conspicuously shaped 

 Mower, like a bell hung on a slender stem, and intense 

 purple-blue colour. Propagated by division in early 

 spring or in early autumn. 

 C. pusilla and its white variety alba are charming Bell- 

 flowers of quite dwarf growth, being not more than 5m. 



