THE GENUS CAMPANULA FflOM A GARDENER's POlNT OF VIEW. 89 
distinctions in mind, because of the widely varying root habits 
of the sections, and even of the individuals. For instance, the 
taproots of C. Hendersonii being furnished with fine fibre, you 
may propagate it readily if the season of the year encourages 
growth by reason of its warmth and long light days ; but you 
may not pull this plant asunder in the dormant season with 
impunity. Just the same may be said of pelviformis in the 
carpatica group, and there are others ; but I prefer those better- 
known and common forms as examples of my meaning, as then, 
if my words have any value, they will have a more extensive 
application and may easily be proved. 
There is another feature about the roots of many Campanulas 
that may have been observed by those who handle them in 
numbers ; some of the fastest growers are remarkable for the 
way in which their roots become almost invisible or unfindable 
in winter. Instances of these are to be found in the carpatica 
group — e.g. " G. F. Wilson " and one or two nearly related hybrids. 
Likely enough they inherit this from one of their supposed 
parents — pulla — because pulla is as remarkable as any for this 
habit ; and may we not take it that, whenever a plant so closely 
reefs or contracts its physical parts, we may only deal with 
it for propagation purposes when the roots are in a growing 
state ? Anyhow, it is a fact that we succeed with their propa- 
gation vastly better when in a sprouting or verdant condition, as 
opposed to the dormant state. 
Discussion. 
Mr. H. Selfe-Leonakd said he grew several kinds of Cam- 
panulas, q.nd found little difficulty in regard to the treatment of 
most of them. He could hardly tell whether Mr. Wood treated 
C. alpina as an annual or a biennial, and C. pelviformis — which 
he regarded as the best form of G. carpaticaov turhinata — he had 
no difficulty in protecting. C. niticla he found difficult to flower, 
while C. Baineri he considered the most charming of all. 
C. Zoysii was more easily grown with him than appeared to be 
the case with most other cultivators. In reply to Mr. Burroughes, 
who said he had lost C. Zoysii and G. cenisia, Mr. Leonard 
remarked that G. Zoysii would thrive in a chalky situation, and 
that it stood the winter of 1894-95 with the protection of a piece 
of glass only. As to dividing the clumps by means of the knife or 
