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sided fashion like a Foxglove, and the flowers rather resemble 
the shape of the Foxgloves, but are much smaller. It is a telling 
plant as we see, especially viewed at a short distance. 
What is that lovely 5 -foot strong- stemmed and diffusely 
branched kind, with myriads of flowers of medium size ? The 
milk-white or pale blue flowers at once truly suggest it as lacti- 
flora. Latifolia among the shrubs and nearing the trees, 
common as it is, is pleasing. G. van Houttei and Bourgatti are 
a capital match. They have extravagantly large flowers, exceed- 
ing the common Canterbury Bells, with the rims of the bells 
deeply cut, and did they not by the weight of their big flowers 
bend themselves too lowly, they would perhaps be more con- 
spicuous. A wealth of beauty they undoubtedly possess, but it 
is not displayed to advantage. Still it were wise, I think, 
that these were placed here, as they constitute a somewhat 
distinct type. Sarmatica and even the common urticcBfolia 
contribute their quota to the Campanula garden, as seen yonder 
in the deeper shade. But I fear we shall have to leave the 
imaginary garden without noticing many other worthy denizens. 
For whoever can go into a garden where there are such vast 
variety and so much individual beauty that could take note of all 
in a single visit ? 
Some of the names just mentioned may have but slender 
botanical authority, especially in reference to the varieties of the 
types. Still they have the sanction of the usage of gardeners, and 
so may be more or less justified apart from the stricter botanical 
point of view. Speaking of names in relation to the facility of 
identifying the plants, the genus Campanula doubtless has long 
puzzled, and still continues to puzzle, the gardener. When a 
man has had experience in growing a large number of species in 
one garden, and has noted the result of self-sown seed, he has 
no longer any wonder that many forms prove puzzling. The 
mere fact of a large genus ; the way in which some forms over- 
lap each other ; the difference in the habit of a given species as 
grown in captivity compared with its habit in a wild state ; 
the large number of synonymous names, and the too frequent 
ciiiployniont of o])Soletc nomenclature— all these things go to 
mystify our conclusions as to the identity of our material. I 
fancy I !un not far wrong in saying that, generally speaking, 
gardeners do not realise hr)w vfist the vjiricty of Campanulas is, 
