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its stems grow 2 to 3ft- in length. The other species are : C. 
alcasoides, 2 to 3ft., flowers rose ; C. digitata, 2 to 3ft., flowers 
reddish-purple ; C. Papaver, 3ft., purple-red ; and C. pedata, 
trailing habit, flowers crimson. These may be grown in ordi- 
nary soil in sunny borders. Plant in spring. Increased by 
seeds sown in heat in spring and the seedlings planted out in 
May. 
Campanula (Bellflower). — A genus of dwarf and tall 
hardy perennials, annuals and biennials, belonging to the 
Nat. Ord. Campanulaceae, of which the well-known Canterbury 
Bell is a typical and familiar example. The species named 
below are worthy of a place in every garden. Those specially 
adapted for rockeries, or growing in masses on the margins 
of borders, are : C. Allioni, blue, summer, 3 to 4in. ; C. alpina, 
deep blue, July, 3 to gin. ; C. coespitosa, blue, May to August, 
4 to 6in. ; C. coespitosa alba, white; C. carpatica, blue, June 
to August, 9 to min., with its varieties alba (white), turbinata 
(purple, 4 to 6in.) ; and pallida (grey-blue); C. fragalis, 
lilac-purple and white, July and August, 4 to 6in. ; C. garga- 
nica, pale blue to white, May to Sept., 3 to 6in. ; C. iso- 
phylla, lilac-blue, and its varieties alba (white) and Mayi 
(mauve-blue), July to Sept., 3 to 6in. ; C. portenschlagiana, 
blue, Aug. and Sept., 3 to 4m. ; C. pulla, violet-blue, June, 
and its hybrid form C. G. F. Wilson, deep blue ; C. pu- 
silla, pale blue, 4m., and its varieties, alba (white) 
and pallida (pale blue) ; C. Raineri, blue, June, 2 to 3m . ; 
C. Hendersoni, mauve, summer, 10 to min. ; C. rotundi- 
folia fl. pi., blue, June to August, min., and its varieties, Hosti 
(rich blue) and alba (white). C. turbinata is generally classed 
as a species, but modern botanists deem it to be a variety of 
C. carpatica, which see. There is a white form called alba ; 
and others called Distinction, blue ; and White Star, white. 
The taller species adapted for border culture are : C. alliarae- 
folia, white, July, 12 to i8in. ; C. glomerata, blue. Sept, and 
Oct., i8in., and its varieties, alba (white), and dahurica (deep 
purple) ; C. grandis, violet-blue, June, 1 to 2ft. ; C. lactiflora, 
pale lilac and white, July to Sept., 2 to 6ft. ; C. latifolia, blue, 
July, 3 to 6ft., with its varieties Burghalti (lilac, 2ft.), macrantha 
(purple, 3 to 5ft.), macrantha alba (white, 3 to 5ft.), macrantha 
pallida (pale purple, 3 to 5ft.), Van Houttei (violet-blue, 2ft.); 
C. persicifolia, blue, June and July, 1 to 3ft., with its varieties 
alba (white);’ alba coronata (white ''.and semi-double), alba 
grandiflora (white and large), alba plena (white and 
semi-double), ccerulea duplex (soft blue and semi-double), 
coerulea fl. pi. (double-blue), ccerulea grandiflora (blue 
and large), Daisy Hill (lavender-blue, semi-double), Moerheimi 
