FLOWERING PLANTS 
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Platycodon or Japanese Bell Flower. 
Platycodon. Japanese Bell Flower. Balloon Flower.— 
A very pretty perennial well adapted here. Beautiful flow¬ 
ers. 
Platycodon is a native of Asia. It requires a light 
loamy soil and does not do well in very heavy soils or in 
extremely sandy soils. It will not grow in places where 
there is poor drainage. Generally grown from seed, al¬ 
though it can be propagated by dividing the roots in the 
Spring. Height one to two feet. 
Varieties: Grandiflorum .—Large steel-blue flowers. (A most 
desirable variety.) 
Album. —White. 
Double .—Large glossy blue flowers. 
