campanula or bell flower 
Wholly enchanting little rockery plants meet 
here with showy border beauties. All are easy. 
UNIFORM PRICE, pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
CAMPANULA ABIETINA—-erxl2. Mats of bril¬ 
liant green from which rise fine stems that carry 
wide stars of violet. Likes gravelly soil. 
C. BARBATA—erbxl5. Many glorious bells of 
china-blue dangle from sturdy stems. Give sun 
and good drainage. Excellent. 
C. BELLARDI—erxlO. A dainty and amiable lit¬ 
tle rambler, covered in August with countless 
quivering flower-bells, white, azure tinted or 
powder blue. 
C. LASIOCARPA—erx6. Each leaf tuft carries 
a single flower of purest radiant blue, so immense 
that inverted it would often cover the plant. 
C. PUNCTATA—erx!6. Waxy cream-white bells 
with a hint of pink flushing, downy and red-dot¬ 
ted within. June. 
C. RADDEANA—erx9. Glorious violet Harebells 
wave on graceful stems above glossy leaves. 
C. SPECIOSA—ebdxl5. From flat rosettes of 
gray foliage come stocky spikes set with enor¬ 
mous purple “Canterbury Bells”. Full sun. 
C. THYRSOIDES—erbxl8. This species contra¬ 
dicts the almost universal blueness of Campan¬ 
ulas by its close-packed spikes of large, erect, 
soft yellow bells. 
OFFER 55A5—One pkt. each of above for $1.50. 
THE BRIGHT SILENES 
Adaptable and easy plants of rich and varied 
values. 
SILENE ACAULIS—erx3. The leaves are like 
dence cushions of emerald moss, starred with 
silken rose flowers. Full sun. Pkt. 25c. 
S. CALIFORNICA-—erxlO. Huge ragged flowers 
of startling velvety scarlet, through late summer. 
A splendid species. Pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
S. COMP ACTA—ecrbx24. Showy heads of ver¬ 
bena-like florets, brightest rose pink. Excellent 
for cutting, long lasting and handsome. A bien¬ 
nial, but so good that one should keep plantings 
coming on. June and July. Pkt. 15c; sp. pkg. 35c. 
S. HOOKERI—erx4. Long, downy, gray leaves 
form lax rosettes, from which push up on four- 
inch stems the huge salmon-pink flowers with 
deeply slashed petals. Good drainage and full 
sun. Pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
S. LACINIATA—erxlO. Immense double-rayed 
stars of flaunting vermillion all summer. Pkt. 
15c; spec. pkg. 35c. 
S. PENNSYLVANICA—erx8. In May and June 
the plants explode into a profusion of brilliant 
but variably pink blossoms. Good. Pkt. 25c. 
S. STELLATA—ecbx24. Starry Campion. Deeply 
fringed white blossoms in airy panicles. Delight¬ 
ful for cutting, particularly with Asclepias. Pkt. 
15c; spec. pkg. 35c; 14 oz. 60c. 
S. VIRGINICA—erxl6. Enormous flowers of 
richest possible crimson, the petals deeply cloven. 
Called The Fire Pink. Pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
S. WHERRYI—erxlO. In June the plants are 
veritable cushions of bloom, pure true pink. You 
will like it. Pkt. 15c; spec. pkg. 35c. 
OFFER 56A5—One pkt. each of above for $1.55. 
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