The Gardening World, August i, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“ Joy from within is like smelling the Rose 
on the tree; it is more sweet and fair and 
lasting.”— Young. 
CONTENTS. 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs . 497 
Annuals and Perennials for Bedding 
Purposes . 49 ^ 
Carnations, Malmaison (illus.) . 501 
Competition Awards . 49 ^ 
Competition, Prize Letter . 509 
Enquire Within . 5 °S 
Flower Garden, The (illus.) . 503 
Fruit Garden, The (illus.) . 504 
Geraniums and Carnations, Staking 510 
Greenhouse, The Amateur’s —.— 504 
Kitchen Garden, The (illus.) . 504 
Lapagerias : Planting and Propaga¬ 
ting (illus.) . 499 
Orchids for Amateurs . 5°4 
Plants Which Thrive in the Shade, 
Hardy . 5°3 
Roses, In the Garden of . 502 
Slugs and How to Deal With Them 499 
Sweet Peas at Kelveden . 5°9 
Sweet Peas at Marks Tey. 5 °° 
Trees and Shrubs, Some Choice 
Flowering . 49 § 
Work of the Week ——.. 503 
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CLIV. 
A White Flowered Campanula. 
In the issue of The Gardening World 
for July nth there was an interesting 
query concerning Campanula persicifolia 
alba coronata, and though the query was 
fully answered under “ Enquire Within,” 
I should like to add a further word or 
two, as it has long been a favourite plant 
of mine. It is by no means common in 
this particular form, though C. persici¬ 
folia is, of course, often seen, and it is a 
delightful variety to grow in good mas¬ 
sive clumps, replenishing from time to 
time with younger stuff which can be 
easily reared by putting in small shoots 
in the spring. But my special reason for 
referring to this plant has reference to the 
expression “warm light soil,” and the 
further one that the later flowers come 
very small in size. I think this is wholly 
the consequence of the conditions under 
which it is grown. My own experiments 
with it have caused me to take every 
clump from the hot sunny positions in the 
garden, and plant them in the coolest 
spots the garden affords—that is to say, 
a north-east aspect—and the moistest soil, 
in consequence of the small amount of 
sunshine the border receives. Under 
these conditions the plants reach from two 
to three feet, remain in flower over a much 
longer period, while the later flowers are 
not noticeably smaller than the first. And 
it is not only this variety of Campanula 
I have learned to grow in quarters as cool 
as possible, but likewise the more beauti¬ 
ful C. persicifolia grandiflora Backhousei, 
perhaps the best and handsomest of all 
Campanulas, even including C. pyra- 
midalis. C. grandis is far better under 
cool conditions, and one may say the 
same of almost all the tall growing varie¬ 
ties. The mistake that the novice too 
often makes is growing exhausted clumps 
year after year. In dividing the plants, 
which should be done at any rate once 
in three or four years, even in good soil, 
the centre'and weakest portion should be 
thrown away, and only the outer growths 
used again. But, as I have already said, 
single growths cut off below the soil in 
spring and dibbled on to a spare border 
make splendid young plants for autumn 
transplanting, and if large clumps are 
desired for the following season, can be 
planted in groups of three, thus . •. a little 
distance apart. If the tall Campanulas 
have to be grown on poor sandy soil in a 
sun-smitten border that becomes as dry as 
dust with the first dry weather, a few 
spadesful of loose leaf mould or rotted 
stable manure should be spread over the 
ground between the plants, to help them 
as much as possible, and it is not advis¬ 
able to establish them on sloping ground 
where much of the rainfall runs off. 
C. carpatica. 
I look upon a collection of Campanulas 
as a most interesting one to make in the 
garden, and at the present moment am 
longing to add that delightful hybrid be¬ 
tween C. pyramidalis and C. carpatica 
known as C. Fergussoni to the dozen or 
so varieties I already possess. I suppose 
it is too late now to urge my readers to 
sow the seed of that lovely rose pink 
Canterbury Bell that has such a charm¬ 
ing effect, and is an addition to every 
garden. I look upon Campanula carpatica 
as one of the late summer stand-bys for 
flowering in rock gardens from the end 
of July onwards for some weeks if seed 
vessels are properly removed. The 
flowers are large in proportion to the 
height of the plant, and it is such a happy 
looking flower, if I may say so, when it 
has its roots well under bits of rock and 
can get ample moisture. 
C. glomerata. 
Even that violent and intense violet of 
C. glomerata is not without real decora¬ 
tive value in the garden. We may not 
want a great expanse of it, but I can 
assure my readers that I once saw a large 
group of it on a bold bit of rock work, 
and the vivid bit of colouring was a thing 
I have never forgotten, so thoroughly de¬ 
corative was it. But it should be well 
grown, not half starved and wholly dried 
up, so that it may be seen in perfection. 
We will allow that it is there for the sake 
of that brilliant bit of crude colour—then 
let us get its full worth. Does someone 
take exception to that expression, crude 
colour, and question if it can be well to 
introduce anything that merits the title ? 
I say emphatically yes, a bit of crude 
colour such as this deep full violet may 
have real value in a colour scheme. We 
have to remember that hues we would not 
introduce into the house w'e may safely 
find space for in the brighter light and 
wider expanse of the garden, with the blue 
sky above, and the mass of green on 
every side, and round about every block¬ 
ing in of colour. 
Among the less well known Campanu¬ 
las I should like to recommend C. 
Trachelium alba fl. pi., also C. Van 
Houttei, and C. Raineri. These are from 
two to three feet in height and effective 
border plants. F. NORFOLK. 
-- 
Some 
A long harvest leaves little corn. 
A good nut year; a good corn year. 
So many August fogs, so many winter 
mists. 
Dry August, and -warm, 
Does harvest no harm. 
Abundance depends on sour milk. 
(i.e., Thunderstorms help the grass). 
On St. Mary’s Day (14th) sunshine, 
Brings much and good wine. 
None in August should over the land; 
In December none over the sea. 
