October io, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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he Dalmatian Bellflower. 
c_ ' — 
— Campanula’ portenschlagiana. 
n many gardens the above Campanula 
best known under the name of C. 
ralis, which is more easily manage- 
e or remembered than the correct one. 
the numerous species of Campanula 
t are fitted for the rock garden, this 
worthy of consideration in every col- 
:ion on account of its profuse bloom- 
nature and the length of time during 
ch it continues to throw up its bell- 
ped, lilac-blue flowers. 
'he accompanying illustration shows 
ne colony of it in the rockery at Kew, 
:re our photograph was taken on June 
1 It had, however, been in bloom 
some time previously. The picture 
ws the true habit of this plant and 
• it likes to ramble amongst stones, 
ile the main body of it is planted in 
tcke.t above the stones, it has rambled 
through the fissures of this massive 
e of magnesian limestone. Only one 
;r plant has taken possession of this 
.sive rock and that is Linaria Cym- 
balaria alba, a few flowers of which may 
be seen on the left-hand side of the pic¬ 
ture. 1 here is, of course, a body of soil 
behind the stone, and while the Campa¬ 
nula rambles from beneath, the Linaria 
trails down over the rock, establishing 
itself in the fissures. 
This Bellflo wer has creeping, under¬ 
ground stems and this explains its suit¬ 
ability for planting amongst rocks where 
it can come through narrow spaces be¬ 
tween rocks or through the water-worn 
seams or crevices of large pieces of rock. 
This habit of growth also enables the 
plant to be propagated readily by division 
when growuh is commencing in spring. 
Every piece with some of these under¬ 
ground stems would make a plant. In 
most cases this would readily furnish all 
the young plants that would be needed 
in a private garden. This is 'highly con¬ 
venient, as the plant does not produce 
seeds. The creeping habit is, therefore, 
a sort of compensation for the lack of 
seeds. 
R. H. S. 
The next fortnightly exhibition of 
flowers, plants, etc., of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society will be held on October 
13th, from t to 6 p.m. At-3 o'clock Mr. 
Cecil H. Hooper, F.S.I., will lecture on 
the “Influence of Geology in Horticul¬ 
ture.'’ 
Wargrave' Gardeners. 
The opening meeting of the winter 
session of the Wargrave and District 
Gardeners’ Association was held on Sep¬ 
tember 16th, Mr. W. H. Scott presiding. 
Mr. T. Haskett, gardener to Mr. J. W. 
Rhodes, of Hennerton, read an excellent 
paper on “ Herbaceous Calceolarias,” 
describing his method of growing them. 
A good discussion followed. 
R. H. S. Examinations. 
On the invitation of the Government 
of the United Provinces of India, the 
“ General Examination ” of the Royal 
Horticultural Society in the principles" of 
horticulture is to be modified so as to 
fulfil the local requirements, and a first 
examination will be held in April, 1909, 
at Saharanpur. This suggests that pos¬ 
sibly other countries and districts may 
feel it desirable to enter candidates for 
a similarly modified examination, in 
which case the Council say they would 
doubtless be prepared to organise it. 
Campanula portenschlagiana. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
