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The Lester Rose Gardens 
(Campanulas 
With their gorgeous showing of blue bells, Campanulas are beginning to attract the 
attention they have long deserved by flower lovers because of their unequalled usefulness 
as hardy garden perennials. The well-known Canterbury Bell is a Campanula, but only a 
biennial, whereas most of the members of this large family are perennials. They cover 
a wide range in form; many are trailers, ideal for the rock garden and for border planting, 
and still more are tall in habit, growing from one to six feet or more in height and pro¬ 
viding delightful garden effects, mostly in shades of blue and white. They are easy to 
grow, are hardy, very resistant to plant diseases and pests, and require little care when 
once planted, increasing in size and beauty from year to year. Most of them may be in¬ 
creased by division in the fall. 
We have some thirty different kinds but not all of these in sufficient quantities to 
offer generally to our trade as yet. Here are a few of the most desirable sorts which we 
highly recommend for the amateur’s garden, all of them hardy perennials with long 
blooming season; 
PRICES: Unless otherwise stated, 2 5 cents each, prepaid; 3 for 60 cents. 
C. BONONIENSIS— Tall and branching in habit with bright blue flowers in loose 
spikes; up to 3 feet high. One year plants, small. 
C. CELTIDIFOLIA (Edw. Molyneau)— Grows to 4 feet high, bearing all season very 
large heads of large light blue flowers; a most showy sort which has greatly pleased 
our customers. Only size available this season is small year-old plants. 
C. ELATINOIDES—A trailing sort for rock garden, spreading in habit, pale blue 
flowers. Small plants. 
C. GRANDIS— Highly recommended; grows to 4 feet with many heads of very large 
(up to 3 inches) saucer-shaped bright blue flowers; strong grower and very showy. 
Large field-grown clumps, each 50 cents. Smaller one-year plants, 2 5 cents; 3 for 60 
cents. 
C. GROSSEKI—2 to 3 feet high, stiff stems bearing large, pendant, bell-shaped violet 
flowers; blooms continuously all season; spreads freely when once established. Each 
20 cents; 3 for 50 cents. 
C. LATIFOLIA (Brantwood)—Up to 2’/2 feet; with very large dark blue flowers up 
to 3 inches long; a beautiful sort. 
C. MEDIUM (Canterbury Bells)— Well known, profuse flowering biennial; choicest 
strain in shades of blue, lilac, pink and white; strong year-old plants to bloom soon, 
each 20 cents; 6 for 75 cents; 12 for $1.15 prepaid. 
C. MURALIS— Dwarf sort, forming large mats of shiny deep green foliage, always at¬ 
tractive; most useful border plant; lovely purplish-blue bell flowers all season. 
Divides readily. Each 2 5 cents; 3 for 60 cents; 10 for $1.50 prepaid. 
C. PERSICIFOLIA (Telham Beauty)— One of the most showy, desirable campanulas, 
to 3 feet high bearing large spikes of beautiful china blue flowers of large size. 
C. PERSICIFOLIA MOERHEIMI—Like the above but white flowers. 
C. PUSILLA—Grows to 6 inches. A good border kind with dense mats of shining green 
leaves and nodding bells of lavender blue flowers on 3 inch stems. 
C. RADDEANA—A rare and exquisite kind, grows to nearly a foot in height; bears 
spikes of rich purple flowers. Small one-year plants only. 
