Watsonville, California 
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(Campanulas 
"Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue!” —Southey. 
The glorious possibilities of Cam¬ 
panulas for the amateur’s garden, es¬ 
pecially near the Pacific Coast, are, for 
most of us, a closed book; but it would 
be difficult to find any other hardy per¬ 
ennial that offers so much variety of 
beauty and form and yet is so easy to 
grow under ordinary conditions. 
There are more than 200 kinds of 
Campanulas; tall kinds from one to eight 
feet high, many trailing and creeping 
kinds ideal for the rock garden and low 
border planting. They furnish liberally 
the blue shades so desired in gardens; 
some are white, but all shades of blue and 
purple are represented. They are ex¬ 
tremely easy of culture and, so far as 
we have found, are quite immune to 
attack from pest or disease. Above all, 
they are perennials with few exceptions, 
such as the familiar Canterbury Bell, a 
biennial; once planted they take care of 
themselves, withstand hard frost, and 
only need, in some cases, to be divided 
every few years. Most of the Campan¬ 
ulas make fine, long-lasting cut flowers, 
the buds continuing to open in water. 
From our large variety we select 
the kinds listed below because they are 
suited to average conditions and are not 
particular as to soil. Most of them prefer 
partial shade,—a good deal of shade in 
hot, sunnier localities,—a light soil, and 
plenty of water. The trailing sorts prefer 
a gritty soil, especially at the surface. 
All our stock is open field grown. Note 
that we can furnish seed of many kinds, 
as stated, which is easily germinated. 
Lester Photo 
The rare and lovely pale blue Campanula Edw. 
Molyneau. (Photographed in our garden) 
C. CELTIDIFOLIA (Edw. Molyneau) — (Illustrated) —Very uncommon but very choice; 
grows to 3 y 2 feet, bears for a long season very large heads of large, upright, pale blue bells; 
a showy, valuable sort. Deciduous. Strong field-grown clumps, (3 for $2), each 7 5c. 
Seed, per packet 2 5 c. 
C. GARGANICA —Trailer, lovely for the rock garden; small, dark green foliage; dark blue 
flower with white eye. Strong 1 -year plants, ( 6 for $1.50), each 3 0c. 
KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS 
"Your plants are the pride of my garden. I am delighted.” 
"The Weeping Roses you sold me have made wonderful growth.” 
