The Lester Rose Gardens 
Campanulas, 
(Campanulas 
"Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue !”— Southey. 
A BRILLIANT MASS OF PORCELAIN BLUE! Lester Photo 
The CAMPANULA EDW. MOLYNEAU in a border planting, a hardy, easily grown perennial, 
rare and beautiful. 
Lester Photo 
A single plant of CAMPANULA ISOPHYLLA 
ALBA, grown on shelf, with 3-foot 
sprays of bloom. 
The glorious possibilities of Campanulas for 
the amateur’s garden, especially 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 Campan¬ 
ulas; 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 extremely 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 fa¬ 
miliar 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 Campanulas 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. 
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