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in water in the house for many days and 
the buds continue to open daily. A 
combination of the blue and white varie- 
ties makes a superb display; a vase 
full of the silver-blue Edward Molyneau 
Campanula is something to be long re- 
membered. Practically every one of the 
perennial Campanulas is valuable for its 
cut-flower quality. 
Cc. PUNCTATA—lIllustrated. Classed by 
some as a rare novelty; certainly a 
garden treasure you should know. 
Comes from the mountain meadows 
of Japan. From mats of spreading 
foliage rise sturdy spikes each hung 
with large, pendant ‘‘fox-glove like’’ 
bell flowers, waxen in texture with- 
out, downy within, in varying de- 
lightful shades of creamy pink, lilac 
and even purple. Not hard to grow; 
up to 3 ft. in height; long blooming 
season; an enduring and unique per- 
ennial. Field-grown plants, 40c. 
Seed, 25c. 
C. PUSILLA — Illustrated on page 25. 
Sometimes offered as C. cochlearifolia. 
A trailing sort, quite essential for 
rock gardens; from dense mats of fine 
foliage rise 38 to 4-inch stems bear- 
ing quantities of nodding hells of 
lavender blue, like fairy’s thimbles; 
long blooming season. Field-grown 
plants, 40c. 
C. PYRAMIDALIS; The “Chimney Cam- 
panula’’—IIlustrated on page 19. One 
of the showiest of the tall Cam- The Pearl-white CAMPANULA MOERHEIMII, 
panulas, often grown in pots; bears : Sau : 
enormous spikes of bloom up to 7 or shawing 3 types of bloom—double, single 
8 feet tall loaded with flowers of ex- and double hollyhock form 
quisite blue through a _ three-month 

season. A fine, long-lasting cut flower. 
Strong field-grown plants, 40c; 3 for $1. 
Campanulas as Border Plants 
It is a strange thing how few garden- 
lovers are familiar with the perennial Cam- 
panulas, confining their Campanula experi- 
ence to the ordinary Canterbury Bell, which 
is only an annual or a biennial. Plant a 
group of the perennial Campanulas in your 
garden border and they will last for years, 
asking for little care and giving you bounti- 
ful returns; you need only to divide the 
clumps, in the fall or winter, every two or 
three years to insure them doing well. You 
have a grand variety of colors; clear, shin- 
ing white; pink and red; every imaginable 
shade of blue and some purple. For the 
small investment required, Campanulas give 
you tremendous returns in beauty and use- 
fulness. 

C. SARMATICA — An unusual sort, grow- 
ing up to 3 feet, with stiff upright stems 
well branched and laden with brilliant 
masses of bloom, each flower a _ widely 
flared, deeply toothed gem of loveliness, 
1% inch and over long, silver lavender 
to purple. Scarce but very desirable. 
Field-grown plants, 40c; 3 for $1. 
Cc. TELHAM BEAUTY—Illustrated. Most ad- 
mired of all the types of C. Persicifolia 
because of its profusely borne, very 
large, China blue, cup-shaped flowers on 
strong stems 3 to 4 feet high; some- 
times the flowers come semi-double but 
always strikingly beautiful. We list the 
white variety of this choice kind, C. Moer- 
heimii, on a preceding page; the two col- 
ors go well together as border perennials 
CAMPANULA PUNCTATA—an all- pee will increase ney nea wLy each year 
: : and can occasionally be divided. Strong 
season bloomer with 3-inch pendant bells Bivear Held-erown clanie na 0ceesT tones 1: 
of pink and red, spotted and veined Seed, 25c. 
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