. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CAMPANULA CAMPANULA 227 is the most variable feature of all, and in the scheme below C. Carpatica and C. punctata especially will seem wrongly placed to many. But the characters used by De CandoUe in vol. 7, part 2 of the Prodromus are well- nigh useless to the gardener, and nothing else but a distinction of he
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CAMPANULA CAMPANULA 227 is the most variable feature of all, and in the scheme below C. Carpatica and C. punctata especially will seem wrongly placed to many. But the characters used by De CandoUe in vol. 7, part 2 of the Prodromus are well- nigh useless to the gardener, and nothing else but a distinction of height can bring out the two important cultural groups of Campanulas, viz: Border or tall kinds, and rock-garden or dwarf kinds. The best gar- den monograph of Campanulas is by F. W. Meyer, in The Garden, 48:294-299 (1895). See, also. The Garden for May 13,1899, and 8:173-180 (1875). The most popular of all Campanulas is the Canterbury Bell {G. Medium and its var. calycantliema). Of all wild forms the best known is certainly C. rotunditolia, the true "Hairbell," or "Blue Bells of ; Of the border kinds, the 6 most popular are probably C. Me- dium, C. rotunditolia (in its many forms), alis, C. persicifolia, C. glomerata and C. Carpatica. Of the rock-garden kinds, the most popular in America are possibly O. Carpatica, , and C. rotundi- tolia. The greatest curiosities are C. punctata, C. mac- rostyla, C. Zoysii and C. rotunditolia, var. soldanellce- flora. For exhibition and for pot-culture, is most used. For pendent effects in rockeries, baskets or window boxes, C. tragilis is best. For edgings, C. Carpatica is perhaps the favorite. For large, isolated specimens, C. pyramidalls, the tallest species, is best. F. W. Meyer's choice of varieties and classification should be consulted by all who intend to import Cam- panulas. England is probably the most favored spot in the world for the culture of Bell-flowers, and the E
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