"Looking out of my window I can see a clump of the loveliest blue spikes - a self-sown plant of Campanula celtidifolia. Yesterday I noticed that a few plants had also sprung up in the pathway in the semi-shade, hard against the potting shed wall. Every year this Campanula delights us by appearing in odd and unexpected places. I do hope we never get the garden so tidy that it does not get a chance to go on putting on these "turns" for us." "A Gardener's Log", p. 100 "I have just noticed that the fairies' thimbles are in bloom. It is always such a delight to observe the excited enjoyment of children on seeing them for the first time...From one plant many little seedlings will spring up, and you will have a dear little drift of this treasure - if you do the weeding yourself!" "Letters to Garden Lovers", Australian Home Beautiful, February 1938. "Boxing Day! You see, it is as I feared; many weeks have elapsed since starting this letter and now Campanula garganica is in flower. It is one of the star-shaped campanulas and very, very charming as most of the campanulas are, of course. Very soon now Campanula pusilla 'Miss Wilmot' will be abloom. This is 'fairies' thimbles'. It's adorable! I shall never forget it in Tasmania, where it spreads so wonderfully. It looks like a pale blue lawn." "Letters to Garden Lovers", Australian Home Beautiful, February 1942.