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a blood-red color, is now cultivated in our gardens, 

 and is a native of Texas, where it grows in profu- 

 sion on the banks of the Brazos. Another beautiful 

 cultivated variety is Aurora Borealis, whose colors 

 are gold, rich red, and white. G. aristata grows wild 

 in Missouri and farther west, and has also come under 

 cultivation. Its showy rays are either yellow through- 

 out or are dashed with brownish purple at their base. 

 G. lanceolata grows wild south- 

 ward from Carolina, in the pine 

 barrens, has narrow leaves, and 

 flower heads with small yellow 

 rays and brownish-purple disks. 

 The Gaillardias are both perennials 

 and annuals ; the varieties G. ain- 

 hlyodon and G. pidchella are an- 

 nuals. All are summer flowering 

 plants. 



The summer cliry- 



santhemum is a 



charming annual 



held in high es- 

 teem by the farmers' wives, par- 

 ticularly in New England. In 

 nearly every dooryard, where there 

 are any flowers at all, we will be pretty sure to see 



in summer the Coronarium chrysanthemum. The 

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Summer 

 Chrysanthemum. 



Chrysanthem um 



coronarium. 



Summer Chrysanthe- 

 mum, BurrWgeanum. 



