CHAPTER XIV 



JULY, AUGUST. AND SEPTEMBER. 

 Coreopsis to Ladies'' Tresses. 



Coreopsis. Bright-eyed coreopsis is one of the 



Coreopsis tinctorm. clieei'iest of our Smaller garden flow- 

 ers, and it is another distinctly 

 American character. The variety 

 G. tinctoi'ia, of Arkansas, is the 

 common coreopsis, or calliopsis of 

 all country gardens. It has ex- 

 tremely narrow leaflets, a smooth, 

 waving, and somewhat wiry stem, 

 and numerous flowers, which are 

 small and beautifully variegated 

 with wine-red and golden yellow ; 

 one variety has tul)ular rays, but 

 it lacks effect. C. Drummondii 

 is a beautiful large golden-yellow 

 flower with a dark-red spot on 

 each ray, and leaves composed of oval-shaped leaf- 

 lets ; C. coronata is a flower with broad and hand- 



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Coreopsis. 



