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Gaillar'dia — continued. 



garden, whether the annual or perennial varieties 

 are employed. A great family likeness runs 

 through them all, though the modern hybrid 

 perennials may be reckoned by the dozen, while 

 the annuals are restricted to a few species. They 

 bloom from June to November, and though they 

 may be continuously cut for vases, for which 

 purpose they are unsurpassed, new blossoms come 

 on in quick succession. The flowers as a rule are 

 large and borne on long stalks, and last a long time 

 in water. The colours are generally some shade of 

 yellow or cinnabar-red, or both together, the 

 largest flowers measuring some 4 to 5 ins. 

 across, generally single, but sometimes double. 



G. amUy'odon. This is a true annual Gaillardia, 

 about 12 to 18 ins. high, with rather small 

 flowers of a blood-red colour. Texas, 1873. 



G. hi' color. See G. pulchella. 



G. corona' ta is a true annual having reddish-brown 

 flowers. 



G. pulcliel'la. \\ ft. high. This plant has blooms 

 of purple-crimson, tipped with yellow. 2 to 3 

 ins. across or more. From N. America, 1834. 

 Syn., G. hicolor. 



G. pulchel'la pic'ta. About 12 ins. or a little more 

 in height. The flowers are small, red, 

 edged with yellow. Syn., G. bicolor, var. 

 Drummondii. 



