HARDY PERENNIALS —11/ 



Fig. 1100.— Coreopsis Lanceolata. 



Helippsis Pitcheriana — Introduced by 

 Pitcher and Manda, three years ago, is 

 evidt ntly the same as H. Scabra of the 

 botanies, a wild flower on the Western 

 Prairies, is claimed by the introducers 

 to be perfectly hardy, and to be much 

 superior to Coreopsis lanceolata as a 

 source of cut-flowers. The flowers are 

 about the same shape and size, a little 

 darker in color, and not so long stalked. 

 The habit of the plant is much more 

 robust, growing 2 to 3 feet high and as 

 much across, leaves dark green, rather 

 rough, somewhat heart-shaped, on long 

 petioles ; the flowers from the axils of 

 the upper leaves are produced quite 

 freely the whole summer. Last season 

 plants from seed sown early in May, 

 bloomed continuously from August 21 

 to October 10. Though the flower 

 closely resembles Coreopsis lanceolata, 

 the plant is so different in apjaearance that 

 it is well worthy a place in the border. 



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Coreopsis lanceolata. — The 

 best known of the clear yellow 

 composites and probably the 

 best of them all for cut flower 

 purposes. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in such great profusion 

 that they can be cut freely with- 

 out robbing the plant. Though 

 strictly a perennial, it blooms 

 freely the first year, if seed is 

 sown early in the spring. Last 

 season I had abundance of 

 flowers from August to Oct. 4, 

 from spring sown seed. Though 

 claimed to be quite hardy, I 

 have had some difficulty in bring- 

 ing them through the winter 

 safely. Such a dense mass of 

 leaves grow at the base of the 

 stems, that they are apt to rot if 

 not covered very lightly. The 

 flowers are from 2 to 3 inches 

 across, of a beautiful bright 

 yellow on naked stalks about 4 

 in. long. 

 Anthemis tinctoria — Yellow chamo- 

 mile. — Is a native of England that is 

 slowly finding its way into American 

 plant catalogues, and being recognized 

 as a very desirable border perennial. 

 It is perfectly hardy and easily grown 

 from seed. The flowers are bright 

 yellow, about 2 inches across ; in sea- 

 son from July to fall. The leaves are 

 very finely divided — quite fern-like in 

 appearance — light green above and 

 downy beneath, forming a close mat 

 about 8 inches high, from which the 

 flower-stalks rise to a height of 18 or 20 

 inches. Though the whole plant is 

 quite soft and delicate looking, it has 

 most utiusual powers, of resisting frost. 

 The past season it was the last peren- 

 nial of my collection to succumb to the 

 cold. 



Plants from spring sown seed were in 

 bloom from August till near the middle 

 of November. 



