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than two feet. R. liirta, the popular yellow daisy, is a 

 very showy plant of sandy fields and barren hillsides ; stem 

 simple, erect, about a foot high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; 

 ray-florets orange-yellow, disk brown. H. fulgida, flowers 

 smaller than in the preceding species ; the plant is twice as 

 tall; same color. All the Rudbeckias are very handsome 

 plants for use in wild gardening, for natural groups in sandy 

 and gravelly soil, in rockeries and borders. 



Purple Cone-flower, Echinacea purpurea. A simple, 

 erect plant, one or two feet high, with ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves, heads several inches across, ray-florets rosy-purple, 

 disk conical or columnar, brown. Fine in borders or for 

 planting in sunny positions on the margin of water. Flow- 

 ers in summer. 



Sanvitalia, Sanvitalia procumbent. A dwarf, trailing 

 plant growing a few inches high only, and covered in sum- 

 mer with numerous small yellow flower-heads with a purple 

 disk ; leaves ovate. Fine for covering the ground in groups 

 of taller plants such as eucalyptus or silk oak, or on sunny 

 banks to cover the ground. Increased by means of seeds 

 annually. 



Zinnia, Zinnia elegans. One of the most popular late- 

 flowering annuals with single or double flowers of the most 

 intense and brilliant colors. Used in beds or borders with 

 good effect. Seeds may be sown in flat boxes in a green- 

 house or frame and the plants should be kept ready to take 

 the place of spring- or early summer-flowers. 



French Marigold, Tagetes patula. A very floriferous, 

 strongly scented annual with pinnate leaves, and mostly 

 double flowers of rich and effective colors, chiefly pale yel- 



