216 breck's new book of flowers. 



and one-half foot high ; a bluish pearl color, not re- 

 markable for their beauty ; July and August ; a hardy 

 perennial. 



GAILLARDIA. 



[Dedicated to M. Gaillard, an amateur Frencli botanist.] 



Gaillardia picta* — Painted Gaillardia. — A very hand- 

 some plant, naturally perennial, but produces its flowers 

 the first year from seed, if started early. It has large, 

 beautiful crimson flowers, two inches across ; each petal 

 being tipped with yellow. The disk is dark-colored, 

 something like Coreopsis tinctoria ; one to two feet high. 



G. bicolor. — Two-colored Gaillardia. — This variety ap- 

 pears identical with Gaillardia picta^ excepting that the 

 leaves are entire. The fine large blossoms, more than 

 two inches across, the large crimson disk, surrounded by 

 a ray of fine yellow, produce a very showy appearance, 

 and render the plant well deserving a place in the flow- 

 er-garden. They are natives of Mexico, and too tender 

 to endure our winter, consequently must be protected by 

 frames. They are readily propagated by cuttmgs in the 

 green-house or hot-bed ; but more easily raised from 

 seeds, which, if started in heat, will flower profusely in 

 the garden through the season. 



GALANTHUS.-Snow Drop. 



[From Greek words, signifying milk and a fluwvr, on account of the milky 

 whiteness of the blossoms.] 



It is rather singular, and also to be regretted, that no 

 variation, except a double variety, and no hybrids have 



