COREOPSIS 



(From the Greek koris, a bedbug, and opsis, resemblance; alluding to the fruit) 

 Composite 



95. Coreopsis lanceolata, var. grandiflora 

 English Name: Tickseed. 



SOUTHERN U. S. A. JUNE THROUGH AUGUST 



LARGE, bright-yellow, daisylike flowers, one and one half to two and 

 J one half inches across, borne on sparingly branched stems one to 

 two feet high. Foliage small and rather sparse. Excellent in masses in 

 the herbaceous border, 

 where if the blossoms are 

 kept well picked it will 

 give a brilliant note of 

 yellow through the 

 greater part of the sum- 

 mer. It should always 

 be planted with a setting 

 of good foliage plants 

 about it, as its long, almost 

 leafless stems are apt to 

 present an unkempt ap- 

 pearance if it standsalone. 

 Especially good for natu- 

 ralizing in barren places 

 on account of its brilliant 

 color and long season of 

 bloom. Excellent also 

 for cutting. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture in 

 any soil. Prefers sun. 



Propagate by seed or 

 bv division. 



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