OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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and many are produced from one bulb, appearing in succession, 

 so that the blooming period 

 is well extended; it braves 

 the worst weather with little 

 or no damage. Unlike the 

 longer-tubed varieties, it is 

 never seen in a broken state, 

 and it is this which mainly 

 renders it superior. Either 

 as a cut flower, or a decora- 

 tive subject for the borders 

 or rockwork, it is a first-rate 

 plant, being neat and showy. 



It enjoys a sandy loam in 

 a moist but warm situation ; 

 at the base of a small rock- 

 work having a southern as- 

 pect it flourishes to perfec- 

 tion ; it can hardly be planted 

 wrongly provided there is no 

 stagnant moisture. Propa- 

 gated like C. autumnale, 

 than which it is of slower 

 increase. 



Flowering period, Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Coreopsis Auriculata. 



EAR-LEAVED COREOPSIS; 



Nat. Ord. COMPOSITE. 

 THE oldest species of the 

 genus grown in English 

 gardens ; its flowers are yel- 

 low, but dotted at the base 

 of the rav florets. The 

 leaves, as implied by the 

 name, are dissimilar to other 

 species, being lobed and hav- 

 ing ear-like appendages ; but 

 this feature is far from con- 

 stant, and otherwise the 

 leaves differ, being sub-ses- 

 sile and oval -lance-shaped 



(One-fourth natural size.) 



as long ago 



as 1699. Slugs are very 



fond of these plants, and in winter more especially, when the 



