CORDYLIXE. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



COREOPSIS. 



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parts of England and Ireland that they 

 can be grown well in the open air. In 

 the Isle of Wight, and from thence 

 along the shores of Devonshire and 

 Cornwall to the Scilly Isles, they succeed 

 well, forming a fine feature even in cottage 

 gardens, whilst in some larger gardens 

 whole avenues are planted. But, in far 

 less favoured places, it is often seen 

 thriving for years in the open air, though 

 it is not worth trying in cold, high, and 

 inland places, especially on clay soils. 



abundance of seeds, from which seedlings 

 were easily raised in a cold frame. In the 

 Scilly Islands the plant becomes a great 

 tree, in the warmth and moisture from the 

 Gulf Stream. The fact thatinDublinyoung 

 plants annually flower and ripen seed is 

 sufficient proof of its hardiness and of its 

 prospects of success in many districts. It 

 is readily increased also from pieces of the 

 stem and offsets. If a plant is cut down 

 close to the ground, there soon spring up a 

 number of young shoots, which can be 



Cordyline australis, Bosachan, Cornwall. 



The true C. indivisa is distinct, and a 

 large number of plants have at different 

 times been in cultivation ; owing, how- 

 ever, to their being treated as tropical 

 plants, they usually proved short-lived. 

 One of the finest specimens in the country 

 is in Mr. Rashleigh's garden at Menabilly, 

 Cornwall. C. i. lineata is a fine variety, 

 with leaves much broader than those of 

 the type, and sometimes 4 in. across, 

 coloured with reddish pink at the sheath- 

 ing base. There are many forms. At 

 Knockmaroon Lodge, near Dublin, a plant, 

 1 6 ft. high, with a stem some 6 in. in dia- 

 meter, annually flowered and bore an 



taken off as cuttings, and which strike 

 with freedom. Recent severe winters 

 may have hurt it in many places ; but 

 after so many years' success no one in a 

 likely district will give up its culture. B. 

 COREOPSIS ( Tickseed\ Showy North 

 American herbs, perennial or annual ; 

 the annuals being pretty summer flowers, 

 and the perennials valuable late-blooming 

 plants. One of the best of the perennials 

 is C. auriculata, about 2 ft. high, with a 

 spreading growth, and bearing, in autumn, 

 abundance of rich yellow blossoms on 

 slender stalks. Nearly allied and similar 

 to it is C. lanceolata, an equally showy 



