5IO CORIAR1A. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



plant, also delighting in a rich damp 

 soil. C. tenuifolia is a pretty plant, 

 with elegant feathery foliage and rich 

 golden-yellow blossoms from summer 

 till autumn. C. verticillata is similar to 

 it, and is also a showy border plant. 

 Neither of these is so robust as the 

 taller kinds, and they therefore require 

 more select spots, such as the front rows 

 of a mixed border in the rougher parts 

 of the rock-garden. The annuals are 

 among the showiest summer flowers ; 

 being hardy, they make a fine display in 

 spring from seeds sown in September ; 

 while an almost continuous bloom may be 

 had from July to October by sowing 

 successively from early March till the 

 middle of June in ordinary garden soil 

 that of a moist description being prefer- 

 able for the spring sowings. The follow- 

 ing are the principal annuals : C. aristosa, 

 2 to 3 ft. high, with large golden-yellow 

 blossoms ; C. Atkinsoniana, I to 3 ft. high, 

 flowers orange-yellow spotted with brown 

 in centre ; C. coronata, orange-yellow, 

 with a circle of brownish crimson in 

 centre ; C. Drummondi, I to i^ ft. high, 

 golden-yellow ; C. tinctoria, i to 3 ft. high, 

 flowers crimson-brown tipped with orange- 

 yellow. 



C. grandiflora is a very fine showy 

 plant. It fully deserves its name, as its 

 flowers are very much larger than those 

 of any other Coreopsis grown in gardens. 



Even if we eventually come to treat it 

 entirely as an annual, this will not de- 

 tract from its value, for it is a graceful 

 flower and worthy of special care. Rais- 

 ing a batch of seedlings once a year is 

 easily done. The seed may be sown at 

 any time in spring, and strong plants be 

 ready to put out into their flowering 

 quarters in autumn. Its handsome 

 flowers are borne on strong stems 12 

 to 18 in. in length. In the garden the 

 flowers are brilliant and long-lasting, and 

 they are also valuable for cutting. A. H. 



COEIAEIA. Evergreen shrubs, na- 

 tives of India and America ; they seem 

 to do well in southern parts of the country, 

 and are even hardy in London, thriving 

 in ordinary conditions, and best fitted for 

 a place among shrubs of medium size. 

 Two or three species are in cultivation, 

 the most usual being myrtifolia (a native 

 of S. Europe.) 



CORIS (Montpelier C.} C. monspelien- 

 stsis a pretty dwarf plant of the Primrose 

 order, about 6 in. high, usually biennial in 

 our gardens, thriving on dry sunny parts 

 of the rock-garden, in sandy soil, and 

 among dwarf plants. South of France. 

 Seed. 



COENUS (Dogwood: Cornel}. Most 

 of the Dogwoods known in cultivation are 

 shrubs or small trees. Some are pretty 

 shrubs, useful in the park and pleasure- 

 garden, or along watercourses, the shoots 

 of some giving fine colour in winter ; and 

 there are two very dwarf species for the 

 bog-garden. 



C. alba, the white-fruited Dogwood, is a 

 native of. Asia, growing to a height of from 

 5 to 10 ft., with slender branches clothed 

 with bright-red bark, giving a charming 

 effect all through 

 the year, either 

 in a mass or as a 

 specimen plant 

 on a lawn or in 

 the shrubbery. 

 The fl ower s, 

 white or cream- 

 coloured, are in 

 crowded cymes, 

 followed by 

 whitefruits. The 



variety 



one of the finest 



in our climate, 



at any rate of 



shrubs with col- 



oured leaves. In 



spring the leaves are bronzy, in summer 



deeply and irregularly margined with gold. 



The habit of the plant is vigorous, the 



variegation constant, and the foliage does 



not scorch in bright sunlight, as is the case 



in not a few plants with golden variegated 



leaves. 



C. alba sibirica is dwarfer in habit 

 than typical C. alba, but has still brighter- 

 coloured bark. Nothing is definitely 

 known of the origin of this charming 

 shrub. Apparently the first mention of it is 

 in Loddiges' catalogue for 1836. There is 

 a form of this variety with variegated leaves, 

 but it is not so desirable as the type. 



C. canadensis (the dwarf Cornel or 

 Bunchberry) is a pretty little herbaceous 

 plant with creeping underground rhizomes 

 and upright simple stems from 4 to 8 in. 

 high, the leaves ina whorl of four or six near 

 the summit of the stems ; the true flowers 

 are minute, but the four rather large white 

 or cream-coloured bracts conspicuous. 

 The berries are red and show well above 

 the short stems : in taste they are sweet 

 and palatable. This species grows in 

 Japan and Manchuria, and across the 

 continent of N. America, and is one of the 

 prettiest plants for the bog garden or the 

 cool parts of the rock-garden. 



C. capitata (Strawberry-tree]. This 

 plant is more widely known under thename 

 of Benthamia fragifera. It is a sub-ever- 



