CONVOLVULUS COREOPSIS. 



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more than an inch across ; stalks axil- 

 lary, solitary, mostly 2-flowered. 

 Leaves, lance-shaped, stalked, acute, 



very silky. Southern Europe. 



The rock-garden, in level spots, near 

 or beneath the eye, the margins of the 

 mixed border, or naturalization on 

 very bare banks. It will live in the 

 coldest clays, but thrives and flowers 

 best in a very free sandy loam. Di- 

 vision. 



Convolvulus mauritanicus (Blue 

 Rock Bindweed.} A prostrate, twin- 

 ing plant, with very slender, almost 

 thread-bike stems. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; small, blue, with a white throat 

 and yellow anthers, handsome, about 

 an inch across, borne one to three on 

 each flower-stalk ; calyx villous, with 

 5 linear oblong divisions, two of them 

 a little smaller than the rest. Leaves, 

 nearly round, or ovate, especially the 

 lower ones, never cordate, 1 to 1^ in. 

 long, alternate, in two rows, on very 

 short stalks ; whole plant covered 

 with soft white hairs, scarcely per- 

 ceptible to the naked eye. North 

 Africa, near Constantine. The rock- 

 garden, and raised borders, always in 

 sunny, somewhat raised positions, and 

 in sandy, well-drained soil. Division 

 or cuttings. 



Convolvulus Soldanella (Sea Bind- 

 weed.} A distinct - looking trailing 

 kind, with roundish fleshy leaves. 

 flowers, in summer ; pale red, large, 

 handsome, and freely produced on 

 angled stalks. Leaves, small, thick, 

 broadly rounded, or kidney-shaped, 

 entire, or slightly angled. Europe, 

 Britain and Tauria. The rock- 

 garden, planted so that its shoots may 

 droop over the brows of rocks. It 

 will also thrive and look very well in 

 borders, in ordinary soil. Division. 



Coptis trifolia (Goldthread.) A 

 dwarf, neat and pretty evergreen 

 bog-plant, 3 to 4 in. high, flowers, 

 early in summer; white, 1 on each 



slender stalk, springing from the root. 

 Leaves, trifoliate, shining ; leaflets 

 wedge-shaped, rounded at the end, 

 about 1 in. long, toothed, obscurely 

 3-lobed. It derives its common name 

 from its long, bright-yellow, fibrous 

 roots. Northern parts of Europe, 



Asia, and America. Moist peat or 



very sandy, moist soil, on the margins 

 of beds of American plants ; in moist 

 spots on rock work, or in the artificial 

 bog. Propagated by division. 



Coreopsis auriculata (Eared 0.) A 

 showy perennial, 16 in. to 2 ft. high. 

 flowers, in summer ; solitary, on long 

 stalks; florets of the ray yellow, 

 marked with a few purple or reddish- 

 brown spots on the claw, toothed ; 

 disk yellow. Leaves, sometimes entire, 

 sometimes 3-lobed, the two lower 

 lobes being auricled ; the flower-stems 

 are also furnished with a circlet of 

 small, oval, acute, spreading leaves. 



N. America. Borders in ordinary 



good garden soil. Division or seed. 



Coreopsis grandiflora (Large-flowered 

 (7.) A showy perennial, with deeply 

 cut leaves, 3 to 4 ft. high, flowers, in 

 summer ; bright yellow, 1 on each 

 lengthened peduncle ; florets of the 

 ray, 5- toothed, so deeply cut as to give 

 them a fringe-like appearance. Leaves, 

 opposite, connate, nearly stalkless, 

 fringed with hair at the base. North 



America. Borders, in ordinary soil. 



Division or seed. 



Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved 

 C.) A handsome kind, 1 to 3 ft. high, 

 lowers, nearly all the summer ; bright 

 yellow, 2 to 3 in. across, mostly one 

 on each long stalk ; florets of the ray 

 4- toothed. Leaves, lance-shaped, entire, 

 fringed with hairs; upper ones slightly 

 connate at the base ; stem sometimes 

 branched at the base. N. America. 

 Borders, or margins of shrub- 

 beries, in light, well-drained soil. 

 Division or cuttings. 



