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COREOPSIS CORONILLA. 



Coreopsis prsecox (Early <?.) A very 

 charming plant, seldom seen in 

 cultivation, 2 ft. or upwards in 

 height. Flowers, in summer; large, 

 orange-yellow, arranged in a corym- 

 bose panicle. Leaves, opposite, entire 

 or ternate, with narrow linear leaflets 

 of a vivid green colour. N. America. 

 Borders, in good free soil. Divi- 

 sion and seed. 



Coreopsis tenuifolia (Slender-leaved 

 C.} A very graceful and ornamental 

 plant, with a furrowed branching 

 stem, from 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; rich golden yellow, 1 in. 

 across, numerous, terminal, erect, 

 solitary on the ends of the many sub- 

 divisions of the branches. Leaves, 

 very much divided into narrow linear 

 segments, and produced in whorls at 

 the joints of the stem and branches. 



N. America. Borders, and margins 



of shrubberies, in sandy loam. Divi- 

 sion or seed. 



Coreopsis verticillata ( Whorled-leaved 

 <7.) A slender but showy species, 

 2 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 bright yellow, 2 to 3 in. across ; florets 

 of the ray entire. Leaves, slender, 

 in whorls, stalkless, divided in- 

 to three very narrow, linear seg- 

 ments. N. America. Borders, in 



sandy loam. Division. 



Coris monspeliensis (Montpellier C.) 

 A rather pretty dwarf branching 

 plant, about 6 in. high, usually 

 biennial in our gardens. Flowers, in 

 summer; bright lilac, with orange 

 anthers, in elongated terminal heads. 

 Leaves, linear, acute, with revolute 

 margins, sessile, patent, rather close 

 together, and clothing the stem from 

 the base to the top. South of France. 



Dry and sunny parts of rockwork, 



in dry sandy soil, and among dwarf 

 plants. Seed. 



Coraus canadensis (Dwarf Cornel}. 

 A pretty miniature shrub, the shoots 

 of which are tipped with white bracts, 



tinted with rose at the points, 4 to 

 6 in. high. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 purplish-white, in an umbel much 

 shorter than the leaves of the in- 

 volucre. Leaves, about 1^ in. long 

 and 1 in. broad, nearly stalkless, 

 ovate, acuminate, entire, veined, in 

 whorls of 4 or 6 at the top of each stalk, 



Berries globose, red, ripe in July. 



The rock-garden, mixed border, and 

 bog-bed, in almost any soil, but 

 thriving best in a moist sandy, or 

 peaty one. Division. 



Cornus suecica (Dwarf Cornel). An 

 interesting British plant, with simple 

 stems, 4 to 6 in. nigh. Floivers, in 

 early summer ; purple, small, 20 or 

 more in a simple terminal umbel, sur- 

 rounded by an invohicre, consisting of 

 4 large white petal-like leaves, tinged 

 with red. Leaves, opposite, stalkless, 

 ovate, entire, veined almost from the 

 base, about 1 in. long. Berries small, 

 red when ripe, sweetish. Britain, 

 N. Europe and Asia. The rock- 

 garden, in moist, sandy, or peaty soil. 

 Scarcely worthy of culture except in 

 a botanical collection. Division. 



Coronilla iberica (Iberian C.) A 

 smooth, dwarf, showy, but tiny 

 shrub, with ascending stems, 6 or 8 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; yellow, 

 large, seven or eight in an umbel. 

 Leaves, pinnate ; leaflets 9 to 11, ob- 

 cordate, ciliate. Iberia and Cappa- 



docia. The rock-garden, and among 



the dwarf est plants in the mixed 

 border, in sandy loam. Division. 



Coronilla juncea (Rusk-stemmed C.) 

 A low evergreen shrub of rather 

 pleasing aspect, forming a neat bush 

 with branching stems, from 1 to 3 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; clear 

 yellow, small, in terminal and axillary 

 clusters. Leaves, trifoliate, few, and 



distant. Stem striated. France. 



Among neat shrubs on the rougher 

 parts of rockwork, in warm sandy 

 loam. Division and seed. 



