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GAILLARDIA (personal name). Compdsitce. About 

 a dozen American herbs (largely of Atlantic N. Amer.), 

 with alternate, simple, more or less toothed, punctate 

 Ivs. and solitary yellow or red, showy heads: ray fls. 

 usually neutral, often with 2 or more colors or shades; 

 disk fls. mostly purple, the styles with slender hispid 

 branches ; involucre with two or more rows of leafy scales. 

 Gaillardias are popular and worthy garden plants. There 

 are two types, the annual forms, which are derived 

 from G. pulchella and G. amblyodon, chiefly from the 

 former; and the perennials, which issue from G. arts- 

 tata. The species are variable and confusing. 



Amongst hardy perennial plants, Gaillardias are 

 conspicuous for profusion and duration of flowers. A 

 constant succession is produced all summer until very 

 late in autumn. They produce a most gorgeous effect 

 in beds or borders. Moreover, they are highly recom- 

 mendable for cut-flower purposes, as they last for a long 

 time in water, and can be 

 gathered with ample, self-sup- 

 porting stems. They thrive 

 best in light, open, well 

 drained soil, and should have 

 the full benefit of air and sun. 

 In heavier or in moisture- 

 retaining ground the plants 

 are often winter-killed. The 

 perennial forms are propa- 

 gated by division, seeds or 

 cuttings in August or Septem- 

 ber; also by root cuttings in 

 early spring. Seedlings do 



886. Gaillardia pulchella, var. picta (X 2-5). 



not reproduce the parent ; therefore, if we are in pos- 

 session of an extra good variety, we must resort to 

 the other modes of propagation, though for general 



purposes we may rely on seed sowing, as this involves 

 less labor, but the cuttings make the better plants. G. 

 grandiflora and its many varieties are garden forms of 

 G. aristata. Great improvements have been introduced 

 in late years. Some of these are highly colored and of 

 extraordinarily large size, many of the flowers measur- 

 ing 4 to 5 in. across, as in the variety named Jas. Kel- 

 way. Another class has quilled florets (G. fistulosa), of 

 which Buffalo Bill is an excellent sample a large, pure 

 yellow, with maroon disk. Vivian Grey is also a re- 

 markable and most distinct variety, with clear yellow, 

 fringed rays and disk of the same color. 



Cult, by J. B. KELLER. 

 A. Annual ' Gaillardia s : fls. normally mostly red. 



amblyodon, Gay. One-2 ft., erect, leafy, hirsute: Ivs. 

 oblong or spatulate, sessile and auriculate, entire or 

 nearly so: lobes (or teeth) of the disk corollas short and 

 obtuse : rays numerous, brown-red or maroon through- 

 out their length. Tex. F.S. 21:2149. Somewhat cult, 

 amongst garden annuals, and worthy. 



pulchella, Foug. Erect, branching, 12-20 in., soft-pu- 

 bescent : Ivs. oblong, lan- 

 ceolate or spatulate, rather 

 soft, nearly sessile, either 

 entire or the lower ones 

 lyrate-pinnatifld : lobes of 

 disk fls. acute or awned: 

 heads 2 in. across, the flat 

 rays yellow at top and rose- 

 purple at base. Ark. and 

 La. to Ariz. B.M. 1602, 3551 

 as G. bicolor. 



Var. picta, Gray (G. picta. 

 Hort.). Fig. 886. The com- 

 mon garden form under 

 cult., having larger heads 

 and of various colors. B.M. 

 3368. R.H. 1852:20. In one 

 form (G. fistulosa, G. tubu- 

 losa, G. JJorenziana, Hort.), 

 the ray florets and sometimes 

 the disk florets are enlarged and tubular. Fig. 887. R. 

 H. 1881, p. 377; 1885:156. 



AA. Perennial Gaillardias : fls, normally yellow. 



aristata, Pursh (G. grandiflora, G. lutea, G. maxima, 

 and G. pertnnis, Hort.). Erect, 2-3 ft.: Ivs. rather 

 thick, lanceolate or oblong, sometimes spatulate, vary- 

 ing from entire to sinuate pinnatifld : lobes of disk co- 

 rollas acute or awned : heads 3-4 in. across, the flat rays 

 yellow, or in cult, varying to red (particularly at the 

 base). Plains W. B.M. 2940. B.R. 14:1186. Gng. 2:345. 

 This is the common perennial Gaillardia of gardens 

 (cult, under many names). Blooms the first year from 

 seed. From G. pulchella it is distinguished by taller 

 growth, firmer Ivs., yellower heads, and less attenuate 

 lobes of the disk fls. ; but it is practically impossible to 

 distinguish the two, except that one is annual and the 

 other perennial. L. H. B. 



GALACTIA (Greek, gala, milk; some kinds said to 

 have a milky juice). Leguminbsce. Perhaps 50 species 

 of prostrate or twining perennial herbs or erect shrubs, 

 widely scattered. They are of the smallest hort. value, 

 and are chiefly distinguished by the calyx lobes, 4, en- 

 tire, acute: fls. in racemes, or the lower ones clustered in 

 the axils: pods linear. Two kinds, once adv. by E. Gil- 

 lett. 



A. Leaflets 8. 



glabella, Mich. Prostrate, glabrous: stems matted, 

 usually branching, 1-2 ft. long : Ifts. elliptic, often 

 notched at tip: fls. 4-10, reddish purple: pods slightly 

 pubescent. Dry, sandy soil. N.Y. to Fla. B.B. 2:335. 



887. Gaillardia pulchella. 



The form known as G. Lo- 



renziana (X %). 



(621) 



