COREOPSIS 75 



COREO'PSIS, also called CALLIOPSIS Tickseed (from Gr. 

 koris, a bed bug or tick, and opsis resemblance, in 

 allusion to the apparent similarity of the seed and 

 the insect). Nat. Ord. Composite. Syn., CHRYSO- 

 STEMMA. 



These charming plants are indispensable in 

 every mixed border and should be extensively 

 cultivated, being bright and rich in colour, profuse 

 bloomers, and excellent for cutting for vases. They 

 come from different parts of the N. American 

 continent, and are quite hardy even in town 

 gardens, any ordinary garden soil suiting them. 



C. aristdsa. Grows to 2 or 3 ft. ; large golden 

 flowers. 1869. 



C. artemisiwfo'lia. See COSMOS sulphureus. 



C. Atkinsoniafna. Height 2 to 3 ft. Orange-yellow 

 with brown- spotted centre. 



C. atrosangui'nea. Height 3 ft. Deep rich crimson- 

 brown flowers. 1823. Syn., C. nigra speciosa. 



C. bi 'color tinctor'ia. Height 2 to 3 ft. Eich chest- 

 nut-brown with yellow tips. Arkansas, 1823. 



C. bic'olor splen'dens, gold and maroon. 



C. Burrid'gi. Height 3 ft. Eich crimson and gold. 

 Syn., Cosmidium Burridgeanum. 



C. Cardaminifo'lia. Height 2 ft. Deep crimson. 



C. coronafta. Height 1^ ft. Orange -yellow, and 

 chestnut-brown in the centre. 



C. diver sifo'lia. See C. Drummondii. 



