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found for it where it will have room to make its 

 bright midsummer display. The Eckmacea, or 

 cone-flower, on account of the large heads of 

 purple produced by E. purpurea and E. angus- 

 tifolia, is worth growing. Coreopsis lanceolata 

 is the finest of its genus, although C. grandi- 

 flora, C. pubescens, and C. auriculata are not 

 unlike it. C. verticillata is a small and pretty 

 species, with delicate foliage and numerous small 

 yellow flowers. C. prcecox is scarcely worth 

 growing, notwithstanding it is described as " cette 

 charmante espece" in the suave French cata- 

 logues. Other fine Helianthece are : Helianthus 

 doronicoides, H. strumosus, H. orgyalis, H. 

 giganteus, H. tuber osus, and H. Maximilian* ; 

 the last three growing from nine to twelve feet 

 high. H. giganteus has purplish stems, rough, 

 hairy, lanceolate, and sessile leaves ; flowers two 

 and a half inches across, abundantly produced in 

 August. H. doronicoides is one of the finest of 

 the sunflowers, a large-flowered, large-leaved, 

 tall-growing species, with bright-yellow blos- 

 soms. H. Maximilian* requires a warm climate 

 to show flower, it being the latest of the genus 

 to blossom. 



At this season spiders become very annoying 

 in the garden, weaving their webs among the 

 flowers and leaves, so as to give an untidy ap- 



