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bell-shaped purple or white flower, in great abundance, 

 but open only in the mornings and evenings of the hot 

 months of July and August. Sow in April where it is to 

 stand, or in March in pots to transplant. Sow some in 

 pots to bring into the house j but in no case have more, 

 than two plants in one spot, as they branch out and 

 become so heavy that winds and rains tear them about 

 and endanger other neighbouring plants by their means.. 

 Stake them as soon as they are beginning to run, and, 

 cut away straggling branches that they will send out 

 from the bettom. Their height sufficiently proclaims 

 them a plant to be placed in the back part of the flower- 

 border. 



445. COREOPSIS, ear-leaved Lat. Coreopsis auricu- 

 lata. Fr. Coreopsis auricuUe A hardy perennial of North 

 America, three or four feet in height, and blows a yellow 

 flower from August to September. COREOPSIS, alter- 

 nate-leaved. Lat. Coreopsis delphinifolia. Fr. Coreopsis d 



feuiUes de dauphin elie. A perennial plant of North Ame- 

 rica, eighteen inches high, and blows a yellow flower 

 from July till October. Both sorts propagated by di- 

 viding their roots. Any soil suits them, but they like an 

 open situation. 



446. CORIS, Montpellier. Lat. Coris monspeliensis. Fr. 

 Coris de montpellier . A biennial frame plant of the coast 

 of the south of France, seven or eight inches high, and 

 blows a pretty red flower in May and June. Propagated 

 by seed sowed in pots in the spring, and likes a light and. 

 sandv soil, and but little water. 





