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so insistent in the case of many plants, and reduce 

 the care of this class of plants to a minimum. 



There are several varieties of plants that much re- 

 semble in color and form, if not in texture, the sun- 

 flower's; the sanvitalias, for instance, which bear 

 showy, double, bright yellow flowers all summer. 

 These may be used to edge beds of dwarf sunflowers. 

 The yellow zinnias and the yellow marigold may also 

 be used in this connection. All thrive under prac- 

 tically the same conditions. The Gaillardias resemble 

 somewhat the Budbeckias, having a distinct center, 

 but show colors not found in the sunflowers, and are 

 handsomely zoned with two or more colors. Both the 

 annual and perennial varieties are easily raised from 

 seed, blooming the first season if started early in the 

 house or hotbed and continuing until frost. Once 

 established they will practically take care of them- 

 selves. 



Coreopsis are admirable, slender-stemmed, grace- 

 ful flowers excellent for mixing with the more angular 

 and stiff sunflower and cone flowers. Like the Gail- 

 lardias they are easily raised from seed sown in the 

 open ground in May or in boxes in the house in March 

 and transplanted to the open ground when the trees 

 are coming into leaf. They require little care, and 

 where time is at a premium the bed may be put in 

 good condition, heavily mulched with lawn clippings 

 and then left to take care of itself. The coreopsis is 



