AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



rays, are crimson brown, the tips being orange 

 yellow. When the whole of the flower is crimson 

 brown, it is called C. atrosanguinea, C. atropurpurea, 

 or C. nigra speciosa. C. Drummondii, or Golden 

 Wave, has golden yellow flowers with a small 

 dark, spot at the base of the petal. C. coronata 

 has a yellow flower with a darker purplish-streaked 

 spot near the base. On the island these flowers 

 uniformly reach a height of four feet, and are 

 profuse bloomers. I pfefer the darker varieties 

 of C. tinctoria, and always gather my own seeds, 

 planting late in the fall. The seeds are small and 

 need only be scattered broadcast on the bed. 

 The Coreopsis likes good rich soil and plenty of 

 sunshine, blooming from July i8th to frost. 



Gray classes the Mayweed under the genus 

 Anthemis, but others group the seventy-odd 

 species in the genus Matricaria. All the 

 species are natives of Europe, Africa, and west- 

 ern Asia, and all are weeds with the exception 

 only of Matricaria inodora plenissima, or Anthemis 

 chamomilla flor plena, as other botanists call it. 

 The seedsmen, possibly from a desire to save 

 this flower from the humiliation of acknowl- 

 edging its host of poor relations, have in the 

 kindness of their hearts followed the lead of 



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