The Book of Annuals 37 



* CALLIOPSIS 

 Coreopsis tinctoria 



Known also as tickseed — one of the most easily 

 grown garden annuals. There are Tom Thumb va- 

 rieties. The flowers are good for cutting, and cutting 

 induces more bloom. 



Sow seed where the plants are to bloom, thinning 

 seedlings to eight or ten inches apart. 



Color: yellow. 



Height: one to three feet. 



Period of Bloom : mid-June to September. 



Location: any garden soil; sun. 



