HELEHIUM 



Flower-heads. — Radiate, terminating the branches, with a spread of 

 two and a half to three inches; rays golden-yellow, fertile; disk-florets 

 yellow. 



Involucre. — Of two to three rows of bracts, the inner shorter than the 

 others. 



Receptacle. — Convex; chaff yellow-tipped. 



Akenes. — Four-sided; pappus either wanting or of two to four minute 

 teeth. 



Heliopsis is a great addition to the wild garden. The. flower- 

 heads are three inches across, of a beautiful golden-yellow, and 

 look like wild sunflowers. The distinction between the two lies 

 largely in the shape of the receptacle, the character of the 

 pappus, and the fertility of the ray-floret. In Heliopsis the 

 receptacle is conical, the pappus is either wanting or consists 

 of a few minute teeth, and the ray-florets are fertile. In Heli- 

 anthus, the sunflower, the ray-florets are neutral; the recep- 

 tacle flat or convex but never conical, and the pappus of two 

 chaffy scales. 



Heliopsis lavis is advertised under the variety Pitcheriana, 

 which is, of course, a proper tribute to the one who brought it 

 from the wilds and introduced it into the garden. But any one 

 may gather the seeds in the wild-wood tangle, bring them home, 

 and in due time the lovely creature will smile from the hardy 

 border. The variety scabra is simply a rougher form of the plant. 



HELENIUM. SNEEZE WEED 



Helenium autumndle. 



Ancient Greek name of obscure meaning. 



A tall, handsome perennial; one of our finest autumnal composites. 

 Used in park planting. 



Stem. — Erect, rough, leafy, two to five feet high. 

 Leaves.— Altem&te, lanceolate, toothed, often decurrent on the stem. 



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