COREOPSIS 



if there is to be a satisfactory production of bloom, and to keep a 

 bed in hand requires continual cutting of heads. 



A full bed in bloom is a beautiful sight; the flowers seem 

 some way to embody the joy of living; on their long stems they 

 ride with the wind at the same time that they glow in the sun. 



As the seeds begin to ripen 

 the inner circle of bracts hug 

 tight about their treasures, 

 and the heads become cone- 

 shaped. When mature the 

 tiny akenes are rounded at 

 the back, flat beneath, 

 winged at the side with two 

 little projections of pappus; 

 altogether their appearance, 

 perhaps, justifies the name — 

 like a bug — Coreopsis. Pos- 

 sibly it is just as well to use 

 the name without thinking 

 what it means. 



The name Calliopsis began 

 as a misnomer, but now seems 

 to have become fixed upon 

 certain garden forms; nevertheless it should be understood that 

 every horticultural calliopsis is a botanical coreopsis. 



Coreopsis tinctoria is the annual species most in cultivation. 

 It is tall, the stem branches only at the summit, the leaves are 

 pinnatifid with long, narrow divisions. The flower-heads are 

 radiate, the broad rays brownish-red or partly yellow. A very 

 satisfactory annual. 



Coreopsis. Coreopsis lanceolata 



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