152 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



called seeds are akenes. A naked seed is instanced 



by that of the portulaca in the Purslane family, 



where we will find it carefully tucked away with 



many companions in a tiny box with a lid. 



„ In the Gaillardia of our gardens we 



Gaillardia, or ° 



Blanket Flower, really have a cultivated flower which 

 Gaillardia ig our own — a native of our country. 



pulchella. . . ,, 



It ongmally came from Louisiana, 

 and was first brought into France by M. Thouin, a 

 professor of agriculture in Paris, 

 in ITST. The plant was named 

 for a M. Gaillardet, who was a 

 patron of botany. It is a pretty 

 flower in its single form, slightly 

 resembling coreopsis, but is more 

 highly colored than the latter 

 flower ; its hues are varied in 

 reds and deep and pale yellows. 

 There is a handsome double vari- 

 ety named O. Lorenziana, whose 

 flowers are mixed yellow and 

 flame-color, and somewhat resem- 

 ble small chrysanthemums. But 

 I fancy the single varieties more. 

 It is frequently the case that a 

 beautiful single flower gains little or nothing by the 

 doubling process. The charming G. amblyodon, of 



Qaillardia. 



