CHAPTER XI Y. 



JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER. 

 Coreopsis to Ladies' Tresses. 



Coreopsis. Beight-eyed coreopsis is one of the 



Coreopsis tinctoria. cheeriest of our smaller garden flow- 

 ers, and it is another distinctly 

 American character. The variety 

 C. tinctoria, of Arkansas, is the 

 common coreopsis, or calliopsis of 

 all country gardens. It has ex- 

 tremely narrow leaflets, a smooth, 

 waving, and somewhat wiry stem, 

 and numerous flowers, which are 

 small and beautifully variegated 

 with wine-red and golden yellow ; 

 one variety has tubular rays, but 

 it lacks effect. C. Drummondii 

 is a beautiful large golden-yellow 

 flower with a dark-red spot on oreopsis. 



each ray, and leaves composed of oval-shaped leaf- 

 lets; C. coronata is a flower with broad and hand- 



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