. 216 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
and one-half foot high; a bluish pearl color, not re- 
markable for their beauty; July and August; a hardy 
perennial, 
GAILLARDIA. 
{Dedicated to M. Gaillard, an amateur French botanist.] 
Gaillardia picta.—Painted Gaillardia—A very hand- 
some plant, naturally perennial, but produces its flowers 
the first year from seed, if started early. It has large, 
beautiful crimson flowers, two inches across; each petal 
being tipped with yellow. The disk is dark-colored, 
something like Coreopsis tinctoria; one to two feet high. 
G. bicolor.—Two-colored Gaillardia.—This variety ap- 
pears identical with Gaillardia picta, excepting that the 
leaves are entire. The fine large blossoms, more than 
two inches across, the large crimson disk, surrounded. by 
aray of fine yellow, produce a very showy appearance, 
and render the plant well deserving a place in the flow- 
er-garden. They are natives of Mexico, and too tender 
to endure our winter, consequently must be protected by 
frames. They are readily propagated by cuttmgs in the 
green-house or hot-bed; but more easily raised from 
seeds, which, if started in heat, will flower profusely in 
the garden through the season. 
GALANTHUS.—Snow Dror. 
[From Greek words, signifying milk and a flower, on account of the milky 
whiteness of the blossoms.] 
It is rather singular, and also to be regretted, that no 
variation, except a double variety, and no hybrids have 
