COEEOPSIS 



DAISY OBDER 



LEPTOSYNE 519 



leaves, upper ones slightly connate at the 

 base. Flowers bright yellow, 2-3 in. 

 across ; ray florets 4-toothed. 



Culture dc. as above. A splendid 

 plant for cutting. 



C. nudata. — A distinct-looking herba- 

 ceous perennial with Eush-like leaves. The 

 flower-heads somewhat resemble those of 

 a single Dahlia ; they are 2^-3 in. across, 

 purple in colour with a conspicuous yellow 

 disc. 



Culture dc, as above for the perennial 

 kinds. 



C. titictoria (C. bicolor). — A pretty 

 slender-growing annual, 1-2-2 ft. high. 

 Leaves pinnate with linear segments. 

 Flowers bright yellow with a purple- 

 brown blotch at the base of the jagged- 

 toothed ray florets. There are several 

 varieties, but noma, a dwarf-growing one, 

 atrosanguinea with deep purplish flowers, 

 and nigra speciosa, a dark brown self- 

 coloured form, are perhaps best known. 



Culture dc. as above recommended for 

 the annual species. C. tinctoria and its 

 varieties are even more popular than C. 

 Drunvmondi. 



C. verticillata (C tenuifolia). — A 

 pretty perennial with furrowed stems 

 1-2 ft. high, and leaves much divided into 

 linear whorled segments. Flowers bright 

 golden-yellow, about Ij in. across. 



Culture dc. as above for the perennial 

 species. 



LEPTOSYNE. — A genus closely 

 related to Coreopsis and containing about 

 7 species of annual or perennial herbs or 

 shrubs, with pinnately divided or dissected 

 leaves, and showy heads of bright yellow 

 flowers. They have the habit of Coreopsis 

 but differ in having the ray florets 

 pistillate (or female), and always with a 

 ring of hairs on the tube or throat of the 

 disc flowers. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 practically the same as for Coreopsis, but 

 they are more tender. The plants flourish 

 in ordinary good garden soil, and look very 

 effective grown in masses. They may be 

 raised from seeds sown in the open border 

 in April or in gentle heat in March, and 

 the seedlings transplanted in May or June. 

 The perennials may also be increased 

 from seeds in the same way, as they are 

 too tender to stand our wdnters. 



L. callipsoidea. — A pretty CaUfornian 

 annual 1-2 ft. high, with narrow linear 



lobed or incised leaves. Flowers in 

 autumn, yellow, rather large, on long 

 stalks. 



CuUtore do. as above. This species is 

 also known in gardens as L. maritima, 

 but it is quite distinct from the true plant 

 of that name. Its flowers very much 

 resemble those of a Coreopsis and are 

 usually composed of S oblong wedge- 

 shaped bluntly toothed ray florets sur- 

 rounding the small disc. 



L. Douglasi is a half-hardy annual 

 about 1 ft. high with finely divided leaves 

 and yellow flower-heads. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. gigantea. — A vigorous-growing 

 Calif ornian annual with soft- wooded stems 

 2-8 ft. high, furnished with finely divided 

 leaves. The yellow flower-heads appear 

 in summer and autumn, and very much 

 resemble those of a small Sunflower. 



Culture dc. as above. 



L. maritima {Coreopsis maritima). — 

 A somewhat tender American perennial, 

 6-12 in. high, with leaves twice pinnately 

 divided into narrow linear lobes. Flowers 

 in autumn, yellow, 2-3 in. across, with 

 16-20 oblong ray florets surrounding a 

 much deeper orange -yellow disc. 



Culture dc. as above. Although a 

 true perennial, L. maritima is rather too 

 tender to stand our winters except perhaps 

 in the very mildest parts. It is, therefore, 

 best as a rule to treat it as a half-hardy 

 annual, and raise the plants from seeds 

 sown in gentle heat every spring, or in 

 cold frames in autumn. 



L. Stillmani. — A recently introduced 

 CaUfornian annualresembling L. Douglasi. 

 It has graceful thinly out foliage and grows 

 about 1 ft. high, forming a compact bushy 

 plant. Flowers golden-yeUow, about 1^ 

 in. across, borne at the tips of almost 

 every shoot in summer. 



Culture dc. as above. It is best to 

 sow this species ua the open border in 

 sandy soil and sunny situations. It will 

 often bloom four or five weeks afterwards. 



DAHLIA. — A genus of beautiful and 

 popular herbaceous plants distinguished 

 botanioaUy by having a double involucre, 

 no pappus, and a large scarious bracteole 

 at the base of each floret. The leaves are 

 opposite, and once, twice, or thrice pin- 

 nately parted. Flower-heads large and 

 borne on long stalks. 



There are only about half a, dozen 



