120 HARDY PERENNIALS 
have made the golden flowers of Coreopsis 
grandiflora so familiar that there is no need to 
describe their rich colour, elegant form, or artistic 
charm. It is almost as unnecessary to discuss 
cultural detail, for if seed is sown in May or June 
on a patch of ground that gets some sun, and the 
seedlings are transplanted before they become over- 
crowded, and again removed to flowering quarters 
either in Autumn or Spring, the plants will thrive 
in heavy soil or light and will produce an incredible 
quantity of useful flowers from June to October, 
provided they are not allowed to carry a large 
quantity of seed. It is best to raise a fresh stock 
every season, as the species is more biennial than 
perennial in many districts, and is never so fine 
after the first season even where its life is prolonged. 
There are, however, real perennial kinds, C. 
lanceolata being very similar to grandiflora but 
smaller, so far as individual flowers are concerned. 
C. verticillata is a totally different plant. It 
produces slender but strong wiry stems clothed 
with finely-cut foliage giving the plant somewhat 
the resemblance of the well-known Annual Nigella 
or ' Love in the Mist.' Its flowers are small, starry, 
narrow petalled, but of a bright, conspicuous yellow, 
and are clustered in loose heads that have great 
decorative value. 
Both the last-named and previous species are 
easily propagated by division of the roots. 
Coronilla. — If one has a stretch of rough ground 
