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of great beauty, and compares favourably with many plants we see used 
in the flower garden at the present day. It grows from a foot to 
18 inches high, with alternate lanceolate leaves; flowers purple and 
orange yellow, between 2 and 3 inches in diameter, with a dark purplish 
disk, making an agreeable contrast with the ray florets. G. pulchella 
has a trailing habit, which adds greatly to its usefulness either for the 
flower garden, herbaceous border, or rockery, and well deserves a place 
in every collection. A sunny position, where the soil is light and rather 
dry than otherwise, suits this plant admirably. It is easily raised from 
seed, and also by root-cuttings. It was cultivated in the Royal Gardens, 
seeds. It flowers July and August, and grows about 2 feet high. The 
flowers are not so large as G. pulchella, bright yellow; rays deeply 
toothed ; leaves lanceolate, hairy ; stem branched. 
G. bicolor is a handsome herbaceous plant with large yellow fragrant 
flowers, although very variable both in size and colour ; flowers May to 
August; should have a place in every garden. 
G. bicolor var. Drummondi (G. Drummondi, Uort.') is a pretty 
Gaillardia, supposed to have been raised in the Botanic Garden, Glasgow, 
from seed collected by Mr. Drummond at Rio Briazos in Texas in 1833, 
The leaves are entire or more or less toothed, and differing from all the: 
Fig. 37— GAILLAKDIA PULCHELLA. 
Paris, as long ago as 1784 from seeds brought from Louisiana by Comte 
d’Effales, flowers from July until October, and is one of the parents of 
the many hybrids which we sometimes see from continental gardens. 
G. aristata, the &wned Gaillardia, a native of North America, is a 
showy herbaceous perennial of comparative easy culture, and very desir¬ 
able for the herbaceous border. It increases moderately, and a sufficient 
stock may be obtained by division of the roots in spring, and also by 
others in colour of the flower, which are entirely of a reddish purple or 
sanguineous, unless the tips, which are yellow ; ray florets sometimes 
having a bilabiate corolla ; good rockwork plant. G. bicolor var. Drum¬ 
mondi integerrima, is synonymous with G. picta of “ Sweet FI. Gard.,’” 
and differs in no respect from the above, except in having quite entire: 
leaves and larger yellow edge to ray florets. Found in Texas, and 
introduced by Mr. Drummond, 1835. Very pretty. k 
