March 3, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
165 
RUDBECKIA CALIFORNICA. 
Amongst hardy plants possessing conspicuous attractions the 
Eudbeckias have of late years taken a prominent position, and we have 
had occasion to call attention to several of these at different times. 
represent distinct genera. In the Royal Gardens, Kew, about ten 
species are grown, and these comprise all the best marked types, for 
there is a strong family resemblance running through the Eudbeckias 
as in many other groups of the Composite. 
R. californica (fig. 24) is in several respects a noteworthy perennial 
Fig. 24.—RUDBECKIA CALIFORNICA. 
About twenty-five species are known, and with these are included, 
according to the latest authorities, the species of Echinacea, 
Lepachys, and Obeliscaria, which some botanists have considered to 
plant ; it is of free growth and strong habit, succeeding in ordinary 
garden soil, and is quite hardy. Next to R. maxima it has the largest 
conical disc of the genus, which imparts much character to the flower 
