JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Riidbeckia X^acipiata, £h pL 
“Goldcp Glow.” 
Offered for the first time last year. A hardy perennial plan- 
growing eight feet high, branching freely, and bearing by 
the^ hundreds, on long, graceful stems, exquisite doublt 
blossoms of the brightest golden color and as large as Oac 
tus Dahlias. The cut represents a plant in bloom, as photo 
graphed. Mr. William Falconer the best authority on plant* 
in this country, says of it: “When T saw the double-flower 
i n §Tf orm °f Rudbeckia Laciniata in bloom in your grounds 
at E loral Park, in summer last year f was amazed, for not 
withstanding my long and intimate acqua.int.ance with 
plants I had never before seen a double-flowered Rudbeckia: 
and I was delighted with the fulness and gorgeousnessof 
the blossoms and their clear, bright yellow color. You gave 
me a plant last spring and it was set out in good garden 
ground. It grow vigorously and threw up strong branching 
iee } ?'*?]?’ laden with sheaves of golden 
on , larg f e , as tau ’ Chrysanthemums, and all having 
fi 1 h ! fhn ^r. g Ki aCefnl a PP ea i-ance. without any of the stiffnese. 
florists 1 aSrl b J.4 SO f m pecallar to sunflowers. Many eminent 
flnw d B ,= u * w rS have 1 seen it here, and all admired it, 
imrlv^ b re°rS i I®? !! 8SOm3 4 ,a f t 'jell. In fine, I unhesitat- 
h-rrlv nnrpm. aS - most desirable introduction among 
the^mo?t W ® Rot , Clematis Paniculata. “It is 
be! S 0 OTlti™ti„„ Plant ,or and Severn- 
eaohSft? 'gtmar «.!. season. Mo 
