NATIVE PLANTS 
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COREOPSIS ( grandifiora) 
This perennial is very well-known and 
prized for its hardiness, easy culture, 
and for the beauty and profusion of its 
bright yellow blossoms. Cultivated in 
rich soil, the flower is much larger and 
the stem longer than those growing 
wild. 
COREOPSIS (tinctoria) Calliopsis 
The Calliopsis of catalogues is our an¬ 
nual Coreopsis tinctoria. It is tall and 
graceful with many wiry branched 
stems. The leaves are divided into sev¬ 
eral long, narrow segments. The flow¬ 
ers, composed of several yellow petals 
with red-brown base and yellow center, 
are an added attraction to our gardens, 
and are fine for cutting. The seed may 
be sown in the spring. 
ERYNGIUM (leavenworthii) 
Sea Holly 
This very handsome fall plant is abund¬ 
ant on roadsides and fields. It has deep 
purple oblong flower heads, ornament¬ 
ed on the tip with four, spiny purple 
bracts. The leaves are lanceolate, deep¬ 
ly cleft and spiny. Cut at just the right 
time, they retain their color and are 
much used for winter bouquets. 
EUPHORBIA ( corollata) 
This is a deep-rooted perennial with 
simple stem, more than half its length. 
It usually has five branches which are 
forked through to five times, and each 
one of these is two to three forked. The 
flowers are not pretty, but the invol¬ 
ucre, on a long stem, has showy white 
appendages (resembling petals), making 
a graceful and attractive plant. The 
branches are fine to use as a filler with 
other flowers. All gardens are familiar 
with the annual Poinsettia, but all may 
not know that its name is Euphorbia 
heterophilla, and that it is a native 
Texas flower. The common name is 
Painted Leaf. 
EUPHORBIA (marginata) 
Snow-on-the-Mountain 
These erect, stout-stemmed annuals, 
branching on the upper half of the 
stem, are most attractive in the fall. 
The leaves are oblong, ovate and sessile. 
The upper ones margined white, form a 
rosette in the center of which the in¬ 
conspicuous flower umbles appear. Seen 
massed on a hillside one understands 
the suggested common name. 
EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY 
( Oenothera) 
This family is well represented in 
Texas, as many as twenty specie grow¬ 
ing in the vicinity of Dallas and Fort 
Worth. Megapterium missourieneses (or 
Fremonti) is a familiar sight on lime¬ 
stone hills, sending its large roots deep 
into the soil. The four large yellow 
petals flare from a yellow tube four or 
five inches long. The stems are a bright 
red, the leaves long and narrow. This 
perennial is a valuable addition to any 
garden, needing only a little lime of 
bonemeal occasionally—or, better still, 
its preferred limestone soil. 
Hartmannia ( rosea) 
This is very similar to Hartmannia 
Specinas, except the pink flowers and 
plant are smaller. Both multiply by 
root and seed and should not be in a 
bed with other perennials. 
Hartmannia (speciosa) 
This plant is the most showy of the 
group of Primroses, as the very dainty 
large white flowers, opening near the 
tip of the erect branches, almost cover 
the foliage. At least this is true in good 
garden soil, as they respond wonder¬ 
fully to cultivation. The leaves are 
lobed and the buds nodding. 
GAILLARDIA (pulchella) 
These bright colored biennials often 
grow in great patches, reminding one of 
the favorite colors of the Indians. This 
composite has a brown center surround¬ 
ed by orange and red rays. They like 
full sun and open meadow. In one’s 
garden they are lovely planted with 
