There are many kinds of Coreopsis, natives of America, South Africa,
and Australasia, several of them cultivated in gardens. They are called
Tickseed.
[Sidenote: =Desert Coreopsis=
_Coreópsis Bigelòwii_
=Yellow
Spring
California=]
This is very pretty, with one or several, slender, smooth stems, about
ten inches tall, springing from a tuft of pretty, bright green, smooth,
shiny leaves, cut into narrow divisions and slightly succulent. The
flowers are an inch and a half to two inches across, with bright yellow
rays, lighter at the tips, and an orange center, and look exceedingly
pretty in the Mohave Desert.
[Sidenote: =Sea Dahlia=
_Coreópsis marítima (Leptosyne)_
=Yellow
Spring
California=]
A magnificent plant, forming large clumps, two feet high, but not at
all coarse in character. The leaves are very bright green, smooth and
quite succulent, and cut into narrow lobes, so that the effect is
graceful and unusual looking. The superb flowers are often four inches
across, with clear light yellow rays and orange-yellow centers, and the
lower row of bracts stand out stiffly like a ruffle and are like the
leaves in texture and color, contrasting oddly with the upper bracts,
which are satiny in texture and almost as yellow as the rays. These
plants are conspicuously beautiful on the sea cliffs near San Diego.
[Sidenote: =Trixis=
_Tríxis angustifòlia var. latiúscula_
=Yellow
Spring
Southwest, New Mex.=]
A small evergreen shrub, about a foot high, with smooth, light dull
green leaves, with a few fine teeth, and loose clusters of rather
pretty, bright yellow flowers, the heads about three-quarters of an
inch long. This grows on rocky hillsides and is quite effective.
There are a great many kinds of Chrysanthemum, widely distributed in
the northern hemisphere.
[Sidenote: =Ox-eye Daisy=
_Chrysánthemum Leucánthemum_
=White
Spring, summer, autumn
Northwest, etc.=]
This is the well known common kind, a general favorite, except with
farmers, naturalized from Europe and also found in Asia; a perennial
weed in pastures, meadows, and waste places, more or less all over
the United States, but much more common in the Northeast. It grows
from one to three feet high, the leaves toothed and cut, and the
flower-heads measuring from one to two inches across, with bright
golden centers and pure white rays.
[Illustration: Trixis angustifolia--var. latiuscula.
Desert Coreopsis--C. Bigelowii.