[Sidenote: =Pentachaeta=
_Pentachaèta àurea_
=Yellow
Spring
California=]
Gay, yet delicate little flowers, with slender branching stems, about
eight inches tall, and light green, very narrow leaves. The flowers are
an inch across, with a feathery ruffle of very numerous narrow rays,
light yellow at the tips, growing deeper towards the orange-colored
center, and the pretty buds are often tinged with pink or purple. This
often grows in patches and is common in southern California.
[Sidenote: =Daisy Dwarf=
_Actinolèpis lanòsa_
=White
Spring
Arizona=]
A quaint little desert plant, only two or three inches tall, with
thickish, pale gray-green leaves, covered with close white down, and
pretty little flowers, growing singly at the ends of tiny branches,
each half an inch across, with a yellow center and pure white rays,
which fold back at night. These little flowers are too small to be very
conspicuous, but are charming in effect, sprinkled over the bare sand,
and when growing in quantities on nearly bare mesas give a whitish
appearance to the ground.
There are a good many kinds of Blepharipappus.
[Sidenote: =Yellow Tidy-tips=
_Blepharipáppus élegans (Layia)_
=Yellow
Spring
California=]
Very pretty flowers, with slender, branching, hairy stems, about a foot
tall, and light green, hairy leaves. The flowers are about two inches
across, with yellow rays, tipped with white or very pale yellow, neatly
arranged around the deep yellow centers, which are specked with black.
The rays twist up in fading and turn to a pretty shade of dull pink.
This is common and a very handsome kind.
[Sidenote: =White Tidy-tips=
_Blepharipáppus glandulòsus (Layia)_
=White
Spring
Southwest, Oreg., Wash.=]
A beautiful kind, eight or nine inches tall, with pale green, hairy
leaves, the lower ones toothed, and a slender stem, bearing a charming
flower, nearly an inch and a half across, with neat pure white rays and
a bright yellow center. This grows in mountain canyons and is widely
distributed as far north as British Columbia.
There are several kinds of Gaillardia, all American. They are much
cultivated in gardens, were named in honor of Gaillard de Merentonneau,
a French botanist.
[Illustration: Daisy Dwarf--Actinolepis lanosa.
Pentachaeta aurea.
White Tidy-tips--B. glandulosus.