This plant should have a rich soil, sunny aspect, and a raised or well-drained site, and this is all it needs; it is not a subject to increase fast; not only, however, may it be easily divided, but if properly done after the tops have died down, the smallest pieces will make good blooming stock the first season.
Fig. 27. Coreopsis Tenuifolia.
(One-sixth natural size; a, half natural size.)
Flowering period, August and September.
Cornus Canadensis.
Canadian Cornell, or Dogwood; Nat. Ord. Cornaceæ.
This pretty herbaceous plant is sometimes said to be a British species; its specific name, however, somewhat forbids that opinion. C. suecica, which is British, is very similar in all its parts, and the two may have been confounded. They flower, however, at very different dates, C. Canadensis beginning in June and continuing until well into autumn; during the month of August the flowers are in their finest form and greatest numbers. It grows 6in. to 8in. high, and notwithstanding its dwarfness, it proves a most attractive object, being not only conspicuous for so small a plant, but chastely beautiful.
Fig. 28. Cornus Canadensis.
(One-half natural size.)