144 LAVATERA 



LAVATE'RA continued. 



L. trimes'tris continued. 



called L. t. alba. It requires plenty of room. 

 Improved forms are rosea splendens, and alba 

 splendens. 



L. cre'tica. See MALVA mauritiana. 



The seeds of the biennial species should be sown 

 in May or June to bed out the following year. 

 L. trimestris should be sown - in. deep where it 

 is to grow in September or April, on richly 

 prepared ground in a sunny position, allowing 

 2 ft. or more between each plant. 



LA'YIA Tidy-tips Flower (named after Thos. Lay, a 

 naturalist). Nat. Ord. Composites. 



The three cultivated species of this Californian 

 family are profuse flowering dwarf plants that make 

 a pretty edging. They are all quite hardy annuals 

 and not as often seen as they deserve to be. They 

 are in flower from June to September. 



L. calliglos'sa grows only 1 ft. high, the yellow 

 flowers smothering the little plant in their 

 profuseness. It differs very little from L. 

 elegans, except that the flowers have no white 

 margin, nor is it quite so spreading. It is 

 also known as Oxyu'ra chrysanthemoi'des. 



L. chrysanthemoi'des. A synonym of the above. 



L. el'egans. A charming little sprawling annual 

 about 8 ins. high, the flowers 1J ins. across, of 

 yellow shading into white on the outside and 



