LAYIA 105 



Composite, about 2\ feet high, with yellow Inula-like flowers. 

 Sown in April in any good garden soil and duly thinned it 

 is satisfactory, but earlier and larger plants are produced 

 if seeds are sown in gentle heat in March, or in a frame 

 in October and the plants given frame protection during 

 Winter. In some favoured situations it may be sown out-of- 

 doors in September, and where it thus succeeds it makes a 

 rare display of golden blossoms in the early Spring. 



LAYIA 



''Tidy Tips'* 



Three species of Layia {Compositce) are in cultivation, and 

 these are lowly Hardy Annuals of some beauty and worth. 

 They are seldom seen in private gardens, but they merit 

 and pay for attention. L. calliglossa grows i foot high, and 

 bears a profusion of yellow, white-bordered, golden-centred 

 flowers over a goodly period ; L. elegans rarely exceeds 8 

 inches, it spreads or sprawls somewhat, and carries its 

 yellow flowers above grey-green foliage ; L. glandulosa, i 

 foot, has snowy-white flowers and is a good plant. Sow 

 out-of-doors in April and again in September to secure a 

 succession of flowers. Any good garden soil will suit the 

 Layias. 



LOTUS 



''Birds-foot Trefoil" or " Winged Pea** 



Several species of Lotus are Hardy, but only one need 

 be mentioned here, and that is L. Tetragonolobus {Legu- 

 minoscs), the Winged Pea. This is 6 inches to 12 inches high, 

 and produces its purple flowers through the Summer. For 

 the Rock garden or for a sunny place in light soil it would 

 be suitable. Another name for this plant is Tetragonolobus 

 purpureus. 



