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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 16, 1901. 
The variety Reine des Roses is characterised by 
having a broad bright Rose border to the flower 
heads, and is really handsome. The accompanying 
illustration of it lent us by Messrs. Barr & Sons, 
King Street, Covent Garden, will show at a glance 
its leading features. The plants grow from i ft. to 
2 ft. in height, according to the fertility or otherwise 
of the soil in which they are planted, and the character 
LAYIA ELEGANS. 
Although not a large genus of Composites, the 
members of this genus have been, at one time or 
another, placed under nine generic names by differ¬ 
ent botanists. Most of them are natives of California, 
the rest belonging to other parts of North America. 
One set of them is characterised by flower heads 
built on the same type as that of the accompanying 
plants are properly grown with just sufficient room 
for the plants to develop their natural habit, which 
is bushy, branching and g in. to 12 in. high. They 
should at least be planted 6 in. apart either way, or 
thinned out to that distance if sown directly where 
they are to bloom. The flowering period is July and 
August. Layia elegans is best described as half 
hardy, so that they should be treated in the same 
way as China Asters to secure the finest 
results. The two colours of the rays remind us of 
Limnanthes Douglasii, another North American 
annual, but of creeping habit. 
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Cockade Aster Reine des Roses. 
Layia elegans. 
CLARKIA MORNING GLORY. 
A large Dumber of the Clarkias in general cultiva¬ 
tion are improved varieties of C. elegans and C. pul- 
chella. The fine variety under notice is a highly 
improved and double form of C. pulchella, as may 
be recognised by its deeply divided petals and large 
flowers. It is also of dwarfer habit than C. elegans, 
and altogether a useful and ornamental subject for 
garden decoration, either in beds or borders. The 
accompanying illustration, lent us by Messrs. J. 
Carter & Co., High Holborn, London, shows the 
size and general character of the flowers, which 
are double, rosy-purple, and fading away to silvery- 
white at the ends of the deeply divided petals. That 
double flowers may be perpetuated from seeds is one 
of those amenities of gardening for which we have to 
thank the raisers, who, by their insidious and pains- 
staking persistency through a number of years, in 
the matter of selection, have been able to fix those 
things which prove worthy of perpetuation. The 
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Clarkia Morning Glory. 
of the season. They branch reely, producing a 
great quantity of bloom, and are very handsome 
either for garden decoration in beds or borders, or 
for cut flowers, the long stalks rendering them very 
suitable for vases. If desired for conservatory work 
lift and pot them when coming Into bloom. 
illustration placed at our disposal by Messrs. Daniels 
Brothers, Norwich, The broad, overlapping rays 
are golden-yellow, tipped with white, the combin¬ 
ation being pretty and highly effective. In our 
opinion the flowers are really more handsome than 
the illustration would lead one to suspect, if the 
variety was raised by the Messrs. Carter. The 
Clarkias are amongst the easiest of all annuals to 
cultivate with success. By sowing seeds in March 
or April in the open border, the seedlings only 
require thinning so as to give them sufficient room 
to develop, and to be kept free from weeds during 
