. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. LAYIA LATIA (Thomas Lay, naturalist in the Beechey voy- age). Cotnpdsittp. About species of California an- nuals, with yellow or white fls. in spring or early sum- mer. Lvs. chietly alternate, all eutire or some,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. LAYIA LATIA (Thomas Lay, naturalist in the Beechey voy- age). Cotnpdsittp. About species of California an- nuals, with yellow or white fls. in spring or early sum- mer. Lvs. chietly alternate, all eutire or some, particu- larly the lower, with about 2 pairs of linear side lobes above the middle of the leaf. For general culture they .â ire probably inferior to Madia elegant, which has a simi- lar habit and is distinguished by the blood-colored spot at the base of the rays. The lis. in Layia are about 1-lK in. across, and the rays are distinrtlv :Moothed. The species described below are ditTiisr, mui-b-branched and about a foot high. It is prohat-b- tlint fi»r best results they should be started early indoors, and transplanted outdoors in May. Easy to grow. A. Hays entireJij white, glanduldsa, Hook. Hispid, sometimes glandular: Its. 1-1 J>2 in. long, lines broad, linear, the upper ones all entire: rays 8-l:i. âNot cult., but desirable. .AA. Bays yello .ometimes tipped white B. Plants ho B. Plants hairy. felegans, Torr. & Gray. All the upper lvs. entire: rays 0-12. yellow, rarely white-tipped: pappus white or whit-. 1351. Alr-Layerme: isb, its copious villous hairs much shorter thantheawn- shaped bristles, which are long plumose below the mid- dle. This and the next have a few small, scattered, stalked glands which are wanting from the last two. Gn. 31, p. 465.â Procurable from western collectors. Perhaps the best of the genus. platygWssa, Gray. Some of the upper lvs. pin- natifid : rays light yellow, commonly white- tipped : pappus of stout, awn-like bristles
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