The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Layia (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 244, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

L. elegans (elegant). fl.-heads numerous, 1 1/2in. across; ray florets yellow on the basal half, white above; disk yellow. l., lower ones pinnatifid; cauline ones narrow-lanceolate, sub-amplexicaul. Stems much-branched, reddish, pubescent. 1883. A dwarf, but very showy and floriferous annual. L. glandulosa (glandular). fl.-heads solitary, 1in. in diameter; ray florets white, flat, broadly obovate, three-lobed at apex; disk yellow, small. Summer. l. alternate, linear, obtuse, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. 1886. A beautiful, glandular-hairy annual, branching from the base. (B. M. 6856.)

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