Specimen of tidytips (Layia platyglossa), ca.1920 (CHS-5459)

Specimen of tidytips (Layia platyglossa), ca.1920
Photograph of a specimen of tidytips (Layia platyglossa), ca.1920. Six open blossoms are shown, their stalks extending down to a base at bottom. "Although tidy tips is a native California wildflower, it is more often grown in England than in the US. Plants produce a mound of cheerful, clear yellow, white-tipped daisylike flowers, 12 to 18 inches high. Flowers are 1 to 1-1/2 inches wide and bloom from spring to early summer. Leaves are small and narrow. Tidy tips makes an excellent cut flower and is perfect for rock gardens. They look great in flower boxes and in the front of a border. As soon as the ground can be prepared in the spring, sow the seeds on the surface of the soil where they are to bloom and space the plants 4 to 5 inches apart. They should germinate in 12 to 14 days and flower 14 weeks after sowing. They need good light and well-drained soil." -- unknown author. On dark background.
Call number: CHS-5459
Filename: CHS-5459
Subject (file heading): Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Format: glass plate negatives
Microfiche number: 1-82-187; 1-82-194
Archival file: chs_Volume99/CHS-5459.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass plate negative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Project: USC
Accession number: 5459
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1920
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m17389; USC-1-1-1-14212
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Coverage date: circa 1920
Subject (lcsh): Flowers