TO THE FLOWER GAEDEN. 2G'« 



The seeds ma^^ be sown in March in wide-mouthed pnts, and. 

 as soon as the pUints are large enough, potted off into the 

 smallest-sized pots, to he treated the same as cuttings. 



THYMUS. Thyme. [Lamiacese.] Hardy evergreen 

 perennials and sub-shrubs. Sandy loam. Divisions or cut- 

 tings. Many of them are beautiful rock plants. 



THYSANOTUS. [Liliacese.] Greenhouse herbaceous 

 perennials, with pretty flowers. Sandy loam and peat. 

 Seeds or division. They must not be over-watered during 

 winter. 



TIARELLA. [Saxifragacese.] Hardy perennials. Com- 

 mon dryish soil. Division. 



TIGRIDIA. Tiger Flower. [Iridace^.] One of the 

 most showy and remarkable of flowers, but at the same time 

 one of the most fugitive : the flowers last but a few hours, 

 but there is a good succession of them produced. They are 

 hardy bulbous-rooted plants, with the flowers large, singular!; 

 formed, like a cocked hat reversed, and beautifully spottei 

 with a darker colour upon a yellow or deep orange-col(jure( 

 ground. The two so-called species are very similar in all bu. 

 having a darker or lighter ground colour. The flowers la^^ 

 but the day they come out if the sun is pretty hot, which it 

 generally is when they flower, in June. They do not gro^^ 

 more than a few inches higli, and should be planted in a 

 mass, because there will then be a number of flowers open for 

 some time. When planted singly that is not the case, for 

 there will be days when a plant will have none, and that, too, 

 before it is out of bloom altogether. Plant them in early 

 spring, say March, three inches deep, and take them np in 

 the autumn ; or, if they are left out, throw litter over them, 

 for though called hardy they will not stand frost. Incieased 

 by offsets. 

 " TILE ROOT. See Geissoehiza. 



TOAD FLAX. See Linaeia. 



TOBACCO. See Nicotiana. 



TODEA. [Osmundace^e.] Greenhouse ferns. Turfy 

 peat. Division or spores, but not easily propagated. T. 

 Africana and T. jyellucida are the principal. 



TORCH THISTLE. See Cereus. 



TORENLl. [Scrophulariaceae.] The most ornamental 



