■ECOPHYL.'EA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



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The following are varieties : — Aurantia, whicii 

 forms a rounded bush if let alone, has tine 

 foliage of a deep, shining green, with ribs 

 covered with down. The flowers are orange- 

 yellow and small for T. grandijiora, the lobes 

 narrower and less open. In Mine. Galen, the 

 handsomest of the race, the flowers are large, 

 of a fine salmon-red, orange-red outside. 



Tecoma grandiflora. 



Rubra, flowers a fine deep red, leaves hairy 

 on the lower side, a distinct and pretty variety. 

 Sanguinea Thiinbergi is probably only a 

 wild form of its parent, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished by its highly coloured flowers with 

 tubes shorter and lobes much reflexed. The 

 branches and leaves are quite smooth. It is a 

 vigorous, free-flowering shrub. 



TECOPHYLJEA. — r. cyanocrocus is a 

 beautiful spring-flowering bulbous plant 

 from Chili, of dwarf growth, and bearing 

 large open deep blue flowers. The variety 

 Leichtlini has a white centre and a sweet 

 perfume. This variety is not thoroughly 

 hardy, except in very mild localities, but 

 it succeeds well under frame-culture. 

 About August, bulbs of flowering size 

 should be planted 3 in. deep, in rich soil 

 in a frame. If potted, a depth of 2 in. is 

 sufificient, and plunge the pots. They 

 should be kept cool, and have as much 

 air as possible. The lights must be taken 

 off in February and March, when the 

 weather becomes warm, and the pots 

 should remain exposed until the flowers 

 begin to expand, when they may be trans- 

 ferred to the greenhouse. 



Telekia. See Bupthaliniuim. 



TELLIMA.— Perennials of the Saxi- 

 frage order, from N. America, resembling 

 Heucheras. T. grandiflora has leaves 

 prettily coloured and veined like Heicchcra 

 Richardsoni, and spikes of small yellowish 

 bell-like flowers, thriving in any soil. 

 Division. 



TEUCRIUM {Germander).— \ group 

 of low shrubs or perennial herbs of vari- 

 able habit, with neat dwarf growth and 

 lipped flowers of varied colour. Not 

 many are of any garden value. T. 

 C/iainrsdrys (Wall Germander) is 6 to 



10 in. high, with shining leaves and 

 reddish-purple flowers in summer. It is 

 found throughout Europe on walls and 

 rocks, and is suitable for borders and 

 naturalisation on ruins, stony banks, etc., 

 in any light soil, whilst as an edging 

 plant it is useful. 



T. fruticans is a pretty shrub from the 

 south of Europe, with white stems clothed 

 with green leaves silvery with down upon 

 the under side, and pale blue flowers with 

 long protruding stamens. Though mostly 

 grown under glass, this is hardy in the 

 milder parts of Britain, thriving in light 

 dry soils, with a sunny exposure and shel- 

 ter from cold winds. As a dwarf shrub 

 for the rock-garden it is distinct and pleas- 

 ing : planted against a wall or in good 

 soil near the sea, it grows several feet 

 high and needs occasional trimming into 

 shape. Increases readily from cuttings. 



T. Marum {Cat Thyme) has somewhat 

 the habit of the common Thyme, with 

 bright red flowers in summer. Coming 

 from Spain, it is likely to prove hardy 

 only in the southern parts of these islands ; 

 then only on ruins, old walls, or in dry 

 chinks in chalk or gravel pits. If planted 

 out the soil should be brick rubbish, 

 with sand and a little poor dry loam, and 

 it should be placed where cats cannot 

 destroy it. Cuttings. 



T. montanum. — A pretty free-flowering 

 rock-plant, with numerous pale yellow 

 blossoms on dwarf dense carpets of leaves 

 that cling closely to the stones. This little 

 shrub grows without trouble in a dry place, 

 in rather poor soil. 



T. Folium {Poly Germander) is a 

 curious dwarf whitish herb, 3 to 5 in. 

 high, with small pale yellow flowers 

 densely covered with short yellow down 

 in June and July. It is suited for sunny 

 spots in the rock-garden, and for light 

 free soil, but is only hardy in southern 

 gardens and in sheltered nooks of the 

 rock-garden. Seed, cuttings, and division. 



T. pyrenaicum {Pyrenean Germander) 

 is a dwarf hardy perennial, with trailing 

 stems 3 to 7 in. high, and purplish and 

 white flowers in dense terminal clusters. 

 The leaves, branches, and stem are thickly 

 covered with soft silvery down. It is suit- 

 able for the rock-garden and for borders. 



T. purpureum is a quaint, rigid, ever- 

 green dwarf bush, 6 to 9 in. high, its 

 erect twigs, studded with bright rosy 

 purple flowers, giving a bit of good 

 colour late in the season. Seed, cuttings, 

 or division. T. kyrcatiicum, T. lusitan- 

 icum, T. oriejtlale, and T. multiflorum 

 are also noteworthy. 



THALIA.— r. dealbata is one of the 



