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Tropa:'olum — continued. 



T. mi'nus or na'num — continued. 



Ruby King, a pretty "bedder," has scarlet 

 flowers and dark foliage. A novelty is Queen 

 of Tom Thumbs, crimson flowers and silver 

 variegated foliage. 



T. peregri'num. See T. aduncum. 



Sow 2 ins. deep in April where required to grow. 

 If the soil be made too rich they will produce an 

 excess of foliage to the detriment of the flowers. 

 Frequently where the seed has been shed in autumn 

 the plants will come up the following year without 

 further trouble. 



Tube-Tongue. See Salpiglossis. 



Tulip Poppy. See Papaver glaucum. 



Turtle- Head. See Chelone. 



Ursi'nia anthemoi'des. See Sphenogyne amthemoides. 



Unicorn Plant. See Martynia lutea. 



Venice Mallow. See Hibiscus trionum. 



Veni'dium (derivation unknown). Nat. Ord. Composite. 



These are all brilliant flowers, and most efiiective 

 for a small bed. 



V. calendida'ceum is always treated as a half-hardy 

 annual in this country, though in its native 

 country of South Africa it is perennial. It 

 has very showy bright orange-yellow flowers 

 with dark brown centre, about 1 ft. high, 



