TRIL'LIUM GRANDIFLO'RUM. 



LARGE-FLOWERED TRILLIUM. 

 Class. Order. 



HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 

 MIItACU. 



No. 26. 



Trillium, from the triple formation of the several 

 parts of the plant and flower. It is composed of 

 three leaves, three stigmas, three petals, three ca- 

 lyx-leaves, and the berry is three-celled. Grandi- 

 florum, from the Latin grandis, great; and flos, a 

 flower. This plant has also been called Trillium 

 erythrocarpum, red-fruited. 



All the Trilliums that we are at present acquaint- 

 ed with are natives of America ; growing there in 

 woods and shady places. They may be raised from 

 seeds, sown in September or October, which will 

 come up early in the following spring. The young 

 plants should be kept moist and cool during the 

 summer, and in September the roots may be trans- 

 planted into shady borders of light earth where they 

 are intended to remain. In England, these plants 

 increase very slowly at the root, and the original 

 ones are frequently lost, even under the care of the 

 most experienced cultivators ; and if the seeds are 

 sown in the spring they remain twelve months dor- 

 mant, which may lessen the chances of success. 

 These combined circumstances tend to limit the 

 whole of the Trilliums to the borders of the curious. 

 Par. Lond. t. 1. 



