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T. Pavonia (fig. 248), 2-4 ft. high, with showy flowers, yellow blotched with 

 purple and violet and tipped with scarlet. There are several varieties, such 

 as alba, white spotted with purple and red; grandiflora\ conchiflora, &c. 



Tradeseantia virginiana (SPIDERWORT). A beautiful North American 

 perennial, 1-2 ft. high, with narrow purple-veined leaves and violet-blue 

 flowers on branching stems in summer. There are several varieties, alba, 

 atropurpurea, atroviolacea, coerulea, purpurea, rubra, &c., differing in 

 colour according to the names. They grow in ordinary soil, and are 

 increased by division. A closely related plant is Commelina ccelestis, from 

 Mexico, with tuberous roots, oblong lance-shaped leaves, and bright-blue 

 flowers; there is also a wnite variety. 



Trieyrtis hirta (ToAD LILY). An interesting Japanese plant, 1-3 ft. 

 high, with hairy stems, lance-shaped leaves, and whitish flowers spotted 

 with violet and purple. Other kinds are macropoda and pilosa, very 

 similar. They flower in autumn, and should be grown in sheltered places 

 in sandy loam and peat or leaf soil. Increased by division and seeds. 



Trillium (Wooo LILY). The best-known species is grandiflorum, 1 ft. 

 high, with broad leaves in threes, and pure-white flowers in early summer. 



Other kinds are cemuum, 1 ft., 

 white; erectum, deep purple; 

 erythrocarpum, white; nivale, 

 white; recurvatum, purple; ses- 

 sile, purple; stylosum, pink. 

 They are all tuberous rooted, 

 and like a light, organic soil 

 and shaded places. Increased 

 by careful division. 



Tritonia. Under the still- 

 better - known name of Mont- 

 bretia two or three species and 

 several varieties of these fine 

 hardy bulbous plants are grown, 

 chiefly for cut flower and for 

 the decoration of the border. 

 T. aurea (now called Crocosma), 

 a South African species with 

 sword-like leaves and brilliant 

 orange -red starry flowers in 

 summer and autumn, is a fine 

 plant, and the same may be said 

 of T. crocosmiceflora, 2-2 J ft. 

 high, with orange-scarlet funnel- 

 shaped flowers, and T. Pottsi, 

 3-4 ft. high, with bright-yellow 

 blooms suffused with red. T. crocata has bell-shaped saffron or orange- 

 coloured flowers as early as June. Amongst the many hybrid varieties 



Fig. 249. Tritonias 



