DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 365 



long, wliite at first, gradually changing to a dark-rose 

 color ; the berry dark-purj^le. It is found in Vermont, 

 Wisconsin, etc. 



T. cernuiim. — Nodding Trillium. — Although the least 

 beautiful of the genus, it is still elegant and interesting ; 

 the flower is pure white, much smaller than that of T. 

 pictum. T. erectu7n (upright), is of a dull purple color, 

 larger flowered tlian T. cernuwn. 



The Trillium is diflicult to keep in the flower-garden. 

 The only chance of success in their cultivation would be 

 upon a bed of peat and leaf-mould, in a shady and rather 

 moist locality. They may be increased, though slowly, 

 by the division of the roots. 



TRITOMA. 



[From Greek words signifying three and to cut, in allusion to the three sharp 

 edges of the ends of the leaves.] 



fritoma uvaria. — A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and has given rise to several varieties, which difier some- 

 what in their foliage and flowers as well as their time of 

 blooming. All thrive best in peat soil, but will do very 

 well in any other light earth. They are not hardy enough 

 to stand our winters, unless with great care, and must 

 therefore be kept in the grren-house or perhaps the cellar, 

 though I have succeeded in keeping them in the open 

 ground by covering them deeply with earth. 



These are splendid late-flowering, sub-evergreen, her- 

 baceous plants, forming large, robust, stemless leaf- 

 crowns, from the centers of which their tall flower-scapes ; 

 from three to five feet in height ; are produced in the late 

 summer and autumn months, with large terminal, dense- 

 ly-flowered racemes of rich, pendant, orange-red tinted 

 flower-tubes, each raceme from one to two feet in length. 



