TRITELEIA. 



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TROP^OLUM. 



another turned up and manured as before. 

 In this way, soil that was only from 15 to 

 1 8 inches in depth will gradually be 

 deepened to 3 or 4 feet, which is requisite 

 to grow most plants in the highest perfec- 

 tion. 



Triteleia (nat. ord. Lilia'cese). 



A genus to whose species the name of 

 the "Triplet Lily" is sometimes given. 



TRITELEIA UNIFLORA. 



They are bulbous plants, half hardy in 

 character, and are useful as pot plants or in 

 borders, and even on grass, like snowdrops. 

 They require a good rich soil, and the 

 ground or pots in which the bulbs are 

 planted should be efficiently drained. Tri- 

 teleia aurea, with yellow flowers, is a useful 

 species, and so is T. laxa, with blue 

 flowers, also known as " Ithuriel's Spear." 

 A third is T. uniftora, or Spring Star 

 Flower, with flowers of a pale lilac cblour. 



Trito'ma, or Kniphofia (not. ord. 

 Lilia'cese). 



An exceedingly showy free- flowering 

 plant, with long graceful leaves and majes- 

 tic flower-spikes, three to seven feet in 

 height, crowned with densely flowered 

 spikes of bloom, which are produced during 

 the autumn months, 1 8 to 27 inches long. 



Culture. Dig and well work the soil 



to the depth of 2 or 3 feet, adding 

 plenty of rotted manure. The crown of 

 the plant should not be more than an inch 

 and a half in the soil ; for winter protection 

 surround the plant with two inches of saw- 

 dust, firmly trodden. Remove this early 

 in May : from then till the plant is in 

 bloom weak liquid manure must be ap- 

 plied in large quantities, especially during 

 dry weather. 



The best species for garden culture is 

 Tritoma aloides, with spikes of orange 

 scarlet flowers, changing to orange and 

 then to a greenish yellow, known as the 

 "Flame Flower" and "Red-hot Poker 

 Plant " ; this species is also known as T. 

 Uvaria, or Kniphofia Uvaria. 



Tropae'olum (nat. ord. Gerania'cese). 



A tribe of elegant-growing, profuse- 

 flowering, and easily cultivated climbers, 

 half-hardy annuals, combining with these 

 important qualities great richness and bril- 

 liancy of colour, with finely formed and 

 beautifully marked flowers. For pillars 

 and rafters, in the greenhouse or conserva- 



TRITOMA UVARIA. 



tory, they are invaluable ; for covering 

 trellises, verandas, and bowers out of 

 doors, they are of equal importance j while 



