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quality ; and, let me add, they are far more pleasing to the eye- 

 than to the sense of smell. The leaves are arranged in threes on 

 the main stem, and that number constitutes the entire foliage of 

 the plant ; they are stalkless, oval, but pointed, entire, smooth, 

 and of a shining dark green colour. The specimens from 

 which the illustration was made are 5in. to 6in. high, but their 

 height differs very much with the positions in which they are 

 grown, shade and moisture inducing taller growths. The roots, 

 which are tuberous, are of unusual form soft swollen root- 

 stocks may be more descriptive of them. Trilliums are now in 

 much favour, and their quiet beauty is likely to create a genuine 

 love for them. Moreover, the different species are distinct, and 

 if grown in cool, shady quarters, their flowers remain in good 

 form and colour for a long time. They are seen to most advan- 

 tage in a subdued light, as under the shade of rather tall but not 

 too thickly grown trees. They require vegetable soil, no matter 

 how light it may be, provided it can be maintained in a moist 

 state, the latter condition being indispensable. Trilliums are 

 capable of taking a good share towards supplying shade-loving 

 subjects. How finely they would mix with anemones, violets, 

 Paris quadrifolia, hellebores, and such like flowers! Colonies of 

 these, planted so as to carpet small openings in shrubberies, 

 would be a clear gain in several ways to our gardens ; to many 

 they would be a new feature ; more showy flowers would not 

 have to be given up for such an arrangement, but, on the other 

 hand, both would be more enjoyed by the contrast. Trilliums 

 increase slowly ; propagation may be carried out by the division 

 of the roots of healthy plants. 

 Flowering period, May and June. 



Triteleia Uniflora 



Sometimes called MILLA UNIFLORA; ONE -FLOWERED TRITELEIA, 

 or SPRING STAR FLOWER ; Nat. Ord. 



THIS is a favourite flower, and in some soils increases very fast; 

 it is the commonest species of the very limited genus to which 

 it belongs ; was brought from South America only so recently 

 as 1836, and it is already extensively grown in this country, and 

 as a trade article is very cheap indeed, thanks to its intrinsic 

 worth. Though small, its star-like form gives it a lively and 

 effective appearance in the borders. It is much used by the 

 Americans as a window and greenhouse plant, notwithstanding 

 that it is a wild flower with them, and its pretty shape and 

 lovely hues render it eligible for such uses, but on account of 

 the esteem in which is held the odour of garlic, I should not like 

 to recommend it for such close associations. The flower in 



