834 TCHIHATCHEWIA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



TECOMA. 



the variegation of the parent, though 

 differing slightly among themselves. T. 

 b. elegantissima is paler, more erect and 

 uniform in growth than the last-mentioned. 

 Both varieties, if grown entirely in the 

 shade, quickly become green, but regain 

 their golden appearance on re-exposure 

 to the sun. T. b. fastigiata variegata 

 (variegated Irish Yew) is a sport from the 

 Irish Yew, with occasional silver leaves ; 

 of slow growth, and hardly striking enough 

 to become a general favourite. T. b. 

 fastigiata variegata (Handsworth variety), 

 one of the best variegated Yews, is most 

 usefu^ growing freely and standing the 

 sun well. 



TCHIHATCHEWIA. This beautiful 

 alpine, T. isatidea, is a native of Asia 

 Minor, hardy, and not particular as to 

 soil or situation, but prefers growing 

 among rocks. From a tuft of spathulate 

 oblong leaves which is formed in the 



Tchihatchewia 



first year, appear the flowers in the second 

 season ; the leaves are dark green, thickly 

 beset with shining silky hairs, from 

 amongst which rises the thumb-thick 

 flower-stalk showing a combined thyrsus 

 of Syringa-like bright rosy lilac flowers, 

 which are fragrant like vanilla. The 

 bunch is over a foot across, and is in 

 great beauty throughout the month of 

 May. M. L. 

 TECOMA (Trumpet Creeper}. Hand- 



some and distinct climbing shrubs of 

 much beauty of habit as well as of flower. 

 They are not so often seen in our country 

 as abroad, although well fitted for all 

 the southern and warmer parts, and, in 

 the case of one species and its varieties, 

 hardy, flowering well against walls far 

 north of London. Syn. t Bignonia. 



T. RADICANS. A native of North America, 

 and an old garden favourite. Its long, wiry 

 stems send out roots like Ivy, and cling to 

 walls or any support. There is a variety 

 named major, with larger flowers of a paler 

 tint and more robust foliage. A strong plant 

 will run up a wall 40 ft. high. It is useful also 

 for covering arbours and pergolas. It is distin- 

 guished at the first glance from T. grandifiora 

 by its more slender branches, smaller and hairy 

 leaf, and its smaller flowers arranged in ter- 

 minal corymbs. It is also hardier and has 



Tecoma radicans. 



several varieties : Flava speciosa, flowers long, 

 orange-red ; leaves distinct by their small, 

 much indented folioles, with long narrow 

 points. This form is dwarfer than the type 

 and can be easily grown as a shrub. Grandi- 

 flora atropurpiirea, flowers deep red -purple 

 and large. A vigorous shrub, requiring much 

 space to flower well. Princei coccinea is 

 intermediate between the two species, of which 

 it is perhaps a hybrid. The flowers are large, 

 of a fine cochineal-red, and in large panicles. 

 T. hybrida, this form, a cross between T. 

 grandiflora and T. radicans, has small, hairy 

 leaves and handsome orange flowers in panicles. 

 T. GRANDIFLORA. This is a Chinese plant, 

 not so hardy as the American Trumpet Creeper, 

 but more showy in bloom, the drooping 

 flowers orange-scarlet, in large clusters. Its 

 foliage, too, is larger, but the plant to show its 

 vigour and beauty should be planted in light 

 soil and against a warm, sunny wall. It has 

 produced the following varieties : Aurantia, 

 which forms a rounded bush if let alone, has 

 fine foliage of a deep, shining green, with ribs 

 covered with down. The flowers are orange- 

 yellow, small for a variety of T. grandiftora, 

 the lobes narrower and less open than in the 



