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TRICYRTIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



TRITEI.EIA. 



TRICYRTIS. T. hirta is an interest- 

 ing Japanese perennial, about 3 ft. high, 

 with slender erect stems terminated by a 

 few curiously-shaped pinkish blossoms, 

 spotted with purplish-black. It is per- 

 fectly hardy, but flowers so late that it is 

 invariably damaged by frosts. The 

 variety nigra flowers three weeks earlier, 

 and is therefore better, whilst the flowers 

 are more attractive. T. pilosa is dwarfer, 

 but is otherwise a similar plant, though 



Tricuspidaria hexapetala. From a photograph sent 

 by Lord Annesley. 



rarer. They all thrive in a moist peat 

 border, partially shaded, and if somewhat 

 protected, so much the better. 



TRIENTALIS (Star-flower). T. euro- 

 pceus is a delicate and graceful plant found 

 over Europe, Asia, and America, which in- 

 habits shady, woody, and mossy places. 

 It has erect slender stems, rarely more 

 than 6 in. high, bearing from one to four 

 flower-stems, each supporting a white or 

 pink-tipped star-shaped flower. Healthy 

 well-rooted plants are not difficult to 

 establish among bog-shrubs in some half- 

 shady part of the rock-garden, or in the 

 shade of Rhododendrons and American 

 shrubs, in peat soil. T. europaeus is suit- 

 able for association with Linnaea, Pyrolas, 

 and Pinguiculas, among mossy rocks. 

 Flowers in early summer. Division. 



TRIFOLIUM (Trefoil]. Among the 

 few garden varieties are some dwarf 

 and desirable creeping alpines, the best 

 being T. uniflorum, a neat trailing plant 



with pink and white flowers, larger than 

 those of any other Trefoil, borne singly, 

 and studded profusely over the plant. 

 It delights in an exposed position on 

 the rock-garden, with an open space on 

 which to creep. T. alpinum is a stout 

 spreading kind, 3 to 6 in. high, bearing 

 large, but not brilliant flowers in summer, 

 the upper petal flesh-coloured and streaked 

 with purple. It is suitable for the rock- 

 garden and margins of borders. T. 

 rubens is a stout perennial, about i ft. 

 high, with large dense heads of carmine 

 flowers in early summer. It grows almost 

 anywhere, but prefers dry, calcareous, 

 marly or gravelly soil, therefore is 

 specially suited for naturalisation on arid 

 declivities with a southern aspect. T. 

 pannonicum, with creamy-white flowers, is 

 ornamental. Division or seed. 



TRILLIUM ( Wood Lily'}. Perennials 

 of low growth, which inhabit the 

 woods of N. America. The finest is 

 T. grandiflorum (White Wood Lily), one 

 of the most beautiful hardy plants, 6 to 1 2 

 in. high, with on each stem a lovely white 

 three-petalled flower, fairer than the white 

 Lily, and almost as large. It is a free- 

 growing plant of goodly size in a shady 

 peaty border in open air ; but in a sunny 

 or exposed position its large soft green 

 leaves do not develop. Depressed shady 

 nooks in the rock-garden or the hardy 

 fernery suit it admirably. In the rosy 

 variety the rosy hue is most pronounced 

 in the young stage, and the leaf- stalks 

 and the foliage are of a more bronzy shade 

 of green than in the type. T. atro-pur- 

 pureum, T. erythrocarpum, T. sessile, and 

 T. pendulum are not equal to T. grandi- 

 florum, but some of them are pretty, whilst 

 all are interesting. 



TRITELEIA (Spring Star-flower}. 

 T. uniflora is a delicately-coloured, free- 

 flowering, hardy, bulbous plant, 4 to 6 in. 

 high ; the flowers white, with bluish re- 

 flections, and marked on the outside 

 through the middle of the divisions with a 

 violet streak, which is continued down the 

 tube. They open at sunrise, and are 

 conspicuously beautiful on bright days, 

 but close in dull and sunless weather. The 

 plant comes into flower with or before 

 Scilla sibirica, and during April remains 

 in effective bloom. T. uniflora flowers 

 profusely in pots, and even in an un- 

 favourable position in clay. There are 

 several forms, which differ in the shade 

 of their flowers. Associated with the 

 best Scillas, Leucojum vernum, Iris 

 reticulata, dwarf Daffodils, and the like, 

 T. uniflora is delightful, and is equally 

 useful for the rock-garden, borders or 



