TRITONIA. 



7 'HE ENGLISH FLO WE X GARDEN. 



TRITONIA. 



edgings. S. America. T. (Leucocoryne) 

 alliacea is nearly allied, less pretty, and 

 thrives under similar circumstances. For 

 other species see BRODI/EA. 



Tritoma. See KNIPHOFIA. 



TRITONIA. Graceful and rather 

 brilliantly coloured plants from the Cape, 

 but different from most S. African plants 

 in their hardiness and vitality, sometimes 

 in the poorest conditions of soil and ex- 

 posure, growing indeed like weeds, and 

 so close that I have used them between 

 shrubs to keep the ground clean and free 

 from weeds ; and well they do it, giving 

 very graceful bloom in masses towards 

 the summer and autumn. In rich light 

 loamy soils they give but little trouble ; 

 in some clay soils where the drainage is 

 less under control they are apt to fail, but 

 we have seen them thrive admirably in 





year, while the batch that had flowered 

 and remained in the ground the winter 

 previous would be the one to be lifted 

 this coming autumn. In this way little 

 loss would be sustained in a single year 

 by deterioration, and the conns if harvested 

 at the right time and well kept, /'.., cool 

 and dry, will more than repay the labour 

 and trouble this lifting in alternate years 

 involves. Even in those gardens where, 

 so far as the soil and other local con- 

 ditions are concerned, there is no real 

 need to lift the roots, the above plan 

 should be of value for the longer time of 

 blooming it gives. 



By reason of the somew T hat numerous 

 hybrids, chiefly of T. Pottsi, the numbers of 

 beautiful things in this group are greatly 

 increased, a few of the most worthy being 

 Etoile de Feu, rich orange and yellow ; 



Trillium grandiflorum (White Wood Lily). 



poor clayey soil, not wet. In badly drained 

 soils it is best perhaps to raise the bed 

 by an addition of soil of a lighter nature 

 than to undertake its improvement at the 

 original level. All danger can be avoided 

 by lifting, though some incline to the 

 belief that the lifting is injurious. The 

 success \vhich has attended the planting 

 of dry stock of these things during the 

 early spring months frequently as late 

 as April is the best proof that the harm 

 resulting from drying such things is of 

 very small moment. Where both systems 

 can be pursued in any one garden it may 

 safely be predicted that a long succession 

 of bloom will be the result. The spring- 

 planted stock of this year may remain 

 through the coming winter in the soil to 

 give an earlier bloom in the following 



j Gerbe d'Or, golden ; Soleil Couchant, a 

 very free variety, golden yellow ; Trans- 

 cendant, orange-vermilion shade, one of 

 the most showy ; Aurore, orange-yellow, 

 very large and effective ; and Phare, red- 

 dish crimson. These, together with crocos- 

 iniceflora,Pottsi2cs\& its vanety grandtflora, 

 make up a very beautiful set of equal 

 hardiness and usefulness in the open 

 garden. Syn., Montbretia. 



CULTURE IN THE WEST COUNTRY. 

 We have seen the Tritonias (of the 

 Montbretia section) thrive for years and 

 bloom every year freely on poor clay ; the 

 better soils and more copious rainfall of 

 the western side of the country make a 

 difference, and this about their culture in 



, a Cheshire garden may be useful to those 

 who work under like conditions. "To 



