52 Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



Trillium grandiflorum. The American Wood Lily is a beautiful 

 and distinct plant, admirably adapted for cool, shady positions in 

 the woodland or wild garden. The flowers are large and pure white, 

 borne in May. The bulbs may be planted 2 ins. deep and 9 ins. 

 apart in autumn. 



Triteleia. Pretty dwarf bulbs, blooming in spring. They are 

 good for rockeries and the front of borders. Uniflora is the best- 

 known species; the white flowers are delicately suffused with lilac 

 and have a pleasant perfume. Violacea is a darker-coloured 

 variety. They may be planted 2 ins. deep and 6 ins. apart in 

 autumn, or grown 3 in a pot, and treated like other indoor bulbs, 

 for flowering in winter under glass. 



Tritonia or Crocosmia. The species aurea, which bears long, 

 graceful racemes of orange-coloured flowers in summer, is a bright 

 and popular plant. It is hardy in warm, sunny spots, and in well- 

 drained, friable soil. It is well worth growing in pots for the cool 

 greenhouse, and may be given the general bulb treatment. Crocata 

 is also an orange-coloured species. 



Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa). A fragrant, pure- white bulb, 

 with long flower stems, which rise in summer. The bulbs are pro- 

 curable in winter and spring, and should be potted singly like 

 Hyacinths and given the general bulb treatment. They are quite 

 asy to manage. The favourite variety is Pearl, which has double, 

 fragrant flowers that are charming for bouquets, wreaths, and 

 general cut-flower work. 



Tulips. The Tulip grows rapidly in favour every year as a 

 garden flower, and runs the Daffodil an increasingly hard race for 

 supremacy. Its great value lies in the fact that by making a choice 

 of varieties we can have Tulips in bloom from mid-April to June. 

 Moreover, we can have plants with flower stems a foot high, and 

 varieties 3 ft. high. Few flowers have a wider range of colours than 

 the Tulip, but it does not give us blue. It has already been pointed 

 out that the Tulip is very useful for pot culture, and in this respect 

 the early Dutch varieties, beginning with the Due van Thols, are 

 the most suitable. The method of culture has been indicated. The 

 plants sometimes throw abortive flowers, but this rarely happens 

 with large, well-ripened bulbs, unless there has been a serious error 

 in culture, such as keeping the plants too long in fibre (see previous 

 remarks as to potting bulbs), forcing them too hard, or giving in- 

 sufficient water. It may be remarked that British-grown Tulips are 

 quite as good as Dutch, and the buyer must not be alarmed by loose 

 skins, as they do not affect the flowering. The Tulip differs from 

 the Hyacinth in bulbing freely after flowering, and consequently 

 any good varieties should be kept. If the soil is good, and the season 

 not a very dry one, they are sometimes better the second year than 

 the first. It has been noted (see Flower Garden) that there are 

 plenty of plants which may be raised in readiness for planting 

 out in June, so that no one need hesitate to plant late Tulips freely 

 on the ground that they occupy the beds too long. They make 

 noble colour groups in borders. The following are beautiful early 

 Dutch single Tulips, suitable for pots, bowls, and beds: 



