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THALICTRUM THYMUS. 



those of Columbine, tripinnate, with 

 roundish, smooth, deeply-toothed 

 leaflets ; stems hollow, purple, covered 

 with a mealy bloom. Native of Ger- 

 many and other parts of Central Eu- 

 rope. Borders or naturalization, in 



any soil. Division and seed. 



Thalictrum foetidum (Fetid Meadow- 

 Hue). A dwarf herb, resembling T. 

 minus but somewhat larger and with 

 B, fetid smell ; about 1 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; small, nodding, in 

 an erect spreading panicle; sepals 

 reddish on the outside ; anthers 

 yellow. Leaves, decompound, clothed 

 with a clammy pubescence ; segments 

 2- or 3-pinnate; leaflets roundish, 

 heart-shaped, 3- to 5-lobed at the 



apex. Europe and Asia. Borders, 



rough rockwork, or naturalization for 

 the sake of its graceful leaves. Thrives 

 in any soil. Division. 



Thalictrum minus (Maidenhair Mea- 

 dow-Rue). A very graceful fern-like 

 plant, 1 to 14 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; insignificant, greenish- 

 yellow, drooping, in a loose panicle ; 

 sepals pale purple, with white edges. 

 Leaves, finely dissected into numerous 

 small, smooth, roundish, glaucous 

 leaflets, toothed at the apex; stem 

 zigzag. Europe, Britain, and Russian 



Asia. The rock-garden, borders, 



edgings to flower-beds, or in wild 

 places for the effect of its elegant 

 habit and leaves. It thrives in any 

 garden soil. Division. 



Thermopsis barbata (Shaggy T.) 

 An interesting perennial of the pea- 

 flower tribe; 6 to 1 8 in. high. Flowers, 

 in June ; large, of a peculiar, dull very 

 dark violet, in short axillary racemes, 

 which together form a thick, dense, 

 elongated, compound raceme; standard 

 erect, roundish, 2-lobed. Leaves, in 

 -irhorls of 3 to 7, sessile, lanceolate, 

 pointed, smooth, sometimes ciliated 

 and hairy ; stems stout, erect, branch- 

 ing, villous with soft-spreading white 



hairs, as are also the bracts, pedicels, 



calyx, and leaf-stalks. Himalayas. 



Borders, in good loam. Division. 



Thermopsis fabacea (Bean-like T.) 

 A showy perennial clothed with silky 

 hairs; 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer; yellow, alternate, in 

 terminal racemes. Leaves, trifoliate, 

 stalked; leaflets broadly oval; stipules 

 ovate, obtuse, shorter than the leaf- 

 stalk. Kamtschatka. Borders, in 



good sandy loam. Division and seed. 



Thlaspi latifolium (Showy Bastard 

 Cress). A dwarf but vigorous peren- 

 nial, with large indented root-leaves, 

 and flowers somewhat like those of 

 A rdbis albida, but larger ; 6 to 1 2 in. 

 high. Flowers, in spring ; white, in 

 terminal racemes. Leaves, of the root 

 on long stalks, heart-shaped, unevenly 

 toothed ; those of the stem on short 

 stalks, ovate-heart-shaped. Caucasian 



and Iberian mountains. Borders, 



the spring- garden, in beds, and natu- 

 ralized in association with the dwarfer 

 flowers of spring and early summer ; 

 thrives in ordinary garden soil. Di- 

 vision and seed. 



Thymus Serpyllum ( Wild Thyme.} 

 A long - trailing, much - branched, 

 spreading plant, common in the grass 

 in many places, with slender stems 2 

 or 3 in. high, hard but scarcely 

 woody at the base. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer; purple, 6 or more in a whorl, 

 forming short terminal leafy heads. 

 Leaves, small, flat, ovate, obtuse, on 

 short stalks, more or less ciliated, 

 sometimes smooth and sometimes 

 covered with short stiff hairs. T. lanu- 

 ginosus is a very woolly variety and 

 there is also a white- flowered one. 

 The woolly variety is best worthy 

 of a place in gardens. Europe and 

 Northern Asia, and abundant in 

 Britain. Borders and the rock- 

 garden, in ordinary garden soil. Divi- 



