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TRIFOLIUM TRITOMA. 



but more commonly it is surrounded 

 by a green margin. Europe. Edg- 

 ings, tufts in the mixed border, the 

 rougher parts of the rock-garden, 

 edges of vases, etc. in ordinary garden 

 soil. Division. 



Trifolium rubens (Red T.) An or- 

 namental perennial, 1 ft. to 16 in. 

 high. Flowers, from June (sometimes 

 earlier) to August ; large, carmine- 

 rose or purplish-red, in long, oblong, 

 or cylindrical heads which usually 

 grow in pairs, and after flowering pre- 

 sent a downy appearance from the 

 fringed divisions of the numerous 

 calyces. Leaves, lower ones alternate, 

 stalked ; upper ones sessile ; all trifo- 

 liate, with leathery, oval-oblong, or 

 oblong-lanceolate leaflets. There is a 

 variety (not ornamental) with white 



flowers . Europe . Will grow almost 



anywhere, seeming to prefer dry, cal- 

 careous, marly, or gravelly soil, and is 

 therefore well adapted for naturaliza- 

 tion on arid declivities with a south- 

 ern aspect. Division or seed. 



Trifolium uniflorum (One-flowered 

 Trefoil}. A rare and singular, creep- 

 ing, tufted kind, with very short 

 stems, 1 or 2 in. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; brilliant rose, solitary, 

 on short axillary stalks ; corolla very 

 long, much longer than the cylindrical 

 striped calyx. Leaves, trifoliate ; leaf- 

 lets ovate, toothed ; stipules sheath- 

 ing, ending in a short taper point. 



Southern Europe. The rock-garden 



or choice border, in very fine moist 

 loam. Division. 



Trillium cernuum (Nodding T.) A 

 curious tuberous-rooted plant, having 

 its parts arranged in threes ; 1 ft. to 

 20 in. high. Flowers, late in spring; 

 1 to li in. across ; sepals 3, narrow, 

 oval-oblong, almost pointed and re- 

 flected, green, 4 to f in. long ; petals 3, 

 similar in shape and size to the sepals, 

 but white. Leaves, 3, in a whorl, 

 roundish - lozenge - shaped, abruptly 



pointed, narrowing into a wedge-shape 

 at the base, nearly sessile, of a dark 



green colour. North America. 



Among shrubs in moist peat borders, 

 or in moist spots in the hardy fernery, 

 or rock-garden. Division. 



Trillium grandiflorum ( White Wood 

 Lily}. A remarkably beautiful plant, 

 6 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in spring ; 

 pure white, 2 to 5 in. broad, pendent ; 

 sepals 3, oblong, spreading, green ; 

 petals 3, white, oblong - elliptical, 

 | longer than the sepals. Leaves, 

 3, in a whorl, lozenge - shaped, 

 pointed, from 4 to 6 in. long, on 

 short stalks,. North America, from 



Canada to Carolina. In moist, quite 



shady, thoroughly sheltered spots by 

 the side of wood-walks, in moist shady 

 hollows of the rock-garden, and in the 

 hardy fernery with the Osmundas 

 and moisture-loving Ferns, always in 

 deep, moist, very sandy loam, and 

 leaf-mould or peat soil. Division of 

 well-established tufts. 



Triteleia uniflora ( Spring Star-flower} . 

 A delicately-coloured free-flower- 

 ing bulbous plant, 4 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in spring; solitary, of an 

 iridescent white with bluish reflec- 

 tions, and marked through the middle 

 of the divisions on the outside with a 

 violet streak which is continued down 

 the tube. Leaves, broadly-linear, of a 

 glaucous green, spreading on the 

 ground. Bulb, small, elongated- egg- 

 shaped, nearly solid, with whitish 

 coats, and exhaling (as does the whole 

 plant) an odour of Garlic. South 

 America and Southern States of North 



America. Borders, edgings, the 



rock-garden and naturalized among 

 spring flowers, growing in any soil. 

 Division. 



Tritoma Burchelli (BurclieWs Flame- 

 floiver}. A noble and showy peren- 

 nial, distinguished from the better 

 known T. Uvaria by its flower-stem 

 being marked with black spots, and 



