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also by the colour of its flowers, which 

 have a scarlet base passing into car- 

 mine, and then into pale yellow and 

 green at the extremities. The leaves 

 are of a light green. A variety of 

 this has leaves ribboned with white 

 and green, but it is very tender. 

 South Africa. Borders, in well- 

 drained and deep sandy loarn, slightly 

 protected about the roots in winter. 

 Careful division. 



Tritoma Uvaria (Flame-flower). A 

 noble and brilliant perennial, of late 

 years popular in gardens : 3 to 4 ft. 

 high. Flowers, late in summer ; large, 

 tubular, of a handsome coral-red, 

 changing as they fade to orange and 

 then to a greenish-yellow, arranged 

 iu a dense, oval-oblong spike. Leaves, 

 very long and narrow, channelled and 

 keeled, with very fine teeth on the 

 edges and on the keel. Root, yellowish 

 and occasionally swollen. South 



Africa. Borders, beds, or groups of 



the finer autumn-flowering perennials, 

 or as isolated tufts on the grass, in 

 deep, free, and rich loam. It is desi- 

 rable to protect the roots of this a 

 little in winter. Division. 



[There are sundry other fine varie- 

 ties of Tritoma, such as glauca, gran- 

 dis, Rooperi, glaucescens, and recurvata, 

 all noble plants worthy of cultivation, 

 and of which grandis (Uvaria major) 

 is the tallest and the latest-flowering 

 kind, often blooming till Christmas.] 



Trollms asiaticus (Asiatic Globe- 

 flower), A handsome free-blooming 

 perennial, 14 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; deep yellow ; sepals 

 somewhat more open than those of 

 the common Globe-flower ; petals 

 longer than the stamens. Leaves, 

 deeply divided and cut, larger than 

 those of T. europceus, of a paler green, 

 the segments also fewer and larger. 

 Siberia. Borders, and naturaliza- 

 tion among medium- sized perennials, 

 iu ordinary soil. Division. 



Troilius europseus (Globe-flower) . 

 A native species, 1 to 2 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; pale yel- 

 low, large ; sepals concave, forming a 

 kind of globe, and almost concealing 

 the petals and stamens. Leaves, of 

 the root not unlike those of the Mea- 

 dow Crowfoot ; segments 3 or 5, lobed 

 and cut ; those of the stem few, 

 smaller, and almost stalkless. Europe 



and Britain. Borders, in ordinary 



soil, or associated with the exotic kinds 

 in semi- wild places. Division. 



Troilius napellifolius (Napellus- 

 leaved Globe-flower). More showy 

 than either of the two preceding 

 kinds, fine as they are ; 1 ft. to 20 in. 

 high. Flowers, early in summer ; of a 

 fine orange-yellow, terminal, large, 

 fragrant, globular. Leaves, alternate, 

 stalked, chiefly radical, of a dark 

 green, paler underneath, with a pal- 

 mate limb of 5 to 7 lobes, deeply 

 toothed. Considered by some a va- 

 riety of T. europceus, from which it 

 appears to differ in its colour, in not 

 being quite so tall, and in having a 

 greater number of lobes in its leaves. 



Various parts of Europe. Borders, 



beds, groups of the finer perennials, 

 and naturalization, in ordinary soiL 

 Division. 



Tropaeolum pentaphyllum (Five- 

 leaved T.) Arapidly -growing climber, 

 6 to nearly 10 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; yellowish-red; petals shorter 

 than the calyx. Leaves, divided into 

 5 shortly-stalked, oval-oblong, entire, 

 smooth segments. Ryot tuberous ; 

 stems smooth, climbing. Fruit almost 

 berry-shaped, of a dark violet colour. 



Chili. For covering pillars, walls, 



chains, bowers, etc. ; best in light and 

 warm loams or calcareous soils. Divi- 

 sion or seed. 



Tropseolum polyphyllum (Yellow 

 Rock T.)A peculiar creeping species, 

 with pale glaucous -green leaves, and 

 shoots 20 in. to 2 ft. long. Flowers, 



