1798 



THORBURN 



seed store in New York, it was arranged that Inglis 

 sliould grow seeds also. This was in 1805; and in that 

 year Inglis, as an experiment, had grown a lot of seeds. 

 Thorburn bought these seeds for $15; and thus arose 

 the first regular seed store in New York, and one of the 

 first in the United States. 



The ^eeds and plants continued to sell, and Thorburn 

 was obliged to import seeds. In 1805 or 1806 he ob- 

 tained a catalogue of William Malcolm & Co., London, 

 the first plant catalogue he had ever seen, and he then 

 published one of his own. This led to more pretentious 

 writing, and "The Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar" 

 was the first outcome. The third edition of this, in 1821. 

 by "Grant Thorburn, Seedsman and Florist," contains 

 the advertisement of "G. Thorburn & Son," dealers in 

 seeds, implements and rural books. 



Grant Thorburn was a prolific writer for the current 

 press on a variety of topics, under the nom de plume of 

 Laurie Todd. He was a unique character, and his his- 

 tory,— "mixed with much fiction," as he himself says,- 

 was the basis of John Gait's tale in three volumes 

 (London, 1830) of "Lawrie Todd, or Settlers in the 

 Woods." Thorburn left a most interesting autobio- 

 graphy, which was published in New Y'ork in 18.52. He 

 died in New Haven, Conn., January 21, 1863, at the age 

 of 90. The portrait in Plate XL! is reproduced from 

 his autobiography. L H. B. 



THOBN. See Crntwgns. Christ's T. is PaUurus 

 Spina-Christi. Jerusalem T. is PaUurus Spinn- 

 Christi; also Parkinsnnin aeuleata. Swallow T. is 

 Rippophag rhamnoides. 



THORN APPLE. Datura Stramonium; also Cratwgns. 



THORN BROOM. ITlex Europwus. 



THOROUGHWORT. Eupatorinm perfoUatum. 



THRIFT. Armeria. 



Pain,,] 



THBlNAX (Greek 

 cies of fan palms native to the \\ 

 Spineless palms: trunks low cj 

 cespitose, ringed below, clothed 

 leaf -sheaths : Ivs. terminal, orbic 



10 



.pe- 



THUNBEKGIA 



long; axis clothed %vith tubular sheaths; papery-coria- 

 ceous, split: fls. on rather long, slender pedicels, the 



pedicel with a cadi us hnici ai the base: fr. the size 



of a pea. For the ii.w I'.nt" Ki.Mu species, see Cook, 

 Bull. Torr. Bot. Clul,, (in.. IIkii. 



One of the best tcr.mi.s .,f i.ahiis for pot-culture. The 

 species are of slow growth, l)Ut succeed with indifferent 

 care. They are mostly of elegant form and habit. A 

 good specimen is shown in Fig. 24ilU. 



For T. Vhuco. see Acantlwriza Vhiio. 



A. I'ntler siirlace ot leaves green. 



B. Ligule with a blunt appendage at 



the middle 1. radiata 



BB. Li,jule hi until/ deltoid 2. parviflora 



EBB. Jjiijule obsolete, truncate 3. Barbadensis 



AA. Under surface of leaves silvery or 

 glaucous. 

 B. Leaf-seijments connivent at base ..i. argentea 

 BB. Liitl-s, 111,1, i,lx r„i,i,,,',iil f„r line- 

 Ill,,'! Ill, ir 1,11, iih 5. excelsa 



liiilf iliiir I, iiijih 6. multiflora 



1. radi&ta, Lodd. [T. elegans, Hort.). Caudex short: 

 Ivs. green, glabrous or slightly puberulent beneath; 

 segments united to or beyond one-third; ligule broadly 

 rounded, with a short, blunt appendage at the middle. 

 Cuba to Trinidad. 



2. parviflbra, Swz. Caudex 10-20 ft. tall: Ivs. 10-25 in. 

 long, minutely pubescent, becoming glabrous, green be- 

 neath; segments united one-fourth or one-sixth their 

 length; ligule bluntly deltoid, 1}^ lines long. Bahamas, 

 Jamaica. Florida. S.S. 10:510. 



3. Barbadensis, Lodd. Trunk middle-sized: Ivs. 

 green, glabrous; segments united at the base: ligule 

 obsolete truncate: spadix paniculate: berry polished, 

 .':, in. thick. Barbadoes. 



4. argentea, Lodd. Caudex 12-15 ft. high, 2-3 in. 

 thick: Ivs. shorter than the petiole, silvery gray be- 

 neath; segments united at the base; ligule concave, 

 semilunar, erose. West Indies. 



5. excdlsa, Lodd. Lvs. pale green above, hoaryglau- 

 cous beneath; segments united one-third; ligule 

 bluntly deltoid; sheath densely bufl'-lanate. Jamaica, 



6. mtatifldra, Mart. {T. graminifblia, Hort.). Stem 

 medium, 6-8 ft high; sheaths ragged, fibrous, irregu 

 lariy reticulate, tomentose joung lvs white woolly 

 tomentose, blade equaling the petiole, laciuiate, seg 

 ments united one half their length, ensiform acumi 



M 



2499. A good specimen of Thrinax. 



base, flabellately plicate, multiftd; segments indupli 

 cate, bifid; rachis short or none; ligule free, erect, con 

 cave; petiole slender, biconvex, smooth on the mar 

 gins; sheath usually beautifully fringed: spadices 



aud has lvs whuh are glaucesLent btneitli Segments 

 free for about two thirds or three fourths their length Lately 

 - ■ .Pla GC III 11 113 JaredG Smith 



offered l 



THRYPT6MENE (Greek word said to refer to the 

 low liiatli-liki' appearance of the plant). MyrlAceiv. 

 Atunit l.s sjMTics of heath-like shrubs from Australia, 

 with Muall. ci]ip<isite leaves and small or minute flowers, 

 which are solitary in the axils or fascicled. 



Mitchelli&na, F. Muell. A compact, bushy shrub with 

 slender branches: Ivs. oblong, flat, !4-K '"■ long: As. 

 in the upper axils solitarv or in clusters of 2 or 3, white. 

 Offered in southern Calif. Introduced by Mrs. T. B. 

 Shepherd, who says the plant rarely exceeds 4 ft. in 

 height, blooms in midwinter and is good for cut-flowers. 

 F. W. Bakclav. 



THtrjA. See Thuya. 



THUJ6PSIS. 



Thiiyops 



THUNBfBGIA (after Karl PeterThunberg, professor 

 of botany at Upsala and successor to Rudbeck and Lin- 

 n.-pus; died 1828). Acanthdcecf. Mostly tall perennial 

 greenhouse climbers producing flowers in great profu- 



