1798 



THORBURN 



THUNBERGIA 



seed store in New York, it was arranged that Inglis 

 should 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 seeds 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 York in 1852. He 

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

 of 90. The portrait in Plate XL1 is reproduced from 

 his autobiography. L_ jj. g. 



THORN. See Cratcegus. Christ's T. is Paliurus 

 Spina-Christi. Jerusalem T. is Paliurus Spina- 

 Christi; also Parkinsonia aculeata. Swallow T. is 

 Hippophae rhamnoides. 



THORN APPLE. Datura Stramonium; also Cratcegus. 

 THOEN BROOM. Ulex Europceus. 

 THOROUGHWORT. Eupatorium perfoliatum. 

 THRIFT. Armeria. 



THRlNAX (Greek, fan). Palmacece. About 10 spe- 

 cies of fan palms native to the West Indies and Florida. 

 Spineless palms: trunks low or medium, solitary or 

 cespitose, ringed below, clothed above by the fringed 

 leaf-sheaths: Ivs. terminal, orbicular or truncate at the 



long; axis clothed with tubular sheaths; papery-coria- 

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

 pedicel with a caducous bract at the base: fr. the size 

 of a pea. For the new Porto Rican species, see Cook, 

 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, Oct., 1901. 



One of the best groups of palms for pot-culture. The 

 species are of slow growth, but succeed with indifferent 

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

 good specimen is shown in Fig. 2499. 



For T. Chuco. see Acanthoriza (Jhuco. 



A. Under surface of leaves green. 



B. Ligule with a blunt appendage at 



the middle 1. 



BB. Ligule bluntly deltoid 2. 



BBB. Ligule obsolete, truncate 3. 



AA. Under surface of leaves silver;/ or 



glaucous. 



B. Leaf-segments connivent at base .A. 

 BB. Leaf-segments connivent for one- 

 third their length 5. 



BBB. Leaf-segments connivent for one- 

 half their length 6. 



radiata 



parviflora 



Barbadensis 



argentea 



excelsa 



multiflora 



2499. A good specimen of Thrinax. 



base, flabellately plicate, multifid; 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 



1. radiata, 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. parvifldra, 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, IK 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. excelsa, Lodd. Lvs. pale green above, hoary-glau- 

 cous beneath; segments united one-third; ligule 

 bluntly deltoid; sheath densely buff-lanate. Jamaica, 

 British Guiana. 



G. multiflora, Mart. (T. graminifolia, Hort.). Stem 

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

 larly reticulate, tomentose: young Ivs. white woolly- 

 tomentose; blade equaling the petiole, laciniate; seg- 

 ments united one -half their length, ensiform-acumi- 

 nate, rather strict, glaucous beneath; ligule trans- 

 versely oblong, sinuate, 3-lobed. Haiti. I.H. 31:542. 



T.crinlta, Griseb. &Wendl. Cuban. No description available. 

 Only one plant known. Cult, by W. C.Wilson, of Astoria, N. Y. 

 T. elegantissima, Hort., seems to be unknown to botanists. 

 T. Morrissii, Wendl. A native of Anguilla, grows 1-2% ft. 

 high, and has Ivs. which are glauceseent beneath. Segments 

 free for about two-thirds or three-fourths their length. Lately 

 offered in Fla. G.C. III. 11:113. JARED G. SMITH. 



THRYPTCMENE (Greek word said to refer to the 

 low heath-like appearance of the plant). Myrtacew. 

 About 18 species of heath-like shrubs from Australia, 

 with small, opposite leaves and small or minute flowers, 

 which are solitary in the axils or fascicled. 



Mitchelliana, F. Muell. A compact, bushy shrub with 

 slender branches: Ivs. oblong, flat, %-> in. long: fls. 

 in the upper axils solitary 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. BARCLAY. 



THtTJA. See Thuya. 



THUJCPSIS. See Tliuyopsis. 



THUNBERGIA (after Karl Peter Thunberg, professor 

 of botany at Upsala and successor to Rudbeck and Lin- 

 naeus; died 1828). Acanthacece. Mostly tall perennial 

 greenhouse climbers producing flowers in great profu- 



