FREAKS AMONG THE TRILLIUMS 



Dr. D. G. Storms, Hamilton, Out. 



During the last three or four years, in my rambles through the woods in spring, I have chanced upon a few specimens of trilliums such 

 as the above, having the petals more or less splashed with green. In the spring of 1905, in a secluded ravine near Hamilton, my wife found 

 the large cluster which had a dozen or more blooms, varying from pure green to merely a slender green strip down the midrib. In the 

 same place, but possibly fifty or seventy-five feet away, the left hand bloom in No. 1 was found, and two or three hundred yards away, 

 and on high, dry ground, that in No. 3 was discovered. 



. In the ordinary trillium the whorl of green leaves sits down upon the flower stalk, that is, they have no stems. You will see, in the left 

 hand bloom of No. 1, the leaves have stems about as long as the leaves themselves. In No. 2 the stems were six or seven inches long and 

 attached below the ground. In No. 3 the green leaves were absent. Another strange feature with No. 3 was that the bloom was double. This 

 can be accounted for by each whorl being moved up one place, so that the whorl of green leaves form what looked to be the sepals, the sepals 

 forming the petals and the petals proper forming the additional whorl of petals. These latter were white with a green stripe. 



We carefully took up the cluster in No. 2 with all the earth about the roots, and planted it in our garden at home, where it was admired 

 by many. It seemed to be perfectly at home. We are looking for the spring to see if it will appear again as we found it. 



These rare specimens are found frequently near Gait, and in several places about Hamilton. We want to know why, and we invite opinions 

 from those readers of " The Horticulturist" who have studied these beautiful and interesting plants. 



winter. Among the roses may be plant- 

 ed Gladioli, Violas or Pansies to keep the 

 "lot bright. 



At 2-2 may be used a Cut-leaved 

 Weeping Birch and a Halesia Uraptera, 

 or Snowberry tree, and next to each in 

 their shade, plant on one side one or two 

 Golden Bell bushes, Forsythea suspensa, 

 and on the other Viburnum plicatum. 

 The street trees, 1-1, may be elms or 

 maples. Both are suitable for the pur- 

 pose. At 29 plant Deutzia gracilis, 

 Deutzia Lemoinei and Yucca filiamen- 

 tosa, and border with Sweet William 

 mixed. At 30 may be planted Tritoma 

 Pfritzeni, Perennial Phlox, and Cam- 

 panula salicifolia in twos and threes. 

 At 31-31-31 may be used as an edging 

 meria, Maritima splendens, bright 

 sy pink flowers, and Alba, white. 

 hey may be mixed or planted in clumps 

 of three or four. The rest of this border 

 should be planted in clumps with no 

 regard to order. The following plants 

 vill not rob one another since they are 

 uf about equal constitution. The best 

 are as follows: Arabis Alpina, single 

 white flowers, Var rosea, has pink flow- 

 ers, and variety flore pleno has double 

 white flowers, and begins to bloom after 

 the single is done, thus prolonging the 

 season of bloom; Dicentra eximia, a 

 purple dwarf Bleeding Heart, blooming 

 almost continously during summer and 

 fall; Iberis sempervirens. Evergreen, 



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Candytuft with white flowers, Alyssum 

 saxatile compactum, also called Basket 

 of Gold, a foot high, and producing 

 golden flowers; Authericum liliastrum, 

 two feet high, pure white lily-white 

 flowers; Montbretia in half-a-dozen vari- 

 eties, growing two to three feet high, and 

 resembling small Gladioli. Among these 

 plants here and there may be planted 

 clumps of Pansies or Violas, also called 

 Tufted Pansies. 



Plot 32 may be planted in a similar 

 manner to 31, but more variety and 

 larger plants should be used. The front 

 row may be of Scotch Pinks in variety, 

 and Tufted Pansies or Campanula car- 

 patica. The rest of the plot may be 

 planted in clumps with the following, 

 keeping the tallest towards the back, 

 Lythrum calicaria, or Spiked Loose- 

 Strife, four feet high, purplish flowers in 

 long wand-like spikes ; Lysimachia cleth- 

 roides, two feet high, and white flowers, 

 Achillea ptarmica, the pearl, two feet, 

 double white daisy-like flowers, Merten- 

 sia virginica, Virginian Cowslip, 15 

 inches, blue flowers, and Coriopsis grand- 

 iflora, two feet, yellow flowers, are all 

 good. Delhpinium in variety may be 

 added if there is room. They can be 

 had in many shades of color, and grow 

 four to six feet high. 



Plot 33 I would advise planting in 

 the same way as 32, but with different 

 specimens to give variety to the border, 



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and to have cut flowers for home use. The 

 front row should be planted with Poly- 

 anthus, Cowslips and Primroses. Here 

 and there among them may be planted 

 Lychnis plenissima, Semper florens, 

 growing about a foot high, and produc- 

 ing rose-pink flowers from spring to fall. 

 Myosotis palustris makes a good subject 

 for the front row ; it is continuously in 

 bloom from spring to fall. This Forget- 

 me-not is also forced during winter by 

 the florists. The remainder of this bor- 

 der may be planted in clumps with the 

 following: Monarda didyma splendens, 

 three feet high, scarlet flowers; Platy- 

 codon grandiflorum, two feet high, one 

 blue and one white, and Saxifragas um- 

 brosa, London Pride, or None so Pretty, 

 a low-growing, spreading sort, that 

 throws up stems a foot high with pink 

 flowers. 



A plant of each of the following gives 

 much pleasure to the owner: Spiraea 

 Chinensis, pink flowers, three feet high; 

 S. filipendula, florepleno, double white 

 flowered, fifteen inches high; S. Japonica 

 aurea reticulata, 15 inches high, with 

 leaves beautifully veined with gold; 

 Pentatemon barbatus Torreyi, 2 feet 

 high, producing scarlet flowers on long 

 stems from the base of the plant all 

 summer, and good for cut flowers; 

 Chrysanthemum maximum superbum, 

 suitable for out-of-the-way corners at 

 the back of the border, blooming all 



