340 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



times in whorls, the margins rolled back, and, as well as the 

 branches, covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are 

 solitary in the axils, purple, and produced in great profusion 

 from April to June. Native of Tasmania. 



T. verticillata. — A handsome and distinct species. The 

 leaves are slightly hairy, linear, with revolute margins, dark 

 green, and disposed in whorls of from seven to nine. The 

 flowers are large, freely produced upon long foot-stalks during 

 the summer months, and deep violet in colour. It requires 

 to be frequently out back in order to make a good specimen ; 

 if this operation is neglected, the plant becomes lanky and 

 unsightly. Native of New Holland. 



Thibaudia. 



A genus of showy and ornamental plants, well deserving the 

 care and attention of all plant cultivators. In a warm green- 

 house, these plants, with a little care, form most gorgeous 

 objects, well repaying the extra care and trouble bestowed 

 upon them, and we hope to see the various members of this 

 genus become general favourites. The soil best adapted for 

 them is a mixture of sandy peat and fibrous loam, with a 

 moist atmosphere. Increase may easily be effected by in- 

 serting the cuttings of half-ripened wood, having a heel, into 

 very sandy soil. 



T. acuminata. — This beautiful greenhouse shrub well de- 

 serves the attention of all plant growers, forming as it does 

 such a beautiful object, and blooming so many months in 

 succession ; leaves when young tinged with purple, changing 

 with age to dark green ; flowers tubular, with a fine lobed 

 limb, and brilliant red in colour. It blooms during winter 

 and spring. Native of the Andes of Ecuador, at 8,000 ft. or 

 10,000 ft. elevation. 



