A YEAR'S GARDENING 



soil. Seed should be sown under glass in March and the seedlings 

 planted out in the usual way. 



TEASEL. See DiPSACUS. 



THALICTRUM. A family of hardy perennials of w^ch some 

 dwarf kinds are very useful for the Rock Garden, such as T. anemon- 

 oides, only a few inches high and bearing large white flowers in April 

 and May; it needs a moist soil and a shady position. T. aiianti- 

 folium is valuable for its beautiful foUage, which resembles the 

 Maiden-hair Fern and is not only useful for cutting but also as a 

 border edging; while T. aquilegifolium, and its variety purpweum, 

 are fine tall plants, 3 or 4 feet high, with graceful fern-like 

 foliage and ball-like flower heads. Both are quite hardy and will 

 grow vigorously in almost any soil. 



THRIFT. See Armeeia. 



THUNBERGIA. A half-hardy annual often used in green- 

 houses as a dwarf climber, but valuable also as an outdoor climber 

 in summer. It grows some 4 or 5 feet high, and its slender, 

 elegant stems are covered with bloom throughout the summer. 

 There are various strains of colour, from white to many shades of 

 orange and yellow. Seed should be sown in heat in March and the 

 seedlings for outdoor culture planted out in May in rich, light soil. 



TIGRIDIA. See Ferraria. 



TOAD-FLAX. See Linaria. 



TOBACCO PLANT. See Nigotiana. 



TORCH-FLOWER. See Kniphofia. 



TORENIA. A greenhouse annual well suited for hanging 

 baskets, etc., by which means its trailing stems and flowers are seen 

 to the best advantage. There are no better varieties than T. 

 Bailloni, with its flowers of beautiful golden yellow, and T. Four- 

 nieri, with its hooded flowers of pale blue spotted with indigo blue, 

 with "which may be included its white variety called White Wings. 

 They are'casily raised from seed sown in a warm temperature in 

 March or April in ordinary compost, the seedlings being pricked out 

 singly in due course. 



TRILLIUM. A wood-lily of which there are several varieties, 

 that called grandiflorum being the only one of much value for 

 the garden. It grows about 9 inches high, bearing large three- 



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