DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 365 
long, white at first, gradually changing to a dark-rose 
color; the berry dark-purple. It is found in Vermont, 
Wisconsin, etc. 
T. cernuum.—Nodding Trillium.—Although the least 
beautiful of the genus, it is still elegant and interesting ; 
the flower is pure white, much smaller than that of 7. 
pictum. T. erectum (upright), is of a dull purple color, 
larger flowered than 7. cernuum. 
The Trillium is difficult to keep in the flower-garden. 
The only chance of success in their cultivation would be 
upon a bed of peat and leaf-mould, in a shady and rather 
moist locality. They may be increased, though slowly, 
by the division of the roots. 
TRITOMA. 
{From Greek words signifying three and to cut, in allusion to the three sharp 
edges of the ends of the leaves.) 
Tritoma uvéria.—A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
and has given rise to several varieties, which differ some- 
what in their foliage and flowers as well as their time of 
blooming. All thrive best in peat soil, but will do very 
well in any other light earth. They are not hardy enough 
to stand our winters, unless with great care, and must 
therefore be kept in the grren-house or perhaps the cellar, 
though I have succeeded in keeping them in the open 
ground by covering them deeply with earth. 
These are splendid late-flowering, sub-evergreen, her- 
baceous plants, forming large, robust, stemless leaf- 
crowns, from the centers of which their tall flower-scapes ; 
from three to five feet in height; are produced in the late 
summer and autumn months, with large terminal, dense- 
ly-flowered racemes of rich, pendant, orange-red tinted 
flower-tubes, each raceme from one to two feet in length. 
