348 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part 11. 



inches high, bearing a whorl of five or six leaves, the largest 

 nearly two inches long ; from the centre of the whorl arise from 

 one to four slender flower-stems, each supporting a star-shaped 

 white or pink-tipped flower, A native of Northern and Arctic 

 Asia, America, and Europe, and found in the Scotch Highlands 

 and North of England. With healthy well-rooted plants to 

 begin with, it is not difficult to establish among bog shrubs 

 in some half-shady part of the rock-garden, or in the shade of 

 Rhododendrons, &c., in peat soil. It is very suitable for asso- 

 ciation with the Linnaea, the Pyrolas, and Pinguiculas, among 

 mossy rocks. Flowers in early summer, and is increased by 

 division of the creeping root-stocks. 



TRILLIUM GEANDIFLOEXJM.— f^^zV« Wood Lily. 



This, one of the most singular and beautiful of all hardy plants, 

 belongs to a well-known American family, deriving its name 

 from the larger parts being usually arranged in threes. When 

 in good health, each stem bears a lovely, white, three-petalled 

 flower, fairer than the white Lily, and almost as large when the 

 plant is strong ; but much depends on the vigour of the speci- 

 mens. It seems to thrive under almost any kind of treatment, 

 and blooms tolerably well even in small pots in frames. But 

 what a difference between it in that state and when its leaves 

 get large and fleshy, and the plant assumes its natural pro- 

 portions and becomes a free-growing herb of goodly size in 

 the open air ! There can be no doubt as to its requirements — 

 a free deep soil full of vegetable matter, and a shady position 

 either in the hardy fernery or some depressed nook, or, failing 

 such, among the Rhododendrons in peat beds. If placed in a 

 sunny or exposed position, the large soft green leaves are not 

 sufficiently developed, and consequently the plant fails to be- 

 come strong. In a position much exposed to both sun and 

 wind, I have grown it to perfection by planting it in peat, and 

 keeping it covered with a clouded hand-glass so long as the 

 leaves were above ground. At Biddulph Grange I first saw 

 it in its true glory, forming bushes of the healthiest green, 

 more than two feet high, and spreading out as freely as any 

 border-plant. Every stem bore traces of flower, and it may 

 easily be imagined what pictures of beauty these plants must 

 have been in spring. They were planted in a moist spot, very 



