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identical. S. speciosa is a pretty hybrid 

 in this section with large rather heart- 

 shaped leaves and large bright pink 

 flowers. 



Culture rfV. as above for S. cordifolia. 



S. tenella. — A native of the Alps, with 

 rosettes of linear pointed leaves, fringed 

 on the margins. Flowers in summer 

 white, numerous, in a loose panicle. 



Cnlture dc. as for S.flagellaris, p. 420. 



S. tombeanensis. — ^A pretty Alpine 

 Eockfoil, najtive of the Tyrol, and some- 

 what resembling S. hurseriana. It has 

 rosettes of small erect ovate lance-shaped 

 leaves minutely serrulate on the margins, 

 the upper ones becoming much narrower 

 and pointed, and covered with glandular 

 hairs. The bright red hairy stems bear 

 3-4 white flowers in April and May. 



Culture etc. as above for S. hurseriana. 



S. trifurcata (S. ceratophylla). — A 

 showy and strong-growing species, native 

 of Spain, with dark green, deeply 2-3- 

 parted leaves, forming compact, wide- 

 spreading tufts, 3-8 in. high ; segments 

 awl-shaped, homy-pointed ; stems reddish 

 at the base, clammy. B'lowers in early 

 summer, pure white, in loose branched 

 panicles. 



Culture d-c. as above for S. ajugce- 

 folia, p. 417. 



S. umbrosa {London Pride; St. 

 Patrick's Cabbage). — A beautiful and well- 

 known garden plant, native of the Kerry 

 mountains round KUlarney, and the 

 Spanish Peninsula. Leaves in loose 

 rosettes, roundish or broadly ovate, coarsely 

 toothed or crenate, ^2 in. wide, stalked. 

 Flowers in summer, white, \ in. across, 

 dotted with red, in panicled cymes 6-12 

 in. high. S. Geum (and its forms elegans 

 and gracilis), S. hirsuta, are varieties or 

 sub-species ; other forms being punctata 

 and serratifolia. 



Culture ih: as above for 8. cuneifolia. 



S. valdensis. — A native of the S. of 

 France, 3 in. high. Leaves dense, short, 

 flat at the base, but more or less keeled at 

 the apex, irregularly dotted above. Flowers 

 in May and June, white, rather large, 

 corymbose, on short hairy stalks. 



Culture dc. as above for S. hurseriana. 



S. virginiensis. — A pretty N. American 

 species 4-9 in. high. Leaves obovate 

 or oval spoon-shaped, thickish, crenate- 

 toothed, narrowed into broad stalks. 

 Flowers from April to June, white, in more 



or less clustered cymes. The variety 

 flore plena has compact double flowers. 

 S. elongata is closely related but has more 

 slender flower stems. 



Culture dc. as above for S. Clusi. 



TIARELLA (Foam Flower). — A 

 genus with 5 species of erect slender 

 perennial herbs. Leaves usually radical, 

 long-stalked, simple or 3-foliolate. Stipules 

 small, adnate to the stalks. Eacemes 

 terminal, simple or compound. Calyx 

 lobes 5, ovate. Petals 5, entire. Stamens 

 10. Ovary superior ; styles 2, slender. 



T. cordifolia (False Mitreivort). — A 

 pretty border or rook plant native of N. 

 America. ' Leaves heart shaped, sharply 

 lobed and unequally toothed, hairy above, 

 downy beneath, stem sending out runners 

 after flowering. Flowers in April, white, 

 small, starry, in great abundance. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species grows weU in ordinary soil, and is 

 easily increased by dividing the rootstock 

 in early autumn or spring. It likes a 

 partially shaded situation in the rockery 

 or border. 



TELLIMA. — A small genus of more 

 or less hairy perennials with roundish 

 heart-shaped lobed or toothed leaves, and 

 greenish or white flowers in racemes like 

 the Tiarellas. Calyx tube bell-shaped, 

 5-toothed or lobed. Petals 5, entire, 

 3-cleft or pinnately divided. Stamens 10. 

 Ovary half-superior ; styles 2-3, short. 



T. grandiflora. — A hairy perennial 

 lJ-2 ft. high, with lobed and toothed 

 leaves beautifully veined and tinted ^\itli 

 bronzy purple like some of the Heucheras. 

 Its greenish-yellow flowers are borne in 

 erect racemes but are not particularly 

 attractive. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 the species best known, but there are 

 others somewhat similar such as T. 

 Cymhalaria and T. parviftora but not 

 so desirable. The plants grow in tufts 

 in any ordinary good soil, and may be 

 increased by division in early autumn or 

 spring. 



MITELLA. — A small genus of 

 perennials with long-stalked, heart-shaped 

 lobed or crenate leaves, with mem- 

 branous stipules adhering to the stalks. 

 Flowers small, greenish, in long slender 

 racemes. Calyx with 5 spreading lobes. 

 Petals 5, 3-cleft or cut into thread-like 



