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Sauromatum.— From M«im, "a lizard," in re- 

 ierence to the shape and colour of the spadix ; it 

 is a smiiU genus of Araeece, and should he treated in 

 the same manner as CalacUums. There are several 

 species, all being more or less omamentaL Stove. 



S. guttatum — tuberous root-stock glo- 

 bular, from which, springs a single 

 stem, whicli is curiously mottled, 

 "bearing a large pedately-divided, deep 

 green leaf ; liLe spatbe, whicb appears 

 before the leaf is large, tubular at the 

 base, spreading in front, ana length- 

 ened out into a long tail ; green, pro- 

 fusely spotted with reddish-purple,* 

 bordered with red ; spadix long and 

 curved. Northern India. 



Tropaeoliini. — The annual 

 members of this genus are popu- 

 larly known as Nasturtiums ; they 

 belong to the order Tropmolacece^ 

 and -would appear to be closely 

 allied to the Cranesbill family, 

 Geraniacem. The name comes from 

 tropciiimif "a trophy," from the fact 

 of the flowers resembling a helmet, 

 and the leaves a shield. These 

 plants enjoy good rich soil and 

 thorough drainage ; the green- 

 house kinds should have a wire 

 trellis to scramble over, and the 

 hardy kinds make a fine appearance 

 on rockwork, and especially when 

 growing through and amongst tail 

 shrubs ; these latter may be left in 

 the ground through the winter, but 

 the green-house species require to 

 be kept dry after the leaves die 

 away. 



T, azureum— a slender scandent plant, 



having small peltate leaves, with from 



five to seven ovate, dark green seg- 

 ments; the flowers produced singly 



iipon slender peduncles, and bright 



blue. Green-house. Spring months. 



Chili. 

 T. brachyceras— similar in growth to 



the preceding, with bright yellow 



flowers. Green-house. Spring months. 



Chili. 

 T. Jarratti— leaves peltate, divided into 



entire dark green segments ; flowers 



rich scarlet and ypllow. GJ-reen-house. 



Spring months. Chili. 

 T, polyphyllum — this plant reaches 



some tbree or four feet in length ; 



leaves orbicular, dense, the segments 



overlapping each other, and very glaucous ; the flowers 



freely produced, rich yellow. Hardy. Summer mouths. 



Chili. 

 T. speciosum — a beautiful cUmber, with large leaves divided 



into six segments ; flowers rich vermilion-scarlet. Hardy. 



Spring and summer. South America. 

 T. tricolorum— similar in habit to azureum ; flowers rich 



orange-scarlet, yellow, and black. Green-house. Spring 



months. Chili. 

 T. tuberosum— a scandent plant several feet long, with 



rf'ltate flve-lobed leaves, and bright yellow flowers. 



Hardy. Spring months. Peru. 



Tydsea.— A genus of Gesneriacece, with scaly 

 roots, called lepicorms, stout stems, and a profusion 

 of handsome flowers, and as they ai'o for the most 

 part winter and early spring bloomers, they are 

 doubly valuable. The majority of the finest kinds 

 are garden varieties, but the home 

 of the species is South America, 

 where they and their allied genera 

 exist in vast numbers. Pot in 

 loam, leaf-mould, rotted manure, 

 and sand, in about equal parts. 

 They wijl not require much stop- 

 ping to make them bushy, but 

 should be kept staked to keep them 

 in proper shape, and to admit light 

 and air to their foliage. The ma- 

 j ority of these beautiful plants 

 have slender lepicorms, and we 

 have found that where, this is the 

 case they cannot withstand a great 

 amount of drying, so during the 

 resting season care must be taken, 

 or many of them will go to rest 

 never to awake. The following- 

 will be found a good selection. 

 Stove. 



Okchis mascula. 



Adonis— white, blotched and spotted 



with vermihon. 

 Alarm — rosy-purple, spotted with pur- 

 plish-crimson. 

 Auiabilis— vermilion, dotted on tbe limb 



with a darker hue. 

 Apollon — rich violet, dotted with brown. 

 Bel zebuth— tube carmine ; limb deeiJ 



crimson, heavily spotted with black. 



Ca ypso — ^tube rich crimson j limb yel- 



Jow and crimson, spotted with maroon. 



Ceciha — tube pink ; limb rosy - red, 



streaked and spotted with crimson. 

 Ceres— tube brilliant red ; limb white 



and vermilion, dotted vrith crimson., 



Cf rise— tube cherry-red; limb creamy,' 



spotted and striped with rich crimson. 



Countess of Ilchester — rich crimson, 



bordered with violet ; yellow throat, 



striped with carmine. 



Cratere — a bright flame-colour, striped 



with black. 

 Euterpe — tube vermilion ; limb white 

 and amaranth, spotted with vermi- 

 lion. 

 Floretta — rich magenta ; limb cream- 

 colour, spotted with magenta. 

 Foi-mosa— rosy-lake, spotted with crim- 

 son. 

 Hector — tube vermilion ; limb pale yel- 

 low, spotted with velvety crimson. 

 Hepatica — tube rosy-purple; limb white 

 and magenta, spotted with intense 

 crimson. 

 Jupiter— tube bright red; limb pale yellow, spotted with 



crimpon. 

 Lady Caroline Kerrison — tube orange-scarlet ; limb soft 



rose, spotted with violet. 

 Leandre— tube deep red ; limb white, mottled with cberry- 



red. 

 Leonidas — tube bright red ; limb pale yellow and deep red, 



spotted with cerise and vennilion. 

 Lorenzo — tube carmine; limb pale yellow, dotted with 



crimson. 

 Minerve— tube purple ; limb a rich violet, spotted with 

 crimson. 



