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FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



The leaves are broad, and average eighteen inches long ; the 

 flowers appear on a stout stem, and form a club-like mass, 

 brilliantly coloured red and yellow. It is as hardy as T. 

 uvaria, and flowers later. 



In gardens that afford accommodation for interesting 

 plants of robust habit many fine subjects may be associated 

 with tritomas. Not a few of these are also lilywovts, such 

 as asphodels, fritillarias, day lilies, funkias, or plantain 

 lilies, phormiums, yuccas, and aspidistras. The closely- 

 allied order of amaryllids will supply for the same purpose, 

 crinums, alstromerias, and vallotas. For the cool plant- 

 house the last-named order gives agaves, clivias, doryanthes, 

 and true amaryllis, all of them having high claims on the 

 attention of amateurs who are not wedded to the common- 

 place in the pursuit of pleasure in the garden. 



