LIST OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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and white, yellow or purple, egg-shaped, edible fruit from 3 to 

 9 inches long. Tropics, Old World. 



5. rostr-atum. A Mexican species with pretty, finely - cut, 

 grayish leaves and large yellow flowers. 



Fig. 664.— Tecoma Smithii. 



Spa rax is. — South African bulbous plants allied to 

 Ixia. They require loamy soil and full sun. Of the 

 numerous species S. bulbifera, with small yellow Gladi- 

 olus-like flowers; S. grandijiora, purple or white; and 

 S. tricolor, with numerous varieties varying in colour — 

 white, yellow, brown, or red, may be recommended. 



Sparmannia. — A South African shrub with large or- 

 namental leaves and white flowers. Two species are in 

 cultivation, viz. S. africana, a large bush with cordate 

 leaves and large heads of white flowers, and S. palmetto,, 

 with smaller leaves and flowers. Loam. 



Statice. — The shrubby species from the Canary Islands 

 have large corymbose flower-heads, often blue, scarious, 

 and lasting for two months. Loam, leaf -mould, and 

 manure. There are a large number of species and hybrids 

 in cultivation, of which the following are worthy: — 



S. Bourgcei. Dwarf plant with large heads of purple and 

 white flowers. 



S. puberula. A much-branched shrub with large leaves, and 

 large heads of blue and white flowers. 



S. rosea. A small shrub with small ovate leaves and rose- 

 coloured flowers. 



S. profusa, S. Butcheri, and S. macrophylla are also good 

 greenhouse plants. 



Strelitzia. — Leaves large, ovate, on long petioles; 

 flowers brightly coloured. The best known are — 



S. Augusta. A tall plant with a thick, woody stem, large Banana- 

 like leaves, and white and blue flowers. S. Africa. 



S. Begince, 3 to 4 feet high, with numerous radical leaves 2 feet 

 long by 7 inches wide. Flowers on long scapes in dense one-sided 

 racemes, orange and blue. S. Africa. 



Streptosolen. — Sub-shrubby plants, very like Brow- 

 allia. The only species in cultivation, S. Jamesoni from 

 Colombia, makes long scandent shoots, which in spring are 

 clothed with large heads of orange -scarlet flowers. Loam. 



Swain son a. —Australian and N< 



Zealand sub- 



shrubby plants with pretty Pea-shaped flowers. S. 

 coronillifolia makes slender scandent shoots several feet 

 long, with pinnate leaves and long racemes of bright-red 

 flowers. 8. Greyana has larger leaves and larger pink 

 flowers. Loam and peat. Cuttings. 



Tacsonia. — Greenhouse climbers with pendulous 

 bright - coloured flowers similar to those of Passion- 

 flowers. Should be planted in a well-drained border of 

 peat and loam, and trained to the rafters of a sunny 

 house. Cuttings. 



T. exoniensis. A garden hybrid between T. Van-Volxemii. and 

 T. mollissima. 



T. insignis. Leaves simple, ovate; flowers large, crimson, 5 

 inches across. S. America. 



T. manicata (ignea). A strong-growing plant with three-lobed 

 leaves and scarlet flowers. Peru. 



T. militaris. A garden hybrid, like exoniensis, but has bright 

 carmine-red flowers. 



T. mollissima. Large three-lobed leaves; long, tubular, pink 

 flowers 2 inches across. Colombia. 



T. Van- Volxemii. A strong-growing, free-flowering plant with 

 showy crimson flowers 5 inches across. Colombia. 



Talauma. — Magnolia-like plants suitable for a large 

 conservatory. T. Hodgsoni, a Himalayan tree with large 

 oval leaves and large white, fragrant flowers, is suitable 

 for a conservatory. 



Tecoma. — Bushy or scandent shrubs useful for drap- 

 ing pillars or rafters. As a rule they do not flower very 

 freely, but T. capensis and T. Smithii (fig. 664) are often 

 treated as annuals, and flower well. Cuttings are rooted 

 in spring, and the young plants stood in a frame until 

 June, then plunged out-of-doors. One shoot only must 

 be allowed, and in autumn it should have formed a 

 terminal large head of flowers. The first named is scarlet, 

 the latter yellow. 



Tetratheca. — Australian Heath-like shrubs requiring 

 sandy peat and a light airy house. T. hirsuta, with small 

 leaves and pink flowers, and T. juncea, with Rush-like 

 stems and purple flowers, are the best known. 



Trachelium coeruleum, though almost hardy, is grown 

 for greenhouse decoration on account of its large loose 



Fig. 665 — Tricuspidaria dependens. 



corymbose heads of small blue flowers. It is a herbaceous 



plant 2 feet high. Loam. Seeds or cuttings. S. Europe. 



Tricuspidaria (Crinodendron) dependens (fig= 665). — 



