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TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM 
TRADESCANTIA (Spider Wort). | 
Virginica. Produces a succession of blue flowers all summer; 
1} to 23 feet. 
— Alba. A white-flowered form. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
TRICYVRTIS (Japanese Toad Lily)." 
Hirta. An interesting Japanese plant, growing 18 inches high, 
and producing in the greatest profusion in late fall clusters of 
most peculiar lily-like flowers, which are creamy-white, 
spotted purplish-brown. Should be planted in semi-shady 
situation. 
Macropoda Striata. 
white; 1 foot. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
TRILLIUM (Wood Lily, or Wake Robin). 
Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, or in a sub-aquatic posi- 
tion, flowering in early spring; 12 to 18 inches. 
Erectum. This is the purple Wood Lily; the earliest to flower. 
Grandiflorum. Thelargest white; probably the handsomest. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
TROLLIUS (Globe Flower). 
Desirable free-flowering plants, producing their giant Butter- 
cup-like blossoms on stems 1 to 2 feet high from May until Au- 
gust; succeed admirably in the border in a half-shady position 
in well drained, preferably light soil. 
Caucasicus ‘‘ Orange Globe.’’ Large, deep orange-colored 
flowers. 
Europzus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers. IIlus- 
trated on the plate facing page 201, and included in our 
Quartette of Extra Choice Hardy Perennials. — 
Japonicus ‘‘ Excelsior.”” Very deep orange flowers. 
Lichtball. Large orange-yellow. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 4 sorts for 85 cts. 
Two Rare Trollius, or Globe Flowers. 
Ledebouri. 
great crop of flowers are produced during May and June, it continues to 
flower more or less throughout the summer. 
Pumilus Yunnanensis. 
is of a rich dark green, 
Price. 
Useful for its foliage, which is prettily variegated green and 
Grows from 2 to 23 feet high, the cup-shaped flowers 
opening up like a Buttercup are of a rich orange color, and while its 
A new variety and entirely distinct from all 
others, the bright golden-yellow flowers being salver-shaped. The foliage 
Hither of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
TRITOMA. 
(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or Torch Lily.) 
The early, free and continuous blooming qualities of the 
newer varieties have made Tritomas one of the great bed- 
ding plants, and when we consider that there are few flower- 
ing plants which are suitable for massing under our severe 
climatic conditions, it is little wonder that such elegant sub- 
jects should become so popular. 
All the varieties offered are worthy of cultivation, succeed- 
ing in any ordinary garden soil, but respond quickly to liberal 
treatment; they are hardy if given protection, but the most 
satisfactory method of wintering is to bury the roots in sand 
in a cool cellar. 
Pfitzerii (The Hverblooming Flame Flower). In bloom 
from August to October, with spikes 3 to 4 feet high, and 
heads of bloom of a rich orange-scarlet, producing a grand 
effect either planted singly in the border or in masses, 
(See-cut. ) 
Saundersi, One of the earliest to bloom, beginning in June» 
continuing until the end of August. Deep coral-red, changing 
to chrome-yellow; 3 feet. 
Tricolor. A charming small-flowered sort, in which three 
distinct colors are combined in the same spike of flowers, 
the buds at first appearing cochineal-red, changing to canary- 
yellow, finally opening a sulphur-white ; very free-flowering; 
August to October; 23 feet. 
Uvaria Grandiflora. The old-fashioned late-flowering sort; 
spikes 3 to 5 feet high; flowers rich ochre-red, passing to 
salmon-pink, 
Price, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
One each of the 4 Tritomas for 85 cts, 
Tritoma (Red-hot Poker Plant) 
Weare the largest growers of Hardy Perennials in this country 
