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T. imperialis — leaves alter- 

 nate, somewhat spathu- 

 late, about three feet long 

 and eight inches across, 

 armed at the edges with 

 sharp spines. Brazil. 



T. Jussieui— this plant is 

 known in its native coun- 

 try as " Le petit Coco 

 it is a very distinct and 

 handsome plant ; leaves 

 oblong-obtuse, about two 

 feet in length, and three 



inches acro?s, and deep 

 green ; they are profusely 

 armed on the edges with 

 sharp rigid spines. San 

 Domingo. 

 T. macropbylla — leaves 

 about two feet long, ob- 

 o vate-lanceolate, serrate at 

 the edges, rich deep green 

 above, paler beneath. It 

 produces great quantities 

 of orange-yellow flowers 

 on long spikes. Brazil. 



Thunbergia. — Climbing plants belonging to the 

 order Acanthacece, containing 

 several gems of great beauty. 

 Pot in loam and peat in about 

 equal parts, adding some well- 

 decomposed manure and sharp 

 sand. These plants require 

 frequent syringing to keep 

 them free from red spider. 



T. fragrans— a climber with small, 

 dark green leaves, and pure white 

 tubular flowers, quite destitute of 

 fragrance. Winter months. East 

 Indies. 



T. Harrisii— a bold, strone-growing 

 climber, with large, ovate-lanceo- 

 1 ite, dark green leaves, and long 

 ra ernes of bluish-purple flowers, 

 with pale yellow throats. Sum- 

 mer and autumn months. Moul- 

 mein. 



T. laurifolia — less floriferous than 

 the preceding, which it much re- 

 sem les, but the flowers differ in 

 colour, being- soft pale blue on the 

 limb , with a yellow throat . Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Thyrsacantlms. — A genus 

 of showy plants belonging to 

 Acanthacece. Pot in a compost 

 of equal parts of loam, leaf- 

 mould, and thoroughly decayed 

 manure ; grow freely and 

 rapidly. 



T. SchomburgJcianus. — A free- 

 growing plant, with oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 deep green leaves ; the flowers, which are produced in 

 very long pendulous racemes, are tubular and bright 

 scarlet. Winter and spring months. New Grenada. 



Tillandsia. — This genus commemorates Elias 

 TiUandsius, author of a Mora, and Professor of 

 Physic at Abo. 



Tillandsias grow naturally upon rocks, and the 

 stems and branches of forest trees; their rosulate 

 growth, and the imbricating bases of the leaves, en- 

 able them to store up so much water that they can 

 endure long droughts with impunity. Peat and 

 sphagnum moss, with good drainage. 



Tillandsia Splendens. 



T. argentea — this plant 

 thrives best treated as an 

 epiphyte ; it is an elegant 



little rosette, with the 

 appearance of frosted sil- 

 ver; leaves some eight 



inches long, or even more, recurved at the ends, the 

 whole surface being covered with sparkling silky white 

 hairs. The flowers are inconspicuous, but very fragrant. 

 Brazil. 



T. dianthoidea — a small compact plant, with close, dense, 

 deep green, smooth leaves, overspread with a thin white 

 scurf. Flower - spike erect, furnished with pale pink 

 bracts, between which the deep violet flowers protrude. 

 Spring and summer months. Brazil. 

 T. Lindenii — when in flower one of the most beautiful 

 plants in the whole order ; it is often called Lindenii 

 vera, to distinguish it from another distinct form 

 when in flower, but which is scarcely different in 

 foliage, and which we have found under the name of 

 Morrenii, a name retained here. T. Lindenii is a 

 compact and dwarf plant, with 

 light green leaves, streaked with 

 reddish - brown. Flower - spike 

 much longer than the leaves, 

 crowned with a long ovate spike 

 of deep rose-coloured bracts, be- 

 tween which the large flowers 

 protrude j these are made up of 

 three broad petals of a rich vivid 

 blue, white at the contracted base, 

 thus forming a well-defined eye. 

 Summer months. Peru. 

 T. Morrenii — the chief distinction 

 in this species is that the stem 

 does not rise so much above the 

 foliage, and the spike of flattened 

 bracts is hroader and bright rose, 

 flowers lilac, without the con- 

 spicuous white eye. Summer 

 months. Peru. 

 T. mosaica — leaves broadly strap- 

 shaped, recurved at the ends ; 

 ground-colour a yellowish-grey 

 green, marbled and tessellated 

 with olive-green, tinged with red; 

 scape erect, bronzy-red; flowers 

 yellow, tipped with white. New 

 Grenada. 



T. pulchella — an elegant plant, 

 thriving best when grown upon a 

 block ; it seldom exceeds six or 

 eight inches in height; deepgreen 

 leaves, covered with a white scurf ; 

 flowers white, enclosed in large 

 red bracts. Winter months. 

 West Indies. 

 T. recurvifolia— similar in growth 

 and size to the preceding, with 

 glaucous leaves ; flowers white, . 

 set in large bright rosy - pink 

 bracts. Winter months. Panama. 

 T. stricta — an epiphytal dwarf and 

 beautiful species, with strap- 

 shaped leaves, covered with a 

 white scurf ; flower-spike longer 

 than the leaves ; bracts large, 

 creamv-white, suffused with deep rose ■ flowers while and 

 violet,' becoming red as they decay. Winter months. 

 Brazil. 



T. xiphioides— a small but elegant kind; leaves broadly 

 subulate, covered with short silvery-grey hairs ; spike 

 longer than the leaves, clothed with numerous long 

 bracts, which are yellowish-green; flowers numerous, 

 large, pure snow-white, and very fragrant. Whiter and 

 spring months. Mendoza. South America. 



T. Zahnii— this beautiful plant thrives best in a pot ; leaves 

 deep amber when younsr, streaked with red veins ; this 

 colour with asre becomes almost scarlet ; flower-stem 

 clothed with numerous long and pointed scarlet bracts : 

 the flowers are numerous and golden-yellow. Spring and 

 early summer. Chiriqui, Central America. 



Torenia. — A genus of Scrophulariacece, in which 

 there are several species. Habit spreading, pendent, 

 suitable for hanging baskets ; equal parts of peat 

 and loam, with a little sand, suits them best. They 

 enjoy strong heat and abundance of moisture. 

 Stove. 



