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Sauromatum.— From saura, "a lizard," in re- 

 ference to the shape and colour of the spadix ; it 

 is a small genus of Aracece, and should be treated in 

 the same manner as Calacliums. There are several 

 species, all being- more or less ornamental. Stove. 



S. guttatum — tuberous root-stock glo- 

 bular, from which springs a single 

 stern, which, is curiously mottled, 

 bearing a large pedately-divided, deep 

 green leaf ; the spathe, which appears 

 before the leaf is large, tubular at the 

 base, spreading in front, and length- 

 ened out into a long tail ; green, pro- 

 fusely spotted with reddish-purple, 

 bordered with red ; spadix long and 

 curved. Northern India. 



Tropseolum. — The annual 

 members of this genus are popu- 

 larly known as Nasturtiums ; they 

 belong to the order Tropceolacece, 

 and would appear to be closely 

 allied to the Cranesbill family, 

 Geranlacece. The name comes from 

 tropcvum, "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 tall 

 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 

 upon 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 yellow. Green-house. 



Spring months. Chili. 

 T. polyphyllum — this plant reaches Orchis Mascdla 



some three or four feet in length ; 



leaves orbicular, dense, the segments 



overlapping each other, and very glaucous ; the flowers 



freely produced, rich yellow. Hardy. Summer months. 



Chili. 



T. speciosum — a beautiful climbei-, 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 



peltate five - Jobed leaves, and bright yellow flowers. 



Hardy. Spring months. Peru. 



Tydsea. — A genus of Gcsneriacece, with scaly 

 roots, called lepicorms, stout stems, and a profusion 

 of handsome flowers, and as they are 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 XDarts. 

 They will 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- 

 jority 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. 



Adonis — white, blotched and spotted 



with vermilion. 

 Alarm — rosy-purple, spotted with pur- 

 plish-crimson. 

 Amabilis — vermilion, dotted on the limb 



with a darker hue. 

 Apollon — rich violet, dotted with brown. 

 Belzebuth— tube carmine ; limb deep 



crimson, heavily spotted with black. 

 Calypso — tube rich crimson; limb yel- 

 low and crimson, spotted with maroon. 

 Cecilia — tube pink ; limb rosy - red, 



streaked and spotted with crimson. 

 Ceres — tube brilliant red ; limb white 



and vermilion, dotted with crimson. 

 Cerise — 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. 

 Formosa— rosy-Jake, 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 

 crimson. 



Lady Caroline Kerrison— tube orange-scarlet ; limb soft 



rose, spotted with violet. 

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

 red. 



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



spotted with cerise and vermilion. 

 Lorenzo— tube carmine ; limb pale yellow, dotted with 

 crimson. 



Mi nerve— tube purple ; limb a rich violet, spotted with 

 crimson. 



