VII.] 



LIST OF FLOWERS. 



nial of the south of Fjaiice, growing three or four feet in height, 

 and blows a light blue flower in August. Propagated by sowing, 

 or by separating the roots. i\ny soil suits it. 



584. THRIFT.— Lat. Statice Armeria. A native of the Alps ; 

 the roots are perennial and fibrous : it rises three inches high, or 

 more, and spreads very fast. The variety with a bright scarlet 

 flower, which comes in May and lasts throughout the month of 

 June, should find a place in small borders, but it should be regu- 

 larly parted every year to prevent its spreading too widely. 



585. TIGER-FLOWER,— Lat. Tigridia pavonia. A very 

 beautiful bulbous plant from Mexico. Grows from one to two 

 feet high ; with narrow sword-shaped leaves, and a stalk longer 

 than these, which, in the month of July, blows many flowers of a 

 yellow or scarlet colour beautifully spotted with purple. The 

 flowers never come out more than one or two at a time, and they 

 last but six hours, when they drop, and are, the next day, suc- 

 ceeded by others. This plant is not quite hardy ; therefore, the 

 best way to cultivate it in the open ground is as you do your supe- 

 rior hyacinths, taking it up when it leaves decay, and keeping it out 

 of ground and in a dry place till spring, when you replant it in the 

 bed or in the border. In pots, in the green-house, it does very 

 well, but not better than in the open air when treated as above, and 

 in a suitable soil ; namely, a fine and somewhat light and deep 

 garden mould. Propagate by separating the ofl'sets from the 

 mother bulbs, and treating them as you do tulips, 



586. TOAD-FLAX, ivy-leaved. — Lat. Linaria cymhalaria. 

 A hardy annual plant, found on old walls ; which, hanging over 

 the sides of a pot, will blow a pale purple flower during the whole 



of the summer. Propagated by seed. Toad-Flax, hlacJi- 



flowered, — Lat. Antirrhinum triste. Takes its name from the 

 little gaiety of its colour, which, at a distance, is of a sombre 

 brown. Prettier on close examination, green-house plant, but re- 

 quires to be out of doors, excepting in frost. Flowers almost all 

 the summer, and is propagated by cuttings, as it never ripens seed 

 with us. 



587. TOBACCO.— Lat. Nicotiana Tahacum, This is a 

 tender annual plant, and therefore requires to be sowed early in 

 spring (beginning of March) in a hot-bed. Sow in broad-mouthed 

 pots, and, as the seeds are remarkably small, cover over very 

 slightly indeed, and, when you give water, take care that the pots 

 are so shaded from mid-day sun as for the eai th not to be baked 



