130 AJV ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



white, scented flowers, followed by a fruit which is used in jam- 

 making. 



Tripteris. — A genus of Arabia.n herbs, with odoriferous leaves. 

 Trymalium odoratissimum. — An Australian evergreen shrub, bearing 



white, sweet-scented flowers. 

 Tuberose. Bee. Polianthes tuberosa. 



Tulipa {Tulip). — A well-known genus of bulbous plants, largely cul- 

 tivated for their magnificent flowers. It is unfortunate that so 

 many of the most beautiful varieties possess no scent whatever ; 

 there are a few species, however, that claim a place m our list on 

 this account, although they do not by any means possess a power- 

 ful fragrance. The common wild Tulip, T. gesneriana^ has yellow 

 flowers that are slightly scented ; T, golden prince, single yellow ; 

 Yellow Rose, double yellow ; T. Due van Tliol : T. macro2ohylla, 

 plum ; T. celsiana fragrans, from Algiers ; T. primulina, from the 

 same part ; T. Billietiana, deliciously fragrant ; T. persica, T. 

 suaveolens, T. sylvestris, very sweet scented ; T. florentina, violet 

 scented. A writer in The Garden says, ^We all remember the 

 sweet-scented old cottage-garden Tulips of years ago ; but, alas I 

 how rarely do we see them now-a-days.' 



Turnsole. See Heliotropium. 



Tussilago fragrans (Winter Heliotrope). — An Italian variety of the 

 common Coltsfoot, bearing dainty spikes of purplish flowers in 

 midwinter. Its delicious fragrance of Heliotrope renders it a 

 plant worthy of extended cultivation for conservatory decoration at 

 a season of the year wdien scented bloom is scarce. In some parts 

 of Germany the peasants make garlands of this flower on Easter 

 Day and burn them as a token for good luck. T. farfara is the 

 common wayside kind, which throws up its yellow blooms in earl}^ 

 spring, bringing with them a spicy smell of Cocoanut, and followed 

 by a crown of downy seeds which spread in every direction. 



Ulex (Furze, Gorse, or Whin). — An evergreen bush found growing 

 wild upon heaths, uplands, and wastes throughout the British Isles, 

 and also in many parts on the Continent. It carries prickly foliage, 

 at the points of which peep out clusters of brilliant yellow pea- 

 shaped blossoms, smelling strongly of Cocoanut. It is said to have 

 been the plant that most struck Dillenius when he first trod on 

 English ground, and he thanked Heaven that he was permitted to 

 view the golden imdulation of acres of the wind-waved Gorse. The 

 great botanist Linnosus lamented that he could not get it to thrive 

 in Sweden, and envied England its possession. Its beauties have 

 been immortalised by the poets. Whole sides of the hills in Jersey 



