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Trillium (Wood Lily, or Wake Robin) 

 Grandiflorum. Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy 

 border, or in a sub-aquatic position. Large pure white flowers in 

 early spring; 12 to 18 inches. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 

 per 100. 



TrolliUS (Globe Flower) 



Europaeus Hybrids. Desirable free flowering hybrids producing 

 their giant buttercup-like blossoms ranging from pale yellow to deep 

 orange on strong stems; May and June; 2 feet high. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Orange Globe. A rare variety with large orange flowers wonderful 

 as cut flowers; May and June; 18 inches. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Superbus. Similar in habit to Orange Globe, with pale yellow 

 blossoms; May and June; 18 inches. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Set of 3 sorts, $1.25. 



Tunica 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers; produced all 

 summer, useful for the rockery or the border; 6 to 8 inches. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



Valeriana (valerian) 



Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form. 



Officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope) . Produces showy heads of rose- 

 tinted white flowers during June and July, with delicious, strong 

 heliotrope odor; 3 to 4 feet. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



VinCa (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) 

 Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used 

 extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or 

 on graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 



height of 3 feet, 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 



Trollius (Globe Flower) 



Thermopsis 



Caroliniana. A showy, tall-growing plant, attaining t 

 producing long spikes of yellow flowers in June and July, 

 per doz. 



ThymUS (Thyme) 



Citriodorus Aureus. The golden leaved lemon-scented Thyme. 

 Lanuginosus (Wooly-lcaved Thyme). Greyish foliage and rosy -lilac flowers. 

 Serpyllum Album (White Mountain Thyme). Dense mats of dark green 

 foliage and clouds of white flowers. 



— Coccineus (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and bright red flowers. 



— Splendens. Bright purplish-red flowers. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100 



Tradescantia (Spider wort 



Virginica. Produces a succession of blue flowers all summer; 2 feet. 



Alba. 



A white-flowered form. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz 



Tritoma 



(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or Torch Lily) 

 Pfitzeri (The Everblooming Flame Flower). The early, free and continuous 

 blooming qualities of this variety have made it one of the great bedding plants. 

 Succeeds in any ordinary garden soil, but responds quickly to liberal treatment; 

 hardy if given protection, but the most satisfactory method of wintering is to 

 bury the roots in sand in a cool cellar. 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. 30 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Royal Standard. A very distinct new variety of vigorous growth and remark- 

 ably free flowering, blooming continuously from June to the end of October, 

 producing 3 feet high stems of good sized flower-heads, the flowers on the 

 lower half of the spike of a bright yellow, the upper part a rich rosy scarlet; a 

 most effective and rich color combination. $1.00 each. 

 Elegans Hybrids. Seedlings in mixed colors, ranging from pale yellow to 

 deep orange red. Very showy, early and free flowering. 3 to 4 feet. August to 

 October. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Tritoma Pfitzeri 



The Giant Marshmallows are showy from July to September, see page 183 



