PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 47 
Thalictrum, or Meadow Rue. See page 46 
KNIPHOFIAS (Tritomas) are commonly known as the Red-Hot Poker. With large 
and broad grassy leaves at the base, great leafless flowering-stems are sent up, bearing 
dense spikes of brilliant flowers, which are very decorative. Very hardy and especially 
happy in hot climates. 
T. Pfitzeri, 3 feet high, is orange-scarlet, very effective, and flowers for a very long 
time. 35 cts. each. 
T., Straw Colored, is a rare sort of which label is lost. Very strong, with general 
effect straw-color. 30 cts. each. 
THYMUS albus. See Novelties. 
TRADESCANTIA virginica is an attractive and hardy plant with erect branched 
stems a foot or so high. Produces odd but pretty flowers, either white or of a peculiar 
blue-lavender. They will please. Sit., sun. Soil, good and moist. Prop., divisions. 
PL, October to March. Either the blue or white form at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
TUNICA saxifraga is a pretty grassy-leaved plant of the pink family, with numerous 
wiry stems and many rosy white flowers which are small and rather suggest the gyp- 
sophila. Very hardy and a nice filler for borders, or good for rockwork. 6 to 10 inches 
high. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. Sit., sun or light shade. Soil, any garden, even poor. 
PL, October to April. 
VALERIANA officinalis, or Garden Heliotrope, is a quite different thing from Cen- 
tranthus and has a feathery basal foliage and erect stems 3 to 5 feet high, with broad 
panicles of small white flowers. When well grown in good soil and a sunny position, 
quite desirable. The fragrance is very pleasing. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
VERBENA venosa is very different from garden Verbenas. It is hardy and resists 
cold and grows by underground runners. It is most drought-resistant and bright for 
a long period. The flowers are lilac and pretty. Sit., sun and heat. Soil, any; moderate 
moisture is best. PL, October to March. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
HERBACEOUS VERONICAS are utterly unlike the New Zealand sorts, as they 
are low, herbaceous plants, carpeting the ground and throwing up erect flower-stems. 
V. longifolia subsessilis is one of the best blue flowers that we have. Stout stems, 
2 to 3 feet high, bear attractive flowers in summer and fall. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
V. rupestris grows to 8 inches or a foot, with many clear blue flowers. Same price. 
V. Allionii is somewhat like V. rupestris, with larger foliage and the finest of blue 
flowers. About 6 inches high. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
