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given a cosy nook where its graceful plumes of 
bloom will not be damaged by rough winds. The 
rest of the family will thrive in almost any position 
and in quite ordinary soil, the tall growers being 
useful among Delphiniums, Tritomas, Phloxes, etc., 
and the dwarfer sorts such as minus, anemonoides, 
and petaloideum as dot plants in the foreground of 
the herbaceous border. 
Thermopsis. — The Thermopsis bears spikes of 
flowers like yellow lupins, the leaves being spreading, 
thrice parted, and of substantial texture. There 
are five or six species, and they make suitable com- 
panions for Baptisia Australis, to which they bear 
resemblance except in the colour of their flowers. 
Thymus. — A fragrant plant will always be beloved, 
and the refreshing odour of Thyme is particularly 
enjoyable. The very dwarf and creeping Thymes 
are of course well suited to rock gardening, but 
they may also be used between the stones of rough 
paving, or for carpeting small beds of bulbs and 
other flowers. Of taller growth and shrubby habit, 
T. citriodorus and its silver and golden varieties, 
as well as the woolly-leaved T. lanuginosus may 
well be planted beside pathways where they will 
waft their refreshing perfume around whenever 
their branches are brushed aside by passers-by. 
These kinds also make appropriate companions for 
the Cistus, Helianthemums, and the dwarf, berried 
Pemettyas, with whose character of growth they 
are in keeping. 
