WOOD LILY. 
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little perennial, about 6 to 12 inches high, of the Saxi- 
frage family. It has heart-shaped lobed and toothed 
leaves, and in April and May its small white starry 
blossoms appear in great profusion. It likes a 
partially shaded spot in the rock-garden or border, 
and flourishes in ordinary soil. Increased by division 
of the rootstock in spring or early autumn. 
TRACHELIUM coeruleum ( Throatwort ). — An 
elegant bushy perennial of the Campanula family, 1 
to 2 feet high, with ovate acute deeply-toothed leaves 
and trusses of violet-blue blossoms from June to 
August. The variety album has white flowers. The 
Throatwort likes rather a warm sheltered spot in the 
garden. It flourishes in sandy loam and leaf soil, and 
may be increased from seeds sown in autumn or 
spring ; from cuttings of the young shoots in summer ; 
and also from cuttings of the roots in spring. 
TRADESCANTIA virginica. — A pretty American 
perennial, about 1^ feet high, with purple-veined 
leaves and deep violet-blue flowers in summer. It 
flourishes in ordinary garden soil, and may be increased 
by division. (Plate 18, fig. 54.) 
TRILLIUM grandiflorum {Wood Lily, Wake Babin). 
— A charming tnberous-rooted North American peren- 
nial, 6 to 12 inches high, with rliomboid-ovate leaves 
and pure white flowers in May, as shown in Plate 3, 
fig. 7. There are other species, such as T. cernuum , 
with rather drooping white flowers ; T. erectum, having 
dark purple strong-smelling blossoms, and its white 
flowered variety ; T. erythrocarypum, white, striped with 
purple ; and several others not so well-known. 
The Wood Lilies like partially shaded spots in the 
