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things, it grows most luxuriantly in a deep, rich, well-drained 
loam. In our damp, heavy soil in the valley of the Lea, 
it holds its ground 
well, and flowers 
most abundantly. T. 
uvaria , 3 feet, scar¬ 
let and orange, is 
indispensable. T. u . 
{jlaucescens , with ex¬ 
tra long glaucous 
leaves, 4 feet, scarlet 
and orange, is more 
free to flower, and 
equally hardy. T. 
u, grandiflora , with 
very rigid scape, and 
flowers more deci¬ 
dedly scarlet than 
the others, is a grand 
plant, but the least 
hardy of the three. 
T. media is a good 
shrubbery species, 
flowering freely in 
the later months of 
the year. 
Trollius (Globe¬ 
flower). — A good 
border plant where 
the soil is heavy and 
moist, and bears 
shade patiently. The best are T. Asiaticus , 1 foot, and T. 
JEurojpeus , 2 feet; both have yellow flowers from May to July. 
Tulip. —As a border flower the tulip has but one fault— 
it is short-lived. Of its splendour and variety we need say 
nothing—better is it we should make good use of what little 
space we can afford to say and prove that there is nothing in 
the catalogue of border flowers to equal the tulip in cheap¬ 
ness, adaptability to a variety of circumstances, hardiness, 
simplicity of management, and capability to make a liberal 
return for every reasonable outlay. Once become possessed 
of a variety worth growing, if the stock consists of but one 
