42 HARDY PERENNIALS • Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 
Trillium grandiflorum 
TRILLIUM 
Three-Leaved Night-Shade 
A class of low perennials, liaving a stout 
and simj>le stem from tlieir tuber-like root, 
naked, and bearing at the top tliree ample 
leaves in a whorl and a terminal flower. 
I'rilliums belong to the lily family, bloom 
early in spring, and arc easily grown. 7’hey 
like a moist, shady situation. 
cernuum (Nodding Trillium), Native, 
Flowers nearly white, 
erectum. Native. I las broad, rhom¬ 
boid leaves, with a dark purple flower. 
15 cts. each, Sf for 10, S8 per 100. 
erythrocarpum (Painted Trillium). Native. 
W hite flowers painted with purple at the 
base; delights in cold, damp leaf-mold. 
15 cts. each, SI for 10, S8 per 100. 
grandiflorum. riH Native. Probably the 
prettiest of the genus, and most gener¬ 
ally cultivated. It grows 8 to 15 inches 
high; large, white flowers, often 2 to 2y> 
inches in length and 2 inches wide, turn¬ 
ing to lilac-color with age. 15 cts. each, 
SI for 10, S6 per 100, ^0 per 1,000. 
nivale. Native. A small, white-flowered 
variety, 3 or 4 inches high, blooming in 
the early spring. 
recurvatum. Native. Leaves green, 
with white patches; flowers brown- 
l>urple. Beautiful and easily grown. 
15 cts. each, SI for 10, S6 per 100. 
sessile. Native. Flowers red. 15 cts. 
each, Si for 10, S6 per 100. 
sessile californicum. es Native. From the 
Pacific coast. Pure white, fragrant 
flowers. 20 cts. each, S1.50 for 10. 
stylosum. Native. A southern species. 
Pink flowers in early spring. Very 
effective when planted in large colonies. 
15 cts. each, SI for 10, S8 per 100. 
Trillium sessile 
