. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 204 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING, inches across, aud deqp green; they are profusely armed on the edges with shaip rigid spines. San Domingo. T. macrophylla, properly Clavij a Eeidelianaâleav ea ahout two feet long, ob- at the edges, rich deep green above, and paler beneath. Orange-yellow flowers on long spikes. Brazil. T. imperialisâleaves alter- nate, somewhat spathu- late, about three feet long and eight iuches across, armed at the edges with sharp spines. T. JussEei â this plant is known in its native coun- try as &q
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 204 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING, inches across, aud deqp green; they are profusely armed on the edges with shaip rigid spines. San Domingo. T. macrophylla, properly Clavij a Eeidelianaâleav ea ahout two feet long, ob- at the edges, rich deep green above, and paler beneath. Orange-yellow flowers on long spikes. Brazil. T. imperialisâleaves alter- nate, somewhat spathu- late, about three feet long and eight iuches across, armed at the edges with sharp spines. T. JussEei â this plant is known in its native coun- try as " Le petit Coco ;" it is a very distinct and handsome plant; leaves oblong-obtuse, about two feet in length, and three Thunbergia.âClimbing plants belonging to the â order Acanthacece, containing several gems of great beauty. Pot in loam and peat in about equal parts, adding some "well- decomposed manure and sharp sand. These plants require frequent syringing to keep them free from red spider. T. fragransâa climber with small, dark green leaves, and pure white tubular flowers, quite destitute of fragrance. "Winter months. East Indies. T. Harrisiiâa bold, strong-growing cUmber, with large, ovate-lanceo- late, dart green leaves, and long racemes of bluish-purple flowers, with pale yellow throats. Sum- mer and autumn months, Moul- mein. T. laurifoliaâless floriferous than the preceding, which it much re- sembles, but the flowers differ in colour, being soft pale Hue on the limb, with a yellow throat. Malay Peninsula. Thyrsacanthus.âA genua of showy plants belonging to Acanthacem. Pot in a compost of equal parts of loam, leaf- mould, and decayed manure; grow freely and rapidly. T. Schomburglcicmus.âA free- growing plant, with oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, deep green leaves; the flowers, which are produced in very long pendulous racemes, are tubular and bright scarlet. Winter and spring months. New Grenada. Syn. T. rutilans. Tillandsia.âThis genus comme
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