. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. COMMON GARDEN FLOWEES. 161 or, failing such., among the Rhododendrons in peat "beds. If placed in a sunny or exposed position, the large soft green leaves are not. sufficiently developed, and consequently the plant fails to become strong. In a position much exposed to sun and wind I have grown it to perfection by planting it in peat, and keeping it covered with a clouded hand-glass so long as the leaves were above ground. At Biddulph Grange, Congleton, I first saw it in its true glory, forming bushes of the healthiest green, more than rose or pale
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. COMMON GARDEN FLOWEES. 161 or, failing such., among the Rhododendrons in peat "beds. If placed in a sunny or exposed position, the large soft green leaves are not. sufficiently developed, and consequently the plant fails to become strong. In a position much exposed to sun and wind I have grown it to perfection by planting it in peat, and keeping it covered with a clouded hand-glass so long as the leaves were above ground. At Biddulph Grange, Congleton, I first saw it in its true glory, forming bushes of the healthiest green, more than rose or pale crimson spots at the base of the petals; it is one of the very handsomest of the group. The blossoms are scarcely so large as those of T. grandi- Jlornm. T. nivale has pure white flowers, and is of dwarfer growth than T. grandiflortim, and distinct from it. T. ovatum is a rare Californian species, with dark green ovate leaves, and pure white flowers slightly recurved. T. sessile is so nimed from the flowers having no. two feet high, and spreading out as fully as any border plant. Every plant bore traces of flower, and it may easil)^ be imagined what pictures of beauty these plants must have been in spring. They were planted in a moist spot, very much shaded by highly- raised root and rock work, and shrubs perfectly sheltered by the same. In like position it may be grown as well as in its native woods. Depressed shady nooks in the rock garden or hardy fernery wiU suit it ; (Robinson's Alpine Flowers.) It can be increased by division of well-established bulbs. T. erectum, or atropurpiireum, is in striking con- trast to the foregoing, producing erect flowers of a deep rich purple, and should have similar treatment. T. erythrocarpum, the Painted Wood-lily, bears lovely, pure white flowers, with three distinct bright 59 foot-stalks, but fitting as it were immediately on the end of the main stalk; the leaves are marbled with white, and the flowers, which are pale purj
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