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TIGRIDIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



TILJA. 



position, but in partial shade and a 

 moist soil. T. cordifolia bears little 

 starry creamy-white flowers, the buds 

 delicately tinged with pink, a well- 

 flowered mass seen a few yards off 

 having a close likeness to a wreath of 

 foam. The young leaves are tender 

 green, spotted and veined with deep 

 red, while the older ones at the base 

 of the plant are of a rich red-bronze. 

 T. unifoliata, with white flowers and 

 rosy stamens, is also good. 



'J'iarclla cordifolia, 



TIGRIDIA (Tiger Flower}. Bulbous 

 plants with very showy flowers, not 

 hardy generally, requiring similar 

 treatment to Gladiolus, though in some 

 of our most southerly counties they 

 would be safe in light soil and a warm 

 position. Annual lifting, storing, and 

 spring planting are needed, and the 

 bulbs are better freed from the bulblets 

 of the previous season. In warm gar- 

 dens, where the bulbs are left in the 

 ground all the winter, they should be 

 well protected with ashes. Choose the 

 sunniest spot in the garden. A sandy 

 loam lightened by leaf-mould is the 

 best to ensure a strong and rapid 

 growth. From about midsummer on- 

 wards till September, or even later, 

 the plants will be in bloom. In Octo- 



ber the foliage turns yellow as the 

 bulbs ripen ; lift by November, bunch 

 them, and hang in an airy shed till 

 dry. 



The best known species is T. Pavonia 

 from Mexico, a plant of many forms 

 and garden varieties, differing in shape 

 or colour from the parent, with its 

 large flowers 5 inches across, glowing 

 in scarlet and orange. Among the 

 most distinct varieties are : 



T. PAVONIA var. ALBA. Flowers 

 nearly 6 inches across, with sepals and 

 petals of ivory whiteness, heavily 

 blotched at the bases with carmine-red. 

 T. P. A. IMMACULATA. This is a sport 

 from alba, its name having reference to the 

 uniform snowy whiteness of the flowers, 

 which are without the conspicuous spots 

 of other varieties. Though normally pure 

 white, the flowers are sometimes tinted 

 with pale green or creamy-j^ellow. 



T. P. AUREA. A hybrid raised many 

 years ago between T. Pavonia and T. 

 conchiflora, and uniting the robust vigour . 

 of the first with the refinement and fine 

 colour of the second parent. The shade 

 of yellow inclines to orange, and the 

 small central basin of the flower is mottled 

 with red, reddish - purple, or chocolate. 

 The flowers are freely produced, and the 

 plant is easy to grow and increases 

 rapidly. It is better known on the 

 continent than with us, and often under 

 the name T. Watkinsoni. Other varieties 

 are flava, with pale yellow flowers and a 

 red-spotted centre ; canariensis, a pale 

 yellow form ; lutea immaculata, soft 

 yellow without spots ; and carminea, a 

 new and pretty shade. 



T. P. CONCHIFLORA. Flowers with outer 

 segments yellow, heavily blotched with 

 red at the bases, and with inner segments 

 similarly variegated. The names canari- 

 ensis or conchiflora grandiflora probably 

 represent a form differing slightly as 

 regards brilliancy of colour, but it is un- 

 doubtedly a seedling form of the original 

 T. conchiflora. Though the small flowers 

 of this kind are refined and beautiful, the 

 plant is rather weakly, increases slowly, 

 and is apt to perish. 



T. P. GRANDIFLORA. Flowers larger 

 and brighter in colour, with fuller and 

 more rounded petals. Under this name 

 I would also include the names speciosa, 

 splendens, coccinea, and Wheeleri. 



T. P. LILACEA. Flowers with rosy car- 

 mine sepals and petals, the bases varie- 

 gated with white, a cross between T. 

 Pavonia and T. Pavonia alba. 



T. P. ROSE A. Flowers with rose- 

 coloured sepals and petals, the bases 

 variegated with yellow, a cross between 

 T. Pavonia and conchiflora. 



TILIA (Lime; Linden). Mostly 

 summer-leafing trees of northern and 



