TRITONIA 



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TRITONIA 



scarlet funnel - shaped flowers on 

 branched leafy stems, which are very 

 useful for cutting. There are now 



FIG. 828. Tritonia crocosmiceflora. (J.) 



many splendid garden varieties all 

 worthy of a place in the outdoor 

 garden. Amongst the best are 



Croesus, large yellow; Diadem, 

 rich dark orange petals zoned with 

 a broad maroon ring around the 

 clear yellow eye ; Etoile de Feu, deep 

 orange-red ; Gerbe d'or, rich golden 

 yellow ; Germania, rich orange 

 flowers ; Le Pactole, large deep yellow 

 flowers 3 ins. across ; Lutetia, elegant 

 flowers of a ruddy tint ; Martagon, 

 deep orange reflexed flowers with 

 orange-red throat ; Messidor, soft 

 yellow flowers on tall much-branched 

 stems ; Prometheus, large flowers 3 

 ins. in diameter, deep orange, touched 

 with orange - red around the eye ; 

 Solfaterre, chrome yellow; Sunbeam, 

 clear yellow, rayed with deep orange- 

 red. 



T. flava. Flowers yellow, cylindri- 

 cal (Bot. Reg. t. 747). 



T. hyalina (T.fenestrata).A rather 

 tender species with pinkish flowers 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 704). 



T. lineata (Gladiolus lineatus). 

 This species has white-edged leaves 

 and straw-yellow flowers veined and 

 washed with orange (Bot. Mag. t. 

 487 ; Red. Lil. tt. 55, 400). 



T. Pottsi (Monibretia Pottsi). A 

 fine species 3 to 4 ft. high, with sword- 



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FIG. 329. Tritonia Pottsi. 



like leaves li to 2 ft. long, and 

 gracefully nodding spikes of bright 

 yellow funnel-shaped flowers suffused 

 with red (Bot. Mag. t. 6722). There 

 are several fine forms, amongst the 

 best being grandiftora, with orange- 

 red flowers; Goldmine, reddish- 

 scarlet. Indeed the forms of T. 

 Pottsi and T. crocosmiceflora are now 

 becoming confused, and are apparently 

 referred to under either name. 



Other species of Tritonia, chiefly of 

 botanical interest only, are T. rosea, 

 pink (Bot. Mag. t. 7280) ; T. scillaris, 

 reddish, fading to white (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 629) ; T. securigera, brownish (Red. 

 Lil. t. 53; Bot. Mag. t. 883); T. 



