1766 TAGETES 



TAGfiTES (Tiiijus, an Etruscan god). Compihitif. 



Makioold. a genus of some 20 species of tropical 



American herbs. Lvs. opposite, pinnately cut or rarely 



simply serrate: lis. of various sizes, yellow or orange, 



marked in some spe- 



plants. Good garden forms are ■•i' ^ . • n li'j'i :inil 

 bushy, compact growth, with a 111:1- -1 ' ' Iih^'b 



and well-colored flowers appearing; ' 1 : "'in 



June until frost. In raising plants, li i~ im ,. 1 . Ii Ic 

 grow them in pots, as this practice scum lu i li.-. ;» tlif 

 plants sufficiently to cause them to bloom at a small 

 size and more plentifully during the early summer 

 months than if they were raised with unlimited root 

 room. They should be planted about 1 ft. apart. This 

 species also makes attractive specimens in small pots 

 in a few weeks from seed. Mixed seed of the double 

 sorts will give a large percentage of good double fltnv- 

 ers, while the seed of special named double sorts is re- 

 markably fine. Some of the single forms are very finely 

 colored. 



The African Marigolds, T. erecta, are not well suited 

 to bedding purposes, the growth being too open, but for 

 the mixed border or shrulibery they are excellent late- 

 blooming subjects. This species should be grown with 

 plenty of root room, air and rich soil from start to 

 finish if the largest and most double flowers are de- 

 sired. The African Marigolds are very useful as cut- 

 flowers except under circumstances where their odor is 

 objectionable. 



For Pot Marigolds, see Calendula. 



A. Fls. generally marked with red. 



patula, Linn, French MARUiOLD. Fig. 2459. A hardy 

 annual, usually about 1 ft. high and much branched 

 from near the base, forming a compact, bushy plant: 

 lvs. darker green than in 7'. frf't-i. iiinnniMlv divided: 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, sirriii. il- hkiII' 1 ilmn in 7'. 

 erecta and borne on propMi ,■■ ,i,.I.>. 



B.M. 150; 38.'!0(a3 T.eorn... ! i.i.l 



double forms are grown. Tin -pr^n - i-, \ri\ \:iii;ilil.' 

 as to the color markings of the flowers, which range 

 from almost pure yellow to nearly pure red. 

 AA. FU. not marked with red. 

 B. Lva. pitiuafelif divided, 



■ erficta, Linn. Akkican Markjold. Fig. 2460. A 

 hardy annual growing about 2 ft. high, erect, branched: 

 lvs. pinnately divided, segments lanceolate-serrate : fls. 

 2-4 times as large as in T. patula and of one soliil 

 color, the typical color, according to DeCandolle, being 

 a lemon-yellow. — The rays are sometimes rather two- 

 lipped and in one of the garden forms they are quilled. 



TALAL'MA 



The color ranges from a light sulfur-yellow to a deep 

 orange, many of the light yellow shatles being rare 

 amongst flower colors. This is the common marigold of 

 old gardens in America. Foliage very strong-scented, 

 cc. Rays few, usually !>. 



si^&ta, Bartl. An annual branching species: lvs. 

 pinnately divided into usually 12 oblong, linear, sharply 

 serrate segments, the lower teeth awned: rays 5, yel- 

 low, roundish -obovate. Var. pikmila, Hort., a dwarf, 

 bushy form, usually less than 1 ft. high, seems to be the 

 only "form in the trade. The flowers are bright yellow 

 and small but numerous. — The species is suited for 

 massing or for borders. R.H. 189.5, p. !505. 



BB. Lvs. lanceolate, simply serrate. 



lioida, Cav. Sweet-scented Marigold. A tender 

 perennial plant, entirely distinct from the foregoing 

 annuals in the sessile, lanceolate !v- :in.i <!nill, usually 

 2-3-rayed fls. in dense, termiiiiil r..TiiMi.- r i- flowers 

 have a much more agreeable ("I'll I I'll! i. 1 r species 



cultivated. Chile. B.M. 740. l;ll i-i, i "i -Some- 

 times used as a substitute for Tm r:ii;ii . . ' ili st-e. 



/■ (,(,■..,., is a species discovered about l.sae byT. S. Brailde- 

 -c „, I.MU-.T California. It makes a compact hush 4-.') ft. 

 hiu'li, l>i-:iriiit: .1. profusion of yellow flowers home in winter. 

 SiHull lilaiits flower well in pots. See G.P. 9:67. 



F, vr. Barclay. 



TALAOUA (South American name). ifac/noliAcem. 

 Talauma Hodgsotti is an excellent, magnolia-like, tender 

 evergreen tree with cup-shaped flowers fully 6 inches 

 across and 4 inches deep. It blooms in April. The 

 flowers have a spicy odor, hard, thick, fleshy texture, 

 and the glaucous purplish blue of the sepals contrasts 



