ON THE TIGRIDIA 



by the hybrid Tigridias was the development of 

 varieties having striped flowers. It might very 

 well be expected that a "tiger flower" would be 

 striped. But in point of fact the native Tigridias 

 are spotted and never striped. They might with 

 much greater propriety have been named after the 

 leopard or panther, or better yet, considering their 

 origin, after the South American jaguar. But the 

 botanist who originally named them seemingly had 

 rather vague notions as to the markings of the coat 

 of the tiger, or else considered it sufficient that the 

 flower itself wears a yellow mantle with dark 

 markings. 



In any event, there is something about the 

 aspect of the flower that makes the name "tiger 

 flower" seem not inappropriate. 



And the propriety of the name becomes quite 

 beyond challenge when my new hybrid varieties 

 are under observation. For these are striped in a 

 way that is very striking. Quite aside from its 

 suggestions as to one feline or another, however, 

 the new hybrids are flowers of great beauty and 

 interest and differ conspicuously from any of the 

 parental forms. 



Not only are the markings thus conspicuously 

 altered, but the flower itself is greatly increased 

 in size. The tendency to freedom of bloom is 

 accentuated. Moreover the hybrid plants have 



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