December 28, 1892.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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nated in the gardens of Basing Park, T. mollissima and 

 some other species of Tacsonia being the supposed parents. 

 It has trilobed, serrated, dark green leaves, conspicuous 

 ciliated stipules, and long-tubed flowers. The calyx is 

 over an inch long, five-lobed, split on one side, and the 

 cylindrical corolla tube is five inches long, the limb three 

 inches across and formed of ten oblong segments. The 

 color of the flower is rosy salmon. I have compared a 

 fresh flower of this so-called hybrid with T. mollissima. 



by Mr. Robert Templeman, of Cape Town, in 1887, and 

 named by Rlr. Baker, who describes it as having linear, 

 rigid, erect leaves, two feet long, and a tall, branched scape 

 of bright red funnel-shaped flowers, over an inch long, 

 with spreading segments. Corms of this plant have lately 

 been sent to Kew by Mr. Templeman. The leaves are 

 similar in texture and form to those of Sparaxis pulcher- 

 rima, now called Dierama. The corms are remarkable in 

 being persistent — that is, the old corm, instead of shriveling 





Fig. 105. — Roaring Brook Road, Shetfield, Massachusetts. — See page 613. 



and find that there is very little difference indeed between 

 them except in color — T. Smythiana being a shade 

 darker. T. mollissima is an old garden-plant which is 

 sometimes called T. manicata, a different species. There 

 is a large specimen of it in the temperate house at Kew, 

 which flowers freely every year. T. Smythiana obtained 

 a certificate about six weeks ago. 



Tritonia Templejianni. — This is one of the handsomest 

 of the thirty species of Tritonia known. It was discovered 



and dying away as in Gladioli, remains quite firm and 

 healthy, and as a new one is formed every year, the root- 

 stock consists of a number, in some cases more than a 

 dozen, of corms, all packed closely, one on top of the other. 

 The lowermost corms must be a dozen years old. Their 

 appearance is singularly like the droopings of deer. 



RicHARDiA AURATA. — This is advertised as a hybrid be- 

 tween R. albomaculata and R. hastata, raised by Monsieur 

 Deleuil, of Marseilles, and is described as being two feet high. 



