October io, 1888.] 



Garden and Forest. 



389 



later years of his life he received many contributions from 

 Dr. Jose Celestino Mutis, of Santa Fe de Bogota, especially 

 oi figures illustrating the flora of that region, and among 

 them was included this species, which Mutis appears to 

 have received from Mexico and to have cultivated in the 

 botanic garden founded by him at Santa Fe. Upon the 



the description by L'Obel, and on account of its brilliant, 

 though fugitive, flowers, it has maintained its place in gar- 

 dens ever since. 



This species is the-only one hitherto known belonging 

 to the true Tigridia section of the genus, having large 

 flowers and decurrent stigmas. Several forms are now to 

 be found in cultivation, varying scarcely at all in the form 

 and relative size of the parts of the flovi'er, nor, I think, in 

 the general character of the markings, but very greatly in 

 the coloring. The section Beaioiiia, with much smaller 

 flowers, and capitate or less distinctly decurrent stigmas, 

 includes half a dozen species, natives of tropical Me.xico, 

 with one in Peru and Chili, and none of them common in 

 cultivation. 



T. Pringlei, which is the subject of Mr. Faxon's drawing 

 for this number of Garden and Forest, is a recent dis- 

 covery made by Mr. C. G. Pringle in the mountains of 

 Chihuahua, much farther to the north than any other spe- . 

 cies has ever been found. As the figure shows, it is 'very 

 closely related to T. Pavonia, and if color alone were to 

 decide, it might be considered a variety of it, though differ- 

 ing markedly even in that respect from the old species. 

 The base of the sepals is blotched (rather than spotted) 

 with crimson, with a border of orange, the reflexed blade 

 being of a bright scarlet-red. The petals have the base 

 blotched and coarsely spotted with crimson, with a well 

 defined, deeper-colored, brownish margin, the blade 

 orange, tinged with scarlet, but not at all spotted as in 

 T. Pavonia. The more essential difference is in the form 

 of the petals, which have a broadly cordate or reniform 

 base, with a much narrower, small, triangular-ovate, acute 

 blade. The sepals also are smaller and more oblong in 

 outline. In cultivation at Cambridge this season the bulbs 

 commenced to bloom in July and continued to flower for 

 several weeks. »S'. W. 



Fig. 6r,— Tigridia Pringlei.— See page 388. 



data thus furnished, the younger Linnaeus referred it to the 

 south African genus, Ferraria, and published it in 17S1 as 

 F. Pavonia. The genus Tigridia was founded upon it by 

 jassieu in 1789. It was soon after introduced into Eng- 

 land, where it first bloomed in 1796, just 220 years after 



Cultural Department. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



SPINACH, Caulifl(j\ver, Brussels Sprouts, Celery, Lettuces 

 and root crops will now form the bulk of our seasonable 

 vegetables from out-of-doors, but where precautions against 

 frost have been taken, we may still have Snap Beans, Toma- 

 toes and Cucumbers. There has been frost in this neighbor- 

 liood, but on account of our proximity to the sea, there was 

 none here. Our vegetable supply is still unbroken. Ever- 

 green and Squantum Corn sown June 26th are still yielding 

 good ears; Cory and Early Marblehead sown July 19th and 

 July 23d are just about fit for use. These last two kinds were 

 planted for use in case the larger varieties did not continue 

 tender till the end of the season, but so long as any of the 

 first three can be had in fair condition, the extra early sorts 

 are not wanted. On the 23d of July I sowed some Golden 

 Tom Thumb Pop Corn, and the ears are now (October 1st) not 

 only full, liut the kernels are hard and the crop almost fit to 

 gather. It matures more rapidly than any other that I have 

 tried. 



Snap Beans are still excellent. Mohawks sown August 

 9th are now in use, and Valentines sown the same time will 

 he ready in a few days. Calico sheets are spread over these 

 when frost is threatened. Snap Beans were sowed on August 

 i3tH, to be covered with frames and sashes about the end 

 of September or just before frost. These sowings consisttd 

 of Earliest Red Valentine, Thorburn's Extra Early and Early 

 Etampes. Both the Valentine and Thorburn's are now in 

 bloom and podding nicely, but neither of them is yet fit for 

 use ; the Early Etampes, however, are not only in bloom, 

 but a large number of pods are in excellent condition for 

 the table'. By banking around the frames with earth or 

 manure and covering them over at night with mats or thatch, 

 this Bean crop can be preserved in good condition well througli 

 October. 



The Turnips now in use were sown August loth; tliey are 

 Purple Top, White Globe and Strap Leaf, and are about two 

 inches in diameter, tender and solid. Old or overgrown Tur- 

 nips are very poor vegetables. As Turnips will have good 

 growing weather fill November, many of these sown August 

 Totli win be too big for keeping over winter, but others, sown 

 a fortnight later, will be better for winter use. The Turnip 



