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TAGETES 



TAGfiTES {T'<qn^, an Etruscan god). Compositrp. 

 Makiuold. a ^enus of some 20 species of tropical 

 American herbs/ Lvs. opposite, pinnatel)' cut or rarely 

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



marlted in some spe- 

 cies witlired. Tlu- p'"'P- 

 iilar annual species 

 known as "Afri.-an" 

 anil "French" IMari- 

 golds have been de- 

 rived respectively from 

 T. erecta and T. ]><'- 

 tiiJa, both of which arc 

 native to ^Mexico. A--- 

 cording to Sweet s 

 Hortus Britaiiniciis. 

 these two species v-frTe 

 introduced intocultiv;i- 

 tiou in 1596 and l."7:!. 



For garden purpn.--.'^ 

 Tagetes may be dividf_-(l 

 into two groups, based 

 upon habit of growth. 

 T. ererfa and J)irii7a are 

 of upright and some- 

 -what open gro wt h ; 

 while Cf. pat'iJn and 

 signata are spreading 

 and bushy, the lower 

 branches lying id<i-;e 

 to the ground and tii'ten 

 rooting. 



Tbe"Fre]irh .Alari- 



2459. Single French Maria:oId — 

 Taeetes patula (X ^4). 



,dd:s T. 



-,tul,i 



valuable l>e dili n g 

 plaiirs. (iood garden forms are of even heiglit and 

 busliy, compact growth, with a mass of good foliage 

 and well-colored flowers appearing continuously from 

 June until frost. In raising plants, it is preferable to 

 grow them in pots, as this practice seems to check the 

 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 flow- 

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

 markably fine. Some of the single forms arevm-y hnely 

 colored. 



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

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

 tlie mixed border or shrubV)ery they are excellent late- 

 lilnoniiiig subjects. This species should be grown with 

 jtlenty of root room, air and rirdi soil from start t>> 

 linish if the largest and most double flow.-rs are de- 

 sired. The African Marigolds are very useful as cut- 

 Howers except under circumstances where their i.>dur is 

 ob_iertional>le. 



For Pot Marigolds, see CdJenrhthi . 



A. iV.s-. gfnn-all<j marked irifh r^'l . 

 patula, Linn. Fkench MARiaoLD. Fig. 2i'<\K A hardy 

 annual, usually about 1 ft. high and much branchetl 

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

 lvs. darker green than in T. erecta, pinnately divided; 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, serrate: Us. smaller than in T. 

 erecta and borne on proportionately longer pedtmcles. 

 B.M. ir.O; 3830 (as T. con/>*(^o.5rt )."Both"the single aTul 

 doulde forms are grown. The species is very varialjli^ 

 as to the color markings of the dowers, which range 

 from almost pure yellow to nearly pure red. 



AA. F!s. unf nnn-kc'l u-ifJi ri'd. 



B. Lrs. i,-nn>itt>'hi divided. 



C. I?'i >js nil iiicroifs. 



erecta, Linn. African Marigold. Fig. 2400. A 

 hurdy annual growing about 2 ft. high, erect, brancho<l : 

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

 2-4 times as large as in T. patnla and of one soli,i 

 color, the typical color, according to DeCandolle. being 

 a leraon-yeilow. — The rays are sometimes rather twn- 

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



TALAUMA 



The color ranges from a light sulfi.ir-ye[low to a deep 

 orange, many of the light yellow shades being rare 

 amongst tlower colors. This is the connnon marigold of 

 old gardens in America. Foliage very strong-scented. 



cr. Bnij>i f<nv, nsuaJhj .7. 

 sigrn^ita, P>;irrl. An annual branching species: lvs. 

 pinnately di\'ided into usually 12 oblong, linear, sharply 

 serrate .segments, the lower teeth awned : rays Ti, yel- 

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

 hushy form, usually less than 1 ft. high, seems to he the 

 only form in the trade. The flowers are bright yellow 

 and small but numerous. — The species is suited fur 

 nuissing or for liorders. R.H. 1895, p. .505. 



BB. Lv^. hniri^olKtt^, simply serrate. 

 lucida, Cav. Sweet-scented MARir-jOLD. A tender 

 ]ierennial plant, entirely distinct from the foretroiiig 

 annuals in the sessile, lanceolate lvs. and small, usually 

 2-:.>-rayed lis. in dense, terminal corymbs. The Ilowersi 

 have a much more agreeable odor than the other species 

 cultivated. Chile. B.M. 740. R.H. 1895, p. 50.".. -Some- 

 times used as a substitute for Tarragon, which see. 



T. I'icera is a sperdes discovered about 1806 byT. S. Braiide- 

 £;ee in Lower Culiforni.'i. It makes a compact bush 4-5 ft. 

 liitjh. Ijearinjj a profusion of yellow flowers home in winter. 

 Small plants flower well in pots. See G.F. O^O". 



F. VT. Barclay. 



African Marieold — 



Tagete's erecta ( ■< /■>)■ 



TALAUMA (South American name]. Ma<pioJi<\ce(p. 

 Ta In II in a Hodgson i is an excellent, magnolia-hke, tender 

 evergreen tree with cup-shaped flowers fully 6 inches 

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

 dowers have a spicy odor, hard, thick, tleshy texture, 

 and the glaucous purplish blue of the sepals contrasts 



