TIGUIPIA 



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li;iso ;ui'l - "f .■' ^MKiiK'r oik's liiL;-luT lip: ^ikuIus 

 1 uv L', lL':it'-iikv'. i.;u-li licariim" our or fi/w lilo^soius. 

 Flowers ill slunios i_tt* yolk'w. oiaiiucor iHir|ili^li , \ari- 

 ously spoftoil, ot'toil very slio\v\- ; iioriaiilli \vi.lc-~io'o:i.l- 

 itiLi'. with no mill', tlie sou-iiK'nl^ tl, in tw.i lii^siiiiilar ^m'- 

 rios. rdiniivoiir int'> a I'r.'adouji at tlio lia^o: ^taliions 

 ;i, ilio lilaiuours iumumI into a ii-n^- eyiiiuirioal tulio in- 

 ollulinL;- tlio siylo: l>i-til witii :!-l>>fuIoil ovar\", ioni;- st})o 

 w-itll tlireo 'J-parloil lu-anrlios. TiijniJi'i _Z'<i r.oi /.(. from 

 soiitliorll ^loxioo. \va~ in iiilii\"aliini in Eiiro]>o in tin' 

 sixteenth c-eatury. L/iiPrl ilosorilHal it in loTii. Tlni 

 younger Liiiiianis roiorro.l it i.' llir ua ini^ I'orraria, aial 

 same of tlie 'rii::ri<lias ari.' \ot onltivatLal umlertliat naiiio. 

 F.rraria. luiwevor, i^ a S>'Utli Afrioaii ironiis. aiul ail Uie 

 part^ vt the perianth are nearly ei|ual. 'J\ Parotiia is 

 rtiltivated in many t'ornis. and is the enly eoiinnoii spe- 

 cies in irardeus. The tlowers of all Tn^ridias are liii;i- 

 tive. lastiiis; only for a day. See Baker, Iridea', (17 \ ]!>\r2 1 . 

 Ti^'ridias are tender "hiilP^" reqnirinL: The treatment 

 jriveii Oladiolus. Plant in well-prepared s.iil when set- 

 tled weather eoines. "J or o iiiehes deep and 4 to 8 iiiebes 

 aiairt. The principal blooming period i.s July and Aug- 

 ust. AUow^ the conns to remain in tlie ground imtil 

 danger of frost approaches, then store in a dry place 

 where dalilias or trladioli will keep. See that the ceriiis 

 are drv before beini: placed in storaire. Prop, by corni- 

 1.1s and seeds. Best ctdors are got in warm weatln-r. f 



A. F!s. hirth \'U'te)i J in. or ii>or< oc;-o,sas' I .■ ijir tir^. 



ron-s of jU' ri^t >lfh-.<<''itnt'nt.-< r,.ri! iVissi in ihtr: stiij- 



tiHlf Ju-iirniit. [Tiijriiliil proj,<i-.] 

 FaTonia, Ker-iiaw-I. Tiokk flc'Wki-;. SHKLi.-FLe)^vEK. 

 FiL'. -oV2. Erect, usually unbranched. Ibj to IJt.^ ft. tall, 

 glabrous, with several sWLU'd-shaped, strcuigly plicate 

 ioiig-pointed leaves, the spathe-leaves il-.i in. long: tls. 

 ja-oduceil in succession through the warm seascm. ^ery 

 lari:e and show}', in some forms o and (1 in. across. 

 Idiv marked, with a cup-shaped or saucer-shajied cen- 

 ter and wide-spreading Innb fornied by the ebevate 

 outer segments which are bright red en the limb, and 

 purple, yellow- or red-spotted on the claw: inner seu- 

 ments panduriform i tiddic - sli:i]icd i . abeiit half the 

 length of the outer eiies. the blade evate-acute. orange- 

 vellow and copiouslv siiotted. Jlex. and Guatemala. 

 B.>F .i:G (as Ftn-ai-:,, Ti.jrhl :.i \ . LH.:i8:142. Var. 

 concliiflora, Hort. i '/'. C'lirliifloi-'i . Sweet), has bright 

 vellow flowers. Var. Watkinsoni, Hort. (var. oi'i/io, 

 Hort. T. coiirhiflord ^V<itki iiso),; . Pi,xt.\. Baised from 

 seeds of var. conchifhiro. ptelleuized bv T. Povonio. 

 before 1S40. by J. Horsefl.ld. 3i:iiiche"ster. Fn-land. 

 Horsefield is quoted as follews byPaxton: "In habit 

 and strength this hybrid resemble^ 7'. Furonia. the 

 male parent; but in celor and the markings of the 

 flewer it resembles T. r,,u,:i,ifl.:i-o . the female parent; 

 the large luiter septals. Imv.-ever. are vt a very deep yel- 

 lii\v. incliuiim- \o ,;u-aim-e. and sometimes eleg:iiitly 

 streaked with red lines; whilst the spotted center 

 equals, if not surpasses, the brilliancy of either of the 

 species. One of its L're.atest merits is being so free a 

 bloomer, and as easy t^i cultivate and increase' as T. 

 PiicOH Iff. whereas T. roiir]/ if/oi;i is rather delicate, in- 

 creases slow-lv. ami is ea^ilv 1o>t." F'lttch bulb dealers 

 still offer it. ' V.M. 14:.'l. ' V:ir. alba. Ilert.. Inis white 

 fls.. bur has red >pot^ in tlie thniat, V:ir. alba immacu- 

 lata. Hort.. is a ^p..rless white Viiriety. a siiert from 

 var. fi///i/. Gn. 40. y. :;t;i. Wir. £lava, Ibo-t.. has pah- 

 yellow tls. with red-s|iotTrd C'Oiter. (in. .".0:lo71. V:ir. 

 Canariensis, Hort.. is al^ci a pale yellow-tld. ferm. but 

 irnned as if an inhabitant of the G:inaries. ^^lr. liitea 

 immaculata, Fbu't.. has juire yellow- siiotless flower^. 

 V:ir. rosea, H.irt.. has ro^e-c,dorr.l H~..w-ith ydlow- va- 

 riegated camter. Var. lilacea. Ilort.. has lilac tls.. with 

 spotted center. (4u. 4." :'.i."'."i. Var. speciosa, Plmt. . is a 

 partially dwarf form w-itli deeper red cobir. the interior 

 of the cup being simihir in color t'l the limb. Descrilad 

 in 1.S4D. Var. grandiilora. H'U-t.. has rton-ers much like 

 those of T. Pnroiii.i itself except that they are larger 

 and brighter colored, i.iii. 4.".. p. 2('.:b Identical with 

 this, orsubtypesof it. are the forms known as Wliecliri, 

 enrriiiea. spJenrh'iK:. Most of the marked departures in 

 colors of Tigri'Tin Panoiiifi are recent. In catalogues 

 the above names often appear as if they were species 

 names. 



Pringlei, W:its. Kivi iimnishcd b\- Serem. \V;itsnn. 



the ;uilli.o- ef the specie-. :is ieli,!;!-: -Wry cl.iselv 

 related to 7'. /'e co/ lo , ami i I' cel.o' :dnne w.-iv In ,le'- 

 cide. it niiubl be ceii-idered a v;iriclv of il. iheu^li dif- 

 fering markedlv even in thai respecl Ir ili,. uld spe- 



.-ies.'The li:is<'' of the srpids i^ li|nl,do'd (r:Ol),r lb:ill 

 spotted) ivith i-rimsoii, wilh ;i border id or:imi'i', (he re- 

 tlexed blade brill-' of a briii'ht -c:irlet-i'ed. Tim pelals 

 Inive the lia-r Id hcd and cearsely spelled wirli crim- 

 son, Willi ;i w c'll-deliiied. deeper-ccdored, brownisli mar- 



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2512. Tieer-nower — Tigridia Pavonia ( \ .^o). 



!j,iu. thr blade oraiiLre. tiiiLrrd witli scarlet, but not at all 

 spi.itred as in 7'. Pnconia. The more es.seiilial dilYer- 

 ence is in the form of the petals, whieh have a broadly 

 eordate or renit'orm base, witli a much narrower small 

 triangular - ovate (u-utp bhi'le. The seiial>< are also 

 ■-mailer and \\\"\-'.: oblnnLr in outline." Northern I\lox. 

 (i.F. \\'.''>\y B.31. 7U^9. — Offered to the trade by Hurs- 

 ford iu 18^9. 



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