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planted out in May will flower well during- the 

 summer. The bulhs should he lifted again in 

 autumn ahout October, and kept in sand, or other- 

 wise dry. The kinds known as S. ringena, glauca, 

 and longipetala are but varieties of S. formosissima, 

 differing from it only in colour or size. The 

 Sprekelia is a native of tropical America, chiefly 

 Mexico. 



Stenomesson. — This is a small genus allied to 

 Cohirghia. The most desirable species are S. Jlavum, 

 yellow ; crocemn, reddish-yellow ; coccineum, deep 

 red ; cwrvidentattim, yellow ; Sartwegii, reddish-yel- 

 low; and ampensum, a pretty plant, with drooping 

 bright red ilowers. In all the flowers are tubular, 

 borne on stems produced well above the foliage. 

 Grow with Coburghia and Fliadranaaaa. 



Stembergia. — The well-known <S'. hitea, also 

 called Amaryllia Ititea, is an autumn flowerer, and, 

 being very hardy, thrives in almost any kind 

 of soil or situation. There is a narrow-leaved 

 variety of it [angiiatifolia], and one with double 

 flowers {flore-pleno), both of which, however, are 

 scarce in gardens. Other cultivated Sternbergiaa 

 are S. eolchiciflora, a native of Hungary, also with 

 bright yellow blossoms, in the way of S. lutea ; 8. 

 letnensia, a small-growing plant, with pale yellow 

 blossoms ; S. Clusiana, producing pale yellow flowers 

 in autumn. 



Synnotia bieolor. — A Cape bulb of little 

 importance. S. galeata and variegata are also in 

 cultivation. 



Syringodea puleliella. — A rare and pretty 

 little South African plant, much resembling a Crocus 

 both in growth and flowers. The flowers are of 

 a pale lilac, striped with purple. It may be grown 

 with other Cape bulbs. 



Teeophylaea eyanocroeus {Chilian Crocus). — 

 A most beautiful spring-flowering plant from Chili. 

 It is dwarf, and the flowers are of an intensely 

 deep blue, pencilled in the centre with white. In 

 the variety LeichtUni the flowers are wholly white 

 in the centre, and in both forms are deliciously 

 fragrant. The plants require to be kept cool, and must 

 have abundance of air, but the lights must not be 

 removed from the frame altogether until May, when 

 the bulbs must have plenty of sun to ripen them. 

 Another species, T. molccjtora, has smaller and less 

 attractive flowers. 



Tigridia Pavonia (Tiger Floioer). — There is not 

 a more gorgeous bulbous plant than the Mexican 



Tiger Flower. It has been introduced to our gardens 

 for nearly a century, and still it is new to many. 

 It flowers in August and September. The flowers are 

 short-lived, but as numbers are produced one after the 

 other from the folds of each stem, their fugacity is 

 in a measure compensated. The flower-buds prepare 

 to burst during the day, and early next morning 

 they begin to unfold, till about nine o'clock they 

 are in their gorgeous array of scarlet-crimson, 

 spotted with reddish-brown and golden-yellow. 

 This opening and fading of the flowers continues till 

 the flower-spathes are exhausted. Buds wiU expand 

 in water if the stem is cut the day previous, and 

 placed in water at once. The foliage, too, is hand- 

 some, being of a bright green, and beautifully 

 plaited. There is only one species of Tigridia with 

 large flowers, but there are several varieties, the 

 most remarkable being the white [alba), a new 

 acquisition. The flowers are white, spotted in 

 the cup-like base with crimson. Then there is 

 a variety called grandiflora, which has larger flowers 

 than the type. Wheeleri also is an improvement 

 upon the original, and splendens is remarkable for its 

 intensified colour. 



T. conchijlora, or cmariensis, as it is also called, 

 is like T. Pavonia in form of flower and growth, 

 but is smaller, and the colour is a rich yellow, 

 spotted with crimson-red. The variety aurantiaea 

 difllers but little from conchijlora, if indeed it is not 

 identical. There are some half a dozen other species 

 of Tigridia, but they are either rare or not worth 

 attention. 



Culture. — In the Southern counties the Tiger 

 Flower flourishes in the open air, and indeed in 

 the favoured parts of Devon and Cornwall it is 

 treated as a hardy perennial. As a general rule, 

 however, the bulbs require to be lifted every season, 

 preserved through the winter, and re-planted in the 

 spring, about the end of March. The best way to 

 winter the bulbs, if they are taken up, is to lift a 

 good deal of soil around the bulbs, place the whole in 

 shallow boxes, and keep moderately dry in some light 

 cool place out of the reach of frost. They must not 

 be kept too dry, or the bulbs wiU become weakened. 

 If left in the ground all the winter they must be 

 protected. The most suitable soil is a deep sandy 

 loam, which • should be enriched by manure when 

 being prepared for the bulbs in spring. 



Trichonema. (See Romulea.) 



Triteleia. — This name is variously applied. In 

 some catalogues a few of the Brodiaas and Millas 

 will be found under Triteleia, but in most cases the 

 second, or specific name, is a guide to identify the 

 plant. Strictly there are but two Triteleiaa in 



