400 On Ramng the Tigridia Pavunia from Seed. 
will be no difficulty in commanding a temperature of from eighty to 
ninety degrees, which will be found quite sufficient for maturing any 
fruit you may wish. 
I intend, the first opportunity, to send you a plan of a hot-water ap- 
paratus, with the particulars and price of erection, on the best and most 
approved system. 
I remain, Gentlemen, 
Yours, &c. 
January, 1832. James Wai.prox. 
Article Y1.— On Raising the Tigridia Pavdnia from Seed. 
By J. M , of Penwortham, Lancashire. 
Gentlemen, 
In answer to your coiTespondent, C. N., I sow the seeds 
of Tigridia Pavdnia about the last week in March, in pots or boxes, 
and place them in a cucumber-frame, where the heat is not above 60 
degrees of Farenheit's thermometer. As the plants appear, air should 
be admitted pretty fi-eely in the middle of the day, when the weather 
will permit. By the middle of May they will be ready for transplant- 
ing-. A slight hot-bed should be prepared in the usual way for cu- 
cumbers, except that the heat required is not so great. In three 
days the bed should be covered to the thickness of six or seven inches 
with soil that is not too wet. In three days more, the bed will be 
ready to receive the plants. They should be planted in rows four 
inches apart, and two inches in the row; after which they should 
have a gentle watering, and the lights put on, shading them from the 
mid-day sun, until they have started to grow^ again. As soon as they 
are well established, plenty of air must be given, to prevent the plants 
becoming weak. About the beginning of July, the lights may be en- 
tirely removed, and the plants left exposed to all weathers, till the 
leaves begin to decay, at which time the roots should be taken up, 
and laid to dry, in the manner practised with tulips, &c. When dry, 
they should be put into paper bags, and kept out of the reach of frost 
during winter. In the beginning of April following, a bed should be 
prepared, by having the ground dug and well broken — this should be 
done in fine weather. The situation should be one that is warm and 
well sheltered, and the roots should be planted in rows eight inches 
apart, and four inches in the row, covering them to the depth of three 
inches. Nothing more is wanted than keeping them fi-ee from weeds, 
till the leaves begin to decay, when they shoidd be taken up, and 
