1884.] 
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This has somehow acquired the title of grandi- 
fora, and is often called T. Pavonia grandiflora. 
It is considered to be medicinal, and it was on 
this account that it was sent to Europe by 
Hernandez, physician to Philip II. of Spain, 
when he was employed by the Spanish govern¬ 
ment to inquire into “ the virtues ” of the 
plants of the New World. It was not intro- 
TIGRIDIA PAVONIA ALBA. 
duced into England till 1796. It has also been 
found in Peru, and Mr. W. H. Wallace, when 
travelling in S. America in 1878, collected a 
form of Pavonia in the vicinity of Bogota. 
There the flowers attained a larger size, and 
much deeper colour than we are accustomed 
to see here, but the bulbs brought home by 
him produced flowers which showed no appre¬ 
ciable difierence from those of the ordinary 
form. 
T. conchijlora is also a native of Mexico, 
whence it was introduced in 1825. It is 
sometimes called T. speciosa conchiflora, and 
is a smaller and more tender species than 
Pavonia, bearing yellow petals with chocolate 
markings. There are several varieties of 
this plant, which is found in several shades, 
from citron almost to orange. 
“ Tigridias,” writes Dr. Wallace, “ succeed 
best on warm light soils, and when planted 
should have a liberal supply of sand, to pre¬ 
vent any water from lodging about them, of 
which they are very impatient. Though 
hardy in some favoured places, it is best to 
lift the bulbs in November, and after carefully 
drying them, to store them in some cool dry 
place for the winter, protected from frost, and 
to plant them again in March. Great care 
should be used in drying them, for if this 
operation be carelessly performed, the bulbs 
rot off at the base, and the stock becomes 
woefully small.”—T. M. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST . 
CARNATIONS.—III. 
TN the descriptions of choice Crimson 
(1j Bizarre Carnations given at page 38, 
^ one or two errors have crept in. Thus 
' under Black Dianiotid for “ Tapton ” 
read “ Tipton,” and for “ it is third amongst ” 
read “ it is thus amongst.” Under Gracele.% 
Tom for “ surely waned” read “sorely waned.” 
Under Joe Bagstock for “glaring” read 
“ glorious.” Salmon should have been 
“ Saturn.” 
Pink and Purple Bizarres. 
Falconbridge [May). —For some seasons 
past this variety has failed in my collection to 
produce flowers with a needful amount of 
colour, and consequently it has been dropped 
out of cultivation. But in the bracing air of 
the north it is yet one of the finest sorts grown. 
In its best form, it is in northern phrase “bad 
to beat.” Large in size, of good form, smooth 
and good substance, colours rich, regularly 
distributed and strongly contrasted, white pure. 
First bloomed in 1848 ; sent out in 1851. A 
good grower. 
H. K. Mayor [Dodwell). — A large variety, 
and one of the very best of the class. Like 
Harrison Weir it is a seedling from Rifleman, 
but following in its habit another flower of 
Mr. Wood’s—Purity, and undoubtedly of the 
same pedigree, though less full of colour. But 
although, like Purity, it is only lightly bizarred, 
it is glorious for the beauty of its colour, and 
the distinctness of its markings. First bloomed 
in 1879, and sent out in 1881. 
James Taylor [Gibbons). —A large petalled 
flower, and good growing variety, raised in the 
neighbourhood of Nottingham about twelve 
years since. The flower is redolent of colour 
—a peculiar tint of pink or salmon, and also 
in bizarre ; the white ground is good, the sub¬ 
stance fair, and the edges of the petals smooth* 
But it is not sufficiently refined to give it a 
place in the first rank, as I estimate first rank. 
Miss Henderson [Dodwell). — A seedling 
from Eccentric Jack, with the delicate colours 
and distinct markings of Sarah Payne, on a 
ground of great purity. Flower large and 
very smooth. It will carry three blooms with 
advantage. A good grower, though the habit 
of grass is stiff like its parent, and not prolific. 
First bloomed in 1879, and sent out in 1882.> 
