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12. The Tiger Flower ( Tigridia pavonia ), otherwise called 
the Peacock Flower, is a most remarkable vegetable production. It 
Is a Mexican bulb, yet flowers freely in our summer ; but being 
impatient of frost, is taken out of the ground before winter, and 
stored away in a dry place out of the reach of even a slight frost. 
Tying the bulbs in bundles by the withered remains of their 
leaves, and hanging them to the ceiling of a warm room, is a sale 
plan. 
The bulbs should be replanted about the beginning of May, 
in a dry bed of sandy soil, in order to their flowering in summer. 
The flowers are large, and are developed consecutively ; each 
consisting of three broad petals, of a deep yellow, or orange, 
curiously spotted with deep brown ; hence the name. I he bloS“ 
soms are fugitive ; but as they come forth in succession, this is 
less to be regretted. The striking contrast of colour in the petal 
is a remarkable circumstance, and difficult of explanation. ln~ 
deed, the cause of the various tints of colour on the same petal, is 
one of those obscure phenomena which we shall never, probably, be 
able to conceive, or expound. 
There is one variety of the pavonia called the leona, or lion ; 
and a distinct species, called the conchiflora, or shell-flowered ; a 
splendid ornament of the flower-garden. 
These plants belong to the sixteenth class and first order oi 
Linnsean botany, having three stamens united at the base, and, in 
the natural system, they rank with the Iridecz . 
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Some years have elapsed since we last visited these respectable 
old-established nursery grounds ; and we have seen few things that 
has gratified us so much as the improvements that have been 
recently made here. It being our intention in this Work to relate 
all that pleases us in the leading nurseries, we cannot avoid 
, oeginning here. 
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