. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. TIGRIDIA TIGRIDIA 1807 base aud 2 or '3 smaller ones higher up: spathes 1 or 2, leaf-like, each bearing one or few blossoms. Flowers in shades of yellow, orange or purplish, vari- ously spotted, often very showy; perianth wide-spread- ing, with no tube, the segments G, in two dissimilar se- ries, connivent into
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. TIGRIDIA TIGRIDIA 1807 base aud 2 or '3 smaller ones higher up: spathes 1 or 2, leaf-like, each bearing one or few blossoms. Flowers in shades of yellow, orange or purplish, vari- ously spotted, often very showy; perianth wide-spread- ing, with no tube, the segments G, in two dissimilar se- ries, connivent into a broad cup at the base; stamens 3, the filaments united into a long cylindrical tube in- cluding tlie style; pistil with 3-loculed ovary, long style with three 2-parted branches. T'ujridla Pavonia, from southern Mexico, was in cultivation in Europe in the sixteenth century. L'Obel described it in 1576. The younger Linnasus referred it to the genus Perraria, and some of the Tigridias are yet cultivated under that name. Ferraria, however, is a South African genus, and all the parts of the perianth are nearly equal. T. Pavonia is cultivated in many forms, and is the only common spe- cies in gardens. The flowers of all Tigridias are fugi- tive, lasting only for a day. See Baker, lridea9, 67 (1892). Tigridias are tender "bulbs" requiring the treatment given Gladiolus. P4ant in well-prepared soil when set- tled weather comes, 2 or 3 inches deep and 4 to 8 inches apart. The principal blooming period is July and Aug- ust. Allow the corms to remain in the ground until danger of frost approaches, then store in a dry place where dahlias or gladioli will keep. See that the corms are dry before being placed in storage. Prop, by corm- els and seeds. Best colors are got in warm weather. A. Pis. large (often 4 in. or more across): the tivo rows of periantU-segments very dissimilar: stig- mas decu7-rent. (Tigridia proper.) Pavonia, Ker-Gawl. Tiger flower. Shell-plower. Fig. 2512. Er
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