SPARAXIS
See instructions under Ixia at page 338.
TIGRIDIA, or FERRARIA
The short-lived blossoms of the Tiger Flower are most gorgeously
painted, and differ from everything else of the great family of Irids to
which they belong. Much finer flowers are produced in the border
than
when grown in pots, and they present great variety, scarcely any two
amongst hundreds showing flowers exactly alike. The usual time of
planting outdoors is March or April, at a depth of three or four inches,
and the flowers appear in June. Sandy loam and peaty soils are
especially suitable. Although Tigridias are not quite hardy they will on
a dry border pass the winter securely beneath a protection of litter.
But where the soil is damp it is safer to lift them in October and store
in the same manner as Gladioli. A bed of Tigridias makes an agreeable
ornament in front of the window of a breakfast-room, as the flowers are
in a brilliant state in the early hours of the day.
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