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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, | 
Taxus— continued. 
T. b. adpressa (adpressed).* fr. li e that of the type, but 
somewhat os 7 oblong or bluntly oval, rounded at both 
ends on the lesser branchlets, but much longer and more pointed 
on those of the leading shoots, more or less distichous, flat, 
rather distant, on very short footstalks, decurrent, mostly 
spiny-pointed, two to four lines long, dark glossy-green above, 
glaucous below. Branches numerous, much divided, horizontally 
spreading, sometimes in whorls; lateral ones and branchlets 
distichous. h. 6ft. to 8ft. A dense, spreading, depressed bush, 
Tai from seed in the nursery of Messrs. Dickson, of Chester, 
more than half a century ago. See Fig. 9. SYNS. T. tardiva, 
Cephalotaxus tardiva. “There is a form, erecta, of upright 
habit. 
tea (silvery). Z. striped with silvery-white, some- 
T. b. argen 
times changing to straw-colour. A very handsome variety. 
T.: b. untensis (Cheshunt). This variety is intermediate 
chesh 
between the type and T. b. fastigiata. 
T. b. 
peers branchlets quite drooping. A very striking variety. 
n the form variegata, all the leaves, when young, are broadly 
edged with golden-yellow, but, when fully matured, they change 
to a bright green, edged with silvery-white. See Fig. 10. 
T. b. elvastonensis (Elvaston). Z. on the young parts of the 
plant entirely of a bright orange-colour. 
T. b. epacrioides (Epacris-like). /. light green, small. A 
pretty, dwarf, somewhat spreading variety. 
T. b. erecta (erect).* Fulham Yew; Uprighi Common Yew. A 
slender variety, with smaller foliage than the type, but with a 
much stiffer and more erect habit. Crowderi is a form differing 
very slightly from this. 
T. b. ericoides (Heath-like). 7. dark green, very small. Twigs 
short, erect, slender. A slender, slow-growing variety, lft. to 2ft. 
high. Syn. 7. empetrifolia. : 
T. b. fastigiata (pyramidal).* Irish or Florence Court Yew. 
Jr. oblong. J. in tufts, or scattered along the branchlets, not two- 
rowed as in the type. Branches erect, closely compressed, form- 
ing a pyramidal or broom-shaped head. A very distinct and 
singular variety, of which the following are forms: aurea varie- 
gata, with golden-variegated leaves ; variegata, having a portion 
of the foliage striped and margined with silvery-white or pale 
straw-coloured blotches. 
T. b. Foxii (Fox’s). l. much smaller and darker than in the 
type. A very dwarf kind, not exceeding 2ft. in height. 
T. b, fructu-luteo (yellow-fruited).* fr. of a beautiful golden- 
yellow, very handsome. 
T. b. glauca (glaucous). Z. dark green above, bluish or glaucous- 
grey on the under part. Bark on the .young shoots rusty- 
rown. A very vigorous kind, 
T. b. Jacksoni. Jackson’s Weeping 
broad, all more or less incurved, faleate, and thickly covering 
„the upper part of the branches. Branchlets reddish-brown, 
numerous, short, obliquely placed, and more or less curved. A 
nice, pendulous kind. 
T. b. nana (dwarf). Z. lon er, and of a darker and 
green, than those of the type. A 
cal Cok 
ing a dwarf, dense, coni 
T. b. nidpathensis Nidpath Castle). A form rather columnar 
m Leare in habit, and having a tendency to spread at 
T. b. recurvata (recurved). Z, longer and straighter than th 
of the species; the margi se Branches long aaa 
5 rgins involute, 
straggling, spread out and little divided, but often reflected, 
T. b. sparsifolia (sparse-leayed l. dispersed 
branches, as in the Irish Yew, ani iain r = 
T. b. variegata (variegated). 7. most] ed with golden- 
marl = very handsome variety. ation e a hy fruit. 
orm. ‘ ; 
T. b. Wallichiana (Dr. Wallich’s). Z. deep gloss -green, mach 
pr and not glossy below. Branches long slender, spreading, 
ight brown; branchlets more or less pendent. Gordon accords 
_ this specific rank. 
T. brevifolia (short-leaved). Western or Califor ian Yew 
Sr. resembling that of the Irish Yew. J. distichous, fat, narrow, 
acute-pointed, somewhat curved on the branchlets, but more or 
less scattered on the leading shoots and principal branches, Zin. 
linear-falcate, rarely straight, glossy - yellowish- 
green, ar eea za a pede footstalk one line 
er, very long, pendulous, with yellowish 
. to 40ft.” California. A handsome Gan: SYN. 
Yew, Z light green, 
more glossy- 
very desirable variety, form- 
canadensis (Canadian). American Yew ; Ground Hemlock. 
T resembling, but aot smaller than, a of the common Yew, 
n, m ther narrow, mostly straight, somewhat 
: ara revolute on the edges, decurrent at ges vey ohen 
vag talks, abruptly - at the apex, spiny-pointed, in. to 
b: ong glossy, pale yel owish-green above, slightly rusty 
ascending ; branch] a Ae raren ion Panwa e 
$ > D k . . i 
1800. A spreading bush. : es ee 
Dovastoni (Dovaston’s).* Principal branches horizontal or 
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Taxus—continued. 
T. c. variegata (variegated). l. at the ends of the young shoots 
whitish ; those lower down more or less margined with white ; 
mature ones as in the type. 
. cuspidata (abrupt-pointed).* Z. linear, curved upwards, 
eee stiff, Pi goer somewhat distichous on the leading 
shoots, denser on the branchlets, jin. to lin. long, on rather long 
footstalks, broadly decurrent at base, abruptly spine-pointed, 
deep glossy-green above, pale yellowish-green beneath, but not 
glaucous. Branchen numerous, ereuding ; branchlets rather 
stiff, angular. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Japan. A large, handsome bush. 
T. empetrifolia (Empetrum-leaved). A synonym of T. baccata 
ericoides. 
T. Fortunei (Fortune’s). 
culata fastigiata. 
T. globosa (globular-seeded). Mexican Yew. fl. lateral and 
solitary on the under side of the branchlets. /r: with globular 
seeds, l. linear, slightly curved or falcate, narrow, closely placed, 
distichous, tapering to both ends, spiny-pointed, ĝin. to lin. 
long, on rather long, twisted footstalks, decurrent at base, dark 
glossy-green above, very much paler beneath. Branches long, 
spreading, much divided ; branchlets more or less drooping at 
the points, mostly forked. Mexico. A handsome, large bush 
or small tree. 
T. Lindleyana (Lindley’s). A synonym of T. brevifolia. 
T. Makoya (Makoy’s). A synonym of Podocarpus chinensis, 
T. tardiva (tardy). A synonym of 7. baccata adpressa. 
T-BUDDING. Another name for Shield-budding, 
one of the principal methods adopted for propagating by 
budding. For the insertion of the bud, the stock is cut 
in a longitudinal direction, and then again transversely 
at the upper extremity of the cut, somewhat in the 
shape of the letter T. In Inverted T-budding the trans- 
verse cut is made at the lower instead of the upper 
end, thus 1, and the bud inserted from that point up- 
wards. See Budding. 
TEA BERRY, or CANADA TEA. See Gaul- 
theria procumbens. 
TEA, BOTANY BAY, See Smilax glycyphylla. 
‘TEAK-TREE, AFRICAN. See Oldfieldia afri- 
cana. 
TEAK-TREE, INDIAN. See Tectona grandis. 
TEAK-TREE, NEW ZEALAND. See Vitex 
littoralis. 
TEA, PARAGUAY. See Ilex paraguariensis. 
TEA-PLANT. See Camellia theifera. The name 
is also applied to many other plants. 
TEASEL, TEAZEL, or TEAZLE. See Dipsacus. 
TEATED. Resembling the figure of an animal’s 
teat. 
TECOMA (an abridgment of the Mexican name, 
Tecomaxochitl). Trumpet Creeper; Trumpet Flower. In- 
cluding Campsidium and Pandorea. ORD. Bignoniacee. 
A genus embracing about two dozen species of stove, 
greenhouse, or hardy, erect and arborescent, twining, 
climbing, or radicant shrubs, dispersed over the warmer 
and sub-temperate regions of the globe. Flowers often 
fulvous, red, or orange, racemose or panicled at the tips 
of the branches; calyx tubular-campanulate, sub-equally 
five-toothed ; corolla tube elongated, straight or incurved, 
som@times slightly enlarged or sub-ventricose, sometimes 
dilated in an ample, campanulate throat; limb sub- 
bilabiate, the five lobes scarcely unequal, broad, erecto- 
patent or widely spreading; stamens four, didynamous, 
affixed below the middle of the tube, included or exserted. 
Capsule linear or narrowly elliptic, often acute at both 
ends, straight or incurved. Leaves opposite or rarely 
scattered, pinnate or undivided; leaflets often toothed. 
Tecomas succeed best in well-drained, loamy soil; they 
A synonym of Cephalotazus pedun- 
| require very liberal supplies of water during summer, 
but should be kept moderately dry at the roots in winter. 
The plants grow vigorously under ordinary treatment; 
but, in order to insure their free flowering, the wood 
must be thoroughly ripened by being exposed to sunlight 
