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heat, others shouhl be sown in the open ground to form a 

 succession ; for, although tlie tirst will keep blooming until 

 the frost cuts them off, younger ones coming in ai'e more 

 compact plants, and the removal of the overgrown ones makes 

 a change in the features of the garden. The German seeds- 

 men affect to sell several varieties of Marigolds, but a pinch 

 of seed from a good double flower will give all of them in one 

 patch. There is another annual kind which should find a 

 place in all gardens, for its neat and elegant foliage, its rich 

 orange flowers, and its compact and profusely-flowering habit ; 

 it is the T. tenuifolia, sold in seed-shops as T. siynata. The 

 flowers are small compared even with the French Marigold, 

 and they are single ; but in soil not too rich the plants form 

 closely-branched compact bushes, and are literally covered 

 with blossoms, which in the mass have a very charming 

 effect. T. liicida, a pretty perennial, is propagated by divi- 

 sion, and requires some protection in winter, 



TAMARIX. Tamarisk. [Tamaricace?e.] Hardy shrubs 

 in peat. Common soil. Cuttings. The Tamarisk is one of 

 the best plants for withstanding the influence of the sea 

 breeze. 



TAXUS. Yew. [Taxaceae.] Fine evergreen shrubs or 

 trees. Deep loamy soil. Cuttings in a shady border, or seeds. 



TEA TREE. See Thea. 



TECOMA. [Bignoniacea:?.] A genus of elegant tubular- 

 flowered plants, consisting of both evergreen and deciduous 

 shrubs and climbers. T. racUcans and its varieties are 

 beautiful hardy deciduous climbers, veiy ornamental against 

 a wall or a house ; they grow well in good rich loam, and are 

 propagated by layers : the plants should be pruned much in 

 the same way as the vine. The greenhouse kinds grow best 

 in a mixture of loam and peat, and propagate freely by 

 cuttings placed in a gentle heat. T. Capensis, T. grandijiora, 

 flower orange. T.jasininoides, flowers white, with rose centre. 



TELLIMA. [Saxifragaceae.] Hardy perennials. Sandy 

 loam and peat. Division. 



TELOPEA. Warratah. [Proteacese.] A splendid green- 

 house evergreen shrub, rarely, however, made to blossom. 

 Sandy loam and peat. Cuttings of ripe shoots in sand under 

 a bell-glass. 



