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bling those of the common Jasmine, 
but are many times larger. They 
should be grown in loam and peat; 
and they are propagated by cut- 
tings, which require a moist heat 
to make them strike. — 
Tacamanac.——The ‘Indian name 
for the Balsam Poplar; a species 
that should be cultivated in orna- 
mental plantations for the beautiful 
yellowish green of its leaves, which 
appear very early in spring. 
Tacso\n1a. — Passiflordcee. — 
Climbing plants, nearly allied to the 
Passion Flower, with pinkish flow- 
ers and golden, ball-like fruit. They 
are generally kept in a stove, but 
they will both grow and flower freely | 
in greenhouse-heat. They should 
be grown in sandy loam and peat, 
and they are propagated by cut- 
tings. 
Ta'ceres. — Compésite. — The 
rench and African Marigolds. 
\w ell-known half-hardy annuals with 
showy flowers that have a very 
disagreeable smell. The seeds are 
generally sown on a slight hotbed, 
and transplanted in May. * 
Sapa ma.— Magnolidcee.— Low 
s and shrubs from Java and 
other parts of the East Indies, with 
very fragrant white flowers, nearly 
allied to the Magnolias. The plants 
uid be grown in loam and peat 
if kept in the stove, and they may 
be propagated by layers and cut- 
tings; but by inarching them on 
Magnolia purptrea, they may be 
brought to flower in a conservatory 
or greenhouse. 
Taxi'num. — Portulacee. — Suc- 
culent plants, shrubby and peren- 
nial, mostly natives of the West 
Indies, and with dark red or purple 
flowers. They should be grown in 
sandy peat with a litle loam, and 
they require but little water. They 
are propagated by cuttings. 
Tatuses for plants—are of vari- 
te 
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stove in England. They have gen- ous fond. "Phey Have obits Wilds? acelin “us tho: plan ace 
erally white fragrant flowers, resem- | is large or small, grown in the open 
TALLIES. 
as the plant 
air or under a glass, and according 
as the object is of a permanent or 
temporary nature. ‘Tallies for trees, 
as in the case of an Arboretum, 
which is to endure for many years, 
are formed of iron, stone, or brick ; 
those for herbaceous plants, of iron 
or Sod those for plants, in 
Bott kept in houses, of porcelain, 
wood, lead, zinc, and sometimes, 
th rarely, of iron. ‘Tallies for 
plants kept Ee rich ia i Ss, are 
commonly of wood, on ak 
tle white paint is rubbed with the 
finger, and the name written with 
a black-lead pencil ; those for plants 
taken up and packed to be sent to 
a distance, are commonly of parch- 
ment, with the name w in 
ink ; but nursery labels are formed 
of woed and tied to trees, or of 
pieces of lead stamped with num- 
bers. The object i in every case con- 
nected with the nursery business is 
simply to identify the species or 
variety; but in the ease of private 
gardens, it is not only to do this, 
but to produce an object that shall 
not be unsightly in a garden. For 
this latter purpose, porcelain tallies 
(fig. 55), which are formed of vari- 
Fig. 55.—Porcelain Tally for Pots. 
ous sizes ma shaps, are best for 
pots ; and tallies of cast-iron, with 
panels for ane ee the 
names, to be red with glass 
(fig. 56), are ‘ee st ee ert for 
plants in the open ground. Where 
it is not desired to display the nam, 
the simplest and least expensive 
a lit- 
