TELOPEA. 
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Tansy.—See Tanace‘tum. 
Taxo'pium. — Conifere. — See 
Decrpuous Cypress. 
Ta xus.—Conifere. — The Yew. 
tree to be noticed here; but the 
Irish Yew, from its erect form and 
_broad leaves, makes a very hand- 
TESTUDINARIA. 
are said to h been one cause 
why the®coast of New South Wales 
was distingui i by its first visitors 
as Botany Bay, i in allusion to the 
e common Yew is too large a! 
some plant, which, from the slow- | 
ness of its growth, may for a long 
time be almost considered a shrub. 
There are also some Japan aad 
Chinese species (some of which are 
now included in the genus Podo- 
carpus,) which are very orna- 
mental. They will all grow in any 
garden soil, and are raised from 
seeds. 
Teak Woop.—See Tecro'na. 
Tea Tree—See Tue‘a. The 
it abundance of light and air. 
Duke of Argy le’s Tea-tree, Ly'cium | 
barbarum, is often called the Tea- | 
tree in gardens, from mistake——Sce 
Lycium. 
Tecoma. — Bignonidcee.— The 
Trumpet Flower. All the species 
which now compose the genus Te- 
coma were formerly well known 
under the name cf Bignonia, par- 
ticularly 7. radicans, the common 
Trumpet-flower, which. is quite 
hardy in British gardens, and T. 
grandiflora, which is nearly so. 
Some of the species require a green- 
house, and some a stove; but they 
all grow freely in a rich, light, 
loamy soil, and they are all propa- 
gated by cuttings of the roots. 
Tecro' na. Verbenacee. — The | 
Teak-wood. T. 
almost the only tree in that country 
fit for ship-building. In England, 
however, it is a stove-plant, which 
requires a strong heat to make it 
grow. It should be grown in loam 
and peat, and it is propagated by 
cuttings. The flowers are white. 
Trio’ pea. — Proteicee. — The 
Warratah. The ~ brilliant scarlet | 
flowers of this plant, which are con- 
spicuous even'at "a | great distance, 
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grandis is a tim- | 
ber-tree in the East Indies, and | 
great accession to botany likely to 
be derived from a country where 
the plants appeared so different to 
those of Eurepe. The flower of the 
Warratah may be compared to a 
gigantic head of clover of the most 
intense and brilliant scarlet; but it 
is not common in England, proba- 
bly because it is a very difficult 
plant to manage. The first point 
to be attended to is to have the pot 
in which it is grown thoroughly 
well drained; and the next, to allow 
It is 
generally kept in a stove in Eng- 
land; but it succeeds better in a 
greenhouse, at least during the sum- 
mer months; as it is very apt to 
become covered with insects if it is 
kept all the year in a hothouse. It 
is propagated by cuttings or suck- 
ers, which it throws up in abun- 
dance; and it should be grown in 
heath-mould, mixed with white sand 
and a little loam. It should be 
regularly watered in the flowering 
season ; but it may be kept almost 
dry during the winter months. 
TemreLeto nia.—Leguminos@. — 
Australian shrubs, with red pea — 
flowers, which require a greenhouse 
in England, and which should be 
grown in sandy peat. 
Teno’nts.— Umbellifere. — The 
shrubby species of Hare’s Ear.— 
See BupLeu‘rem. 
TENTHRE'DO. —See SaWFLy. 
Trestupina’rta. — Dioscéree. — 
Elephant’s-foot, or Hottentot Bread. 
A very singular plant, with an’ 
enormous scaly root above ground, 
from which issues a slender stem, 
with small flowers. The plant is a 
native of the Cape, from which 
country the roots are frequently re- 
ceived. It should have a n of 
complete repose, without water 
being given to it when it ebin a 
