702 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Thuya—continued, 
T. oc. plicata (folded). A synonym of 7. gigantea plicata. 
T. oc. Spathii (Spath’s). A seedling variety having thread- 
shaped .young shoots, which become regularly feathered the 
second year. 1890. (R. G. 1890, p. 226, f. 54.) 
T. oc. Wagneri (Wagneri). 
pyramidal habit. 1896. 
T. oc. Wareana (Ware's). Vigorous, compact, and superior 
to the type; its short, horizontal branches clothed with deep 
green leaves. Syn. 7’. caucasica. The sub-variety /utea has 
yellow leaves. 
A variety of compact, narrow, 
T. orientalis aureo-variegata (golden-variegated). /. pale 
yellow. A taller grower than aurea. The type is shown at 
Fig. 712. 
T or. compacta (compact). J. bright green. 
pleasing dwarf variety. 
T. or. ericoides (Heath-like).* 7. at first tender green, 
changing in autumn to brownish-violet. h. 3ft. A gem for 
the rock-garden and for winter bedding. 
T. or. meldensis (Melden). A supposed hybrid between 
the Virginian Red Cedar and the Chinese Arbor Vite. 1852. 
T. or. minima (smallest). /. bronzy in winter. A dense, low 
bush. 
A distinct and 
T. pendula (pendulous). A name applied to varieties of 
T. occidentalis and T. orientalis. 
T. pisifera (Pea-bearing). 
Sera. 
T. tatarica is a form of 7. occidentalis. 
T. t. compacta (compact). 
narrow, conical growth. 1886. 
THUYOPSIS. T. borealis is a synonym of 
Chamecyparis nutkatensis, and T. dolabrata nana is 
identical with T. d. lxetevirens. T. d. nidifera is a form 
with plume-like branchlets. J. Standishii is a synonym 
of Thuya japonica. 
THYLACANTHA. 
(which see). 
THYME, WATER. See Elodea. 
A synonym of Chamecyparis pisi- 
A garden variety, of compact, 
A synonym of Angelonia 
THYMELZA. According to the ‘‘ Index Kewensis,”’ 
Passerina hirsuta is the correct name of T. hirsuta. 
THYMUS. To the species and varieties described 
on p. 86, Vol. IV., the following should be added : 
T. azoricus (Azores). A pretty little rockery plant, with purple 
flowers, allied to 7. Serpyllum. It should be potted in light, 
loamy soil. . (L. B. C. 1530.) 
T. bracteosus (bracteate). jl. having a villous calyx. Summer. 
2. petiolate, oblong, narrowed at base, flat; floral ones sessile, 
broadly rounded-cordate, imbricated, ciliated. Flowering 
branches ascending. Dalmatia. 
T. citriodorus. According to the Kew authorities, this is 
the correct name of J. Serpyllum vulgaris. There is a silver 
variegated form known as Fraser’s Silver, that is an excellent 
rockery subject. 
T. c. aureus (golden).* A dense, compact, variegated, more 
robust, evergreen form, Yin. high. 
T. lanuginosus (woolly). A form of 7. Serpyllum, according 
to Kew. 
T. Mastichina (mastic-like). jf. white; whorls few, all or the 
upper ones in globose, terminal heads. Summer. J. petiolate, 
ovate or oblong, obtuse, narrowed at base, naked; upper and 
floral ones broader. Spain. A diffuse, ascending, or pro- 
cumbent under-shrub. 
T. Serpyllum albus (white). 
variety. 
T.S. as (dark purple).* This dark purple variety 
ee of the finest subjects for the rockery. North of England, 
T. S. coccineus (red) is an ornamental, crimson form. 
A beautiful, white garden 
T. S. rotundifolius (round-leaved). A dwarfer and more 
floriferous form than the type, with rounder leaves. 1879. 
THYRSACANTHUS. The correct name _ of 
T. indicus is, according to C. B. Clarke, in Hooker’s 
‘Flora of British India” (iv. 497), Eranthemum indicum. 
'THYRSOPTERIS. J. elegans is a thoroughly 
distinct plant, requiring only greenhouse temperature, 
shade, and an abundance of water at the roots. 
Although fertile fronds have at yarions times been 
produced in this country, and every possible attention 
has been paid to the sowing of their spores, there is no 
record of any young plants having been so raised, and 
the propagating of this handsome Fern has therefore 
been limited to the rooting of the lateral shoots which 
are produced on the trunk. 
THYSANACHNE. A synonym of Arundinella 
(which see). 
THYSANOPTERA. See Thrips. 
THYSANURA. See Aptera. 
TIBOUCHINA. According to the Kew authorities, 
this is now the correct name of the genus formerly known 
as Pleroma (which see). 
TICKSEED. Sce Coreopsis. 
TICOREA. Galipea multiflora is the correct name 
of Ticorea jasminiflora. 
TIGRIDIA. This genns_ includes eight distinct 
species. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 38-9, Vol. IV., the following should be added: 
T. buccifera (horn-bearing).* 7., perianth 2in. across, with a 
purple-dotted, greenish-yellow base, the blade of the outer 
segments purple, obovate, the inner segments tubular-folded 
in the centre; spathe valves lsin. to 2in. long. J. nearly as 
long as the stem, linear, plicate, sin. broad. Stem branched, 
lft. long. Mountains of Mexico, 1888. A very beautiful, half- 
hardy species. (G. & F. 1889, p. 412, f. 125.) 
T. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of 7, Pavonia. 
T. liliacea (Lily-like). A synonym of 7. Pavonia liliacea. 
T. Meleagris. The correct name is I/ydrotenia Meleayris. 
Fic. 713. TiGRIDIA PAVONIA ALBA. 
T. Pavonia alba (white).* jl. pearly-white, large, marked at 
the base of the perianth segments with large spots of reddish- 
brown on a yellowish ground. 1882. This plant has the 
eeneral habit of 7. P. conchiflora, from which it is presumed to 
have originated. In the form immacuwlata the spathe is snow- 
white without spots, and in RUBY QUEEN the flowers are soft 
rese. See Fig. 713. 
T. P. flava (yellow). 
f., spathe yellow. 1896. 
variety. 
A distinct 
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