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ous trees. Cuttings or suckers. Com- operator should stand at some distance 



mon soil. from the plants, so that the water may 



SYMPHYTUM. Eip;ht species, spread and tali upon them like a shower. 



Hardy herbaceous or tuberous-rooted But it" aphides have to be destroyed he 



perennials. Division. Off-sets. Any 

 soil suits them. 



SYMl'IKZIA capitellata. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Young cut- 

 tings. Turty peat and sand. 



S Y M P L O C O S . Three species. 



may be closer to the plants, and drive 

 forth the water with greater force. 



SYZYGIUM. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen trees or shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandv peat. 



TABERN.EMONTANA. Fifteen 



Green-house evergreen shrubs, or stove species. Stove evergreen shrubs and 

 evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam, trees. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand, 

 peat and sand. ! TACCA. Six species. Stove bulbous 



SYXCHRONIC.\L TIMES are va- perennials. Division. Loam, peat, and 

 lidly observed for the performance of sand. 



gardening operations. More than one 

 botanist has observed that if the time 

 of the foliation and blossoming of trees 

 and herbs, and the days on which the 

 seed is sown, flowers, and ripens, were 

 noted, and if the observer continued 

 these observations for many years, there 

 can be no doubt but that we might find 

 some rule from which we might con- 

 clude at what time grains and culinary 

 plants, according to the nature of each 

 8oil, ought to be sown ; nor should we 



TACHLV. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat, sand, 

 and loam. 



TACHIGALLl bijvga. Stove ever- 

 green tree. Cuttings. Light loam. 



TACSOXL\.. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



T.^RRITIS. Three species. Ferns. 

 Stove evergreen creepers. Division or 

 seeds. Sandy loam and peat. 



TAGETES. Fifteen species. Hardy 



be at a loss to guess at the approach of annuals, except T.^orirfa and T.lucula, 

 winter; nor ignorant whether we ought the first a half-hardy, the second a 



to make our autumn sowing later or 

 earlier. 



M. Barck would derive his intima- 

 tions from the vegetable tribes alone, 



rcen-house herbaceous perennial. The 

 annuals increase by seed, the others by 

 cuttings or division. Light rich soil. 

 TALAUMA. Three species. Stove 



but, I think, the other kingdoms of | evergreen shrubs. Layers or inarching 



organic nature might be included; as 

 the appearances of certain migratory 

 birds, and the birth of certain insects. 

 For example, in the east of England, it 

 is a common saying among gardeners, 

 confirmed by practice — ''When you 

 have seen two swallows together, sow 

 kidney beans." ' 



Mr. Stillingfleet, one of the most 

 careful of Nature's observers, says, that 

 in his time "the prudent gardener never 



on Magnolia obovata, and ripe cuttings 

 with the leaves on will root, but not 

 easily. Loam, peat, and sand. 



T XLIVAIA hengalensis. Palm. Seeds. 

 Turfy loam and sand. 



TALIRIUM. Seven species. Stove 

 and green-house evergreen shrubs and 

 herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. Loam, 

 peat, and sand. T. rejlexum, a stove 

 biennial, increases by seeds. 



TALISLA. guianensis. Stove ever- 



ventured to put his house-plants out green shrub. Large cuttings with the 



until the mulberry leaf was of a certain 

 growth." — Gard. Aim. 



SYNN'ETLA.. Three species. Green- 

 house bulbous perennials. Offsets. 

 Sandy peat and loam. 



SYRL\G.\. Lilac. Five species and 

 many varieties. Hardy deciduous 

 shrubs. Seeds, layers, or suckers. 

 Common soil. 



SYRINGK. This is a most useful 

 implement for impelling water over 

 plants in pots, wall-trees, &c. Read's 

 syrmges are excellent. When the ob- 

 ject is merely to refresh the plants, the 



leaves on. Turfv loam and peat. 

 I TALLIES, iieo Lahda. 

 I TAMARINDUS. Tamarind. Two 

 ' species. Stove evergreen trees. Seeds 



and cuttings. Sandv loam and peat. 

 j TAMARIX. Three species. Stove 



evergreen shrubs or trees, except T. 

 ignllica, which is a hardy deciduous 

 I shrub. Cuttings. Any soil suits tlicni. 

 ] ALinna is produced from a variety of 



T. gallic ia. 

 ; TAMONEA. Two species. Stove 



biennials. Seeds. Sandy soil. 

 I TAN. See Bark. 



