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TANACETUM. Tansy. Nine 

 species. Hardy or green-house herba- 

 ceous perennials. Tlie hardy kinds 

 increase by division, t)ie green-house 

 by cuttings. Light rich soil. T. globu- 

 ^//"erum a hardy annual. Seeds. Cora- 

 mon soil. 



TANGIER PEA. Lathyrus tingi- 

 tanus. 



TANK SYSTEM. See Stove, Hot 

 Water, and Rendle. 



TANSY. Tanacetum vulgare. 



Varieties. — The Curled or Double 

 Tansy, the one chiefly grown for culi- 

 nary purposes ; the Variegated ; and 

 the Common or Plain. This last is but 

 of little worth, except for medicinal 

 preparations. 



Soil and Situation. — A light, dry, and 

 rather poor soil, in an open exposure, 

 is best suited to it, as in such it is the 

 most hardy and aromatic. 



Planting. — It is propagated by rooted 

 slips, or divisions of its fibrous creeping 

 root, planted from the close of Febru- 

 ary until that of May, as well as during 

 the autumn. Established plants may 

 be moved at any period of the year. 

 Insert in rows twelve inches apart each 

 ■way ; a gentle watering being given, if 

 tlie season is not showery. As the 

 roots spread rapidly, plants will soon 

 make liieir appearance over a large 

 space of ground if left undisturbed ; to 

 prevent it, a path should be left entirely 

 round the bed, and often dug up to keep 

 them within bounds. The plants run 

 up to seed during summer, but the 

 stalks must be constantly removed, to 

 encourage the production of young 

 leaves. Weeds should be extirpated, 

 and the decayed stalks cleared away in j 

 autumn, at the same time a little fresh 

 mould being scattered over the bed. I 



Forcing. — If required during the | 

 winter and early spring, old undivided i 

 roots must be placed in a moderate ! 

 Iiot-bed once a month, from the middle 



Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. 



Light rich soil. 



TARRAGON. Artemisia dracuncu- 

 lus. Use it in salads to correct the 

 coldness of the other herbs ; and its 

 leaves are likewise excellent when 

 pickled. 



Soil and Situation. — It will flourisli 

 in any that are poor and bleak. Indeed, 

 a poor dry earth is essential to produce 

 it in perfection as to flavour, and hardy. 



Propagation by parting the roots, 

 slips, and cuttings; as also by seed to 

 be sown in the spring, but this mode is 

 attended with much trouble. To have 

 green Tarragon during the winter and 

 spring, strong-rooted plants must be 

 planted, small portions at a time, once 

 or twice a month, from the close of 

 October to the end of January. For the 

 main crop, it may be planted any time 

 from the end of February until the con- 

 clusion of May ; and by cuttings of the 

 young stalks, from the close of June 

 until the same period of August; this 

 last mode is not often adopted, on ac- 

 count of the uncertainty attending the 

 rooting of the cuttings. 



Cultivation. — The plants must be at 

 least ten inches apart; and if dry 

 weather, especially in the summer 

 months, water must be given regularly 

 every evening until they are rooted. 

 They soon establish themselves, and 

 may be gathered from the same year. 

 As they run up, if seed is not required, 

 the stems should be cut down, which 

 causes them to shoot afresh. The only 

 additional cultivation required is to 

 keep them free from weeds. 



At the end of autumn, if some estab- 

 lished plants are set beneath a south 

 fence, they will often afford leaves 

 throughout the winter, or, at all events, 

 come early in the spring. Some of the 

 leaves should be gathered in the sum- 

 mer, and dried for winter's use. 



To obtain Seed, it is only necessary to 

 allow it to run up without molestation. 



of November to the close of February. | It flowers about July, and when the 



They may be planted in the earth of the 

 bed, in pots, and plunged in a similar 

 situation, or placed round the edges of 

 the bark pits in a hot-house. A frame 

 IS not absolutely necessary, as a cover- 

 ing of mats supported on hoops, afforded 

 during frost, at night, and in very in- 

 clement weather, will answer nearly as 

 •well. 1 



TARCHONANTHUS. Two species.' 



seed is ripe, in early autumn, must be 

 cut, and completely dried before it is 

 beaten out. 



TASMANNIA aromatica. Green- 

 house shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



TAVERNIER A. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreens; one a trailer, the 

 othera shrub. Seeds. Sandy loam. 



TAXODIUM capense. Green-house 



