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evergreen shrub; and T. di'shVftum Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young 

 (Deciduous Cypress), and its varieties, i cuttings. Sandy loam and peat, 

 hardy deciduous trees. Seeds, layers, j TENTHREDO. Saw-Hy. T. moris, 

 orcuttinjrs with the leaves on, placed in ' Plum Saw-fly, attacks the green-gage, 

 water. Rich moist soil. | and other plums, when about the size 



TAXUS. Yew Tree. Five species. ! of peas. It pierces them, causing their 

 Evergreen shrubs and trees, all hardy fall, to deposit its eggs in their pulp, 

 except T. nucifera, which belongs to M. Kollar gives these correct particu- 

 the green-house. They increase chiefly lars of this insect : — 



by seeds, but may also increase by cut- 

 tings. Moist soil. See Coniferte. 

 TEA-TREE. Thea. 



At a distance it resembles a small 

 house-fly ; but it has four wings, where- 

 as the house-fly has only two. The 



TECOMA. Fifteen species. Stove | head and body are completely black. 



evergreen shrubs and trees. Green 

 house, hardy, and half-hardy evergreen 

 and deciduous climbers. Cuttings and 

 layers. Peat and loam, or common 

 soil, and a warm situation. 



TEEDIA. Two species. Green- 

 house biennials. Cuttings or seeds. 

 Light rich soil. 



TEESDALIA. Two species. Har- 

 dy annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



TELEKIA speciosa. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perennial. Division. Common 

 soil. 



T E L L I M A grandiflora. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Division. Peaty 

 soil. 



TELOPEA speciosissima. Warratah. 



and the feet of a reddish yellow. 



" It lays its eggs in the notched part 

 of the calyx of the flowers, cuts in 

 obliquely with its saws, without com- 

 pletely piercing it through, and intro- 

 duces the egg into the deepest part, so 

 that, when it flies away, nothing is seen 

 on the exterior but two very small 

 brown spots. 



" The egg is very small, greenish- 

 white, and transparent. It is hatched 

 in the course of a few days, and pro- 

 duces a delicate whitish larva, with a 

 dark-brown head, six pairs of middle 

 feet, three pairs of fore feet, and one 

 pair of anal feet." 



T. hamorrhoidalis, Pear Saw-fly, re- 



^ , , - I sembles the former, but is rather lamer. 



Green-house evergreen tree. Lavers i j i n i . ■ rr,, 



„„. ■ w- c J i ■' J and has more yellow about it. The 



and also cuttings. Sandy loam and „ .u •. i . . j .1 



, ,1 ,, ° ■^ luoiii auu gjjj^g authority last quoted says that it 



heath mould. ,, •',, , ,' . ,, ■' ,. 



I '< appears usually late in Mav, some ol 



TE.MPERATURE is the most im- them only in June, if the warm spring 

 portant circumstance connected with 1 weather sets in laie. The foinale lays 

 the cultivation of plants ; for upon its from forty to sixty eggs, and almost 

 proper regulation and just accommoda- j always on the under side of the leaf, 

 tion to the intensity of light depend, in ■ The caterpillar, which is hatched in a 

 the chiet degree, whether a plant is i few days, at first is of a whitish yellow, 

 healthy and capable of performing its 1 but becomes darker every day. As soon 

 functions. Every seed has its appro- 1 as it is exposed to the light, it spins a 

 priatc temperature for germinating (see > web over itself, the threads of which 

 Germination) ; every root has a temper- . proceed from its mouth. The caterpil- 

 ature in which it imbibes food most ' lar never appears out of this web ; and 

 favourably (see Bottom-heat) ; and every ; when it has partly eaten a leaf, it spins 

 leat has a temperature in which it re- 1 itself a web on another, and always ia 

 spires most vigorously (see Leaves and company with the other caterpillars. It 

 ^lght Temperature). j has a black head, and, immediately un- 



TEMPLES dedicated to some deity 1 der the throat, two black dots: the other 

 of the heathen mythology, as to Pan in I parts of the body are ochre-colored and 

 a grove, or to Flora among bright sun- i transparent, without hairs." — Kollar. 

 ny parterres, arc not inappropriate, if T. difformis. Antler Rose Saw-fly. 

 the extent of the grounds and the ex- Its caterpillar feeds on the leaves of 

 penditure on their management allow rose-trees; and they are thus described 

 them to be of that size, and of that cor- i by Mr. Curtis : — 



rectness of style, which can alone give ! " They are nearly cylindrical, taper- 

 the classic air and dignity which are ' ing a little to the tail. They are bright 

 their only sources of pleasure. green, and covered with short upright 



TEMPLETONIA. Two species, j hairs, with a darker line down the back , 



