262 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. [March. 



easy culture, and deserving of a situation ; the foliage is 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute. (Soil No. 2.) 



Tecoma is a genus of beautiful flowering plants, sepa- 

 rated from Bignonia. They are of easy culture and desira- 

 ble in all collections. T. capensis has bright orange flowers 

 in large clusters, and very profuse on large plants. T. 

 australis, known as Bignonia pandora, has white and 

 pink flowers in great profusion. T. jasminoides is quite 

 a new plant, producing very large clusters of white flowers 

 with a bright pink centre ; it is a charming plant for climb- 

 ing, and the foliage is of a very agreeable shining green. 

 The plants require encouragement. (Soil No. 10.) 



Telopea spetiosissimus is the only species, and was 

 once called Embothrium spetiosissimus. It is now called 

 Telopea, in allusion to the brilliant crimson flowers, Avhich, 

 from their large size, are seen at a great distance, and 

 which render it one of the most conspicuous productions 

 of New South Wales. The leaves are oblong, deeply 

 toothed, veiny, and smooth; wood strong; flower ovate, 

 connate, and terminal, and of considerable duration. There 

 ought to be a specimen of it in every collection. The pots 

 must be well drained, and the plant in the extreme heat of 

 summer not too much exposed to the sun. Very scarce. 

 (Soil No. 19.) 



Testudinaria, Elephant's foot, or Hottentot's bread, two 

 species, remarkable for their appearance. The root or 

 bulb, if it may be so called, is of a conical shape, and 

 divided into transverse sections. Those of one foot dia- 

 meter are computed to be one hundred and fifty years of 

 age. It is a climbing herbaceous plant, with entire reni- 

 form leaves of no beauty ; flowers small ; colour green. 

 The pots must be well drained, for when the plant is inac- 

 tive, it is in danger of suffering from moisture, and ought 

 not to get any water. T. elephdntipes and T. montana 

 are the species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 require the warmest part of the house. (Soil No. 10.) 



Thea : a genus celebrated over the known world as fur- 

 nishing the domestic drug called Tea. T. viridis, and T. 

 bohea are said to be the species which supply the tea. 

 Some have asserted that there is only one shrub used, but 

 by examination it may be easily perceived that there are 

 leaves of various shape and texture, some of them similar 



