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in July and August ; small, but very numerous. It grows 

 about ten feet high. On account of its delicate, graceful 

 habit, and heath-like flowers and foliage, it makes a desi- 

 rable addition to the shrubbery. The German Tamarisk is 

 a hardy shrub of similar habits. There are also a number 

 of other species and varieties. 



TECOMA. TRUMPET-FLOWER. 



[Said to have been altered from the Mexican name.] 



The species are trees or shrubs, inhabitants of hot cli- 

 mates ; the leaves are opposite, pinnate, ternate, or conju- 

 gate ; the flowers in panicles, large and handsome, of 

 various colors, red, yellow, blue or white, and eminently 

 beautiful. The hardy species will grow in almost any 

 good soil, and easily propagated by layers or cuttings of 

 the root. The species here mentioned were formerly in- 

 cluded in the Genus Bignonia. 



Tecoma radio a us, Scarlet Trumpet Flower. This is 

 a magnificent climbing plant, producing large, trumpet- 

 shaped, orange-scarlet flowers, of great beauty, from July 

 to October. They are produced in clusters ; handsome 

 in bud, as well as when fully expanded, and when con- 

 trasted with the elegant glossy, pinnate foliage, present a 

 most splendid sight when trained to a pillar or trellis. 



The plant is a little tender in some locations, and will 

 do best to be laid down and covered over, or secured with 

 straw or mats. 



T, grandiflora has flowered with us, but it is rather 

 tender in this climate. It is a native of China and Japan. 

 " In the growth of the wood it is rather more slender, 

 and the leaves more coarsely serrated than those of T. 

 radicans. The vine has the same habit of attaching itself 

 firmly to a wall, or building of stone, brick or wood, or 



