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is easily raised from cuttings and during the summer months makes a fine 

 bedding plant. 8. isophyllus is an old favourite with pale-blue tubular 

 flowers. 



Swainsona coronillifolia (galegifolia). The typical form of this Aus- 

 tralian Leguminous climber has long racemes of bright-red flowers, but 

 the white-flowered form is more valuable commercially. It is useful for 

 cutting and also for bedding out in summer. It likes a compost of peat 

 and loam, and is raised by cut- 

 tings of the half-ripened shoots. 

 Tecoma.-The yellow-flowered 

 T. Smithi (fig. 302), and the 

 orange -scarlet T. capensis are 

 climbing shrubs usually raised 

 from cuttings in sandy loam and 

 peat. 



Traehelium cceruleum. This 

 bushy South European peren- 

 nial, although nearly hardy, is 

 usually grown as a cool green- 

 house pot plant. It has ovate, 

 deeply- toothed leaves, and masses 

 of small violet - blue flowers. 

 There is a white-flowered variety 

 also. Plants are raised from 

 cuttings or seeds, and thrive in 

 sandy loam. 



Tradeseantia zebrina (Ze- 

 brina pendula). A well-known 

 Mexican plant with fleshy trail- 

 ing stems and oval-oblong leaves, purple beneath, but striped with greenish- 

 white above. There is a fine form having the leaves striped with yellowish- 

 white and suffused with carmine rose, and another striped with bright 

 yellow. There is also one having wholly green leaves hardier than the 

 coloured forms. All kinds are easily raised from cuttings, and may be 

 grown in the greenhouse or stove. They are useful for edgings and hang- 

 ing baskets, indoor rookeries, &c., and grow in any light soil. 



Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa). Tuberoses were grown more exten- 

 sively a few years ago than they are at the present day. They were very 

 popular with florists, and thousands of bulbs were imported annually for 

 forcing during the winter and early spring months, different batches being 

 used to keep up a succession. The double-flowered variety known as " The 

 Pearl " is the only one favoured by market growers, owing to its size and 

 purity of colour. The bulbs are usually placed in 5-in. pots in sandy 

 loam, with a little leaf soil or well-rotted manure. At first they are kept 

 cool to get root action established, but afterwards they may be placed in 

 a house with a night temperature of 65 to 75 F., to bring them quickly 



Fig, 302. Tecoma Smithi 



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