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Tamarindus (Tamarind). Leguminosa. 



Young plants may be obtained from seeds sown on a hot- 

 bed or out-doors in tropical countries. Cuttings, in sand 

 under glass in heat. 



Tamarix, Tamarisk. Tamarisdnece. 



Increased by ripe cuttings under glass, the greenhouse 

 kinds in heat. 



Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare). Compositce. 



Seeds and divisions. 



Taxodium, Glyptostrobus (Bald Cypress). Conifer ce. 



Seeds are usually employed. Layers. Cuttings of young 

 wood in wet sand, or even water, under cover. The varieties 



of glyptostrobus may be veneer-grafted in August or Sep- 

 tember on T. distichum. 



Taxus (Yew). Conifer ce. 



Seeds, sown when gathered or else stratified. Layers. 

 Cuttings of green wood under glass in summer, or of mature 

 wood as recommended for retinospora. The named varieties 

 are veneer-grafted in August or early fall upon the upright 

 kinds. 



Tecoma (Trumpet-Creeper). Bignoniacece. 



Seeds, layers, cuttings of firm shoots, but most commonly 

 by root-cuttings. 



Terminalia (Tropical Almond). Combretacece. 



Seeds ; also by cuttings of green wood under glass. 

 Ternstrcemia. Ternstrcemiacece. 



Seeds. Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots under glass, in 

 bottom heat. 



Testudinaria (Elephant's Foot). Dioscoreacece. 



Grown from imported roots or seeds. 

 Teucrium (Germander). Labiatce. 



Seeds, divisions, and the shrubby kinds by cuttings under 

 cover. 



Thalictrum (Meadow Rue). Ranunculacece. 



Propagated by seeds, and divisions. The varieties by 

 cuttings. 



Thea. See Camellia. 



