SELECT PLANTS FOE INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



in girth. It should be kept out of the reach of grazing- 

 animals, as leaves and fruit are deadly poisonous. 



Taxus brevifolia, Nuttal. (T. IAndleyana> Lawson.) 



North- West America. Western Yew. A stately tree, 75 

 feet high, with a stem of 5 feet in circumference. Wood 

 beautifully white or slightly yellow, as fine and close-grained 

 as the European Yew. The Indians use it for their bows. 



Tectona grandis, Linne fil. 



The Teak of South Asia. This superb timber tree has its 

 northern limit in Bandalkhand, at elevations of 3,000 feet, 

 ascending to 4,000 feet ; but then not of tall size. In Western 

 India, according to Stewart and Brandis, frost is not uncom- 

 mon in the teak districts. Teak wood is held in the highest 

 esteem by ship-builders ; also used by cabinet-makers, for the 

 panels of coaches, etc. It scarcely shrinks. 



Teinostachyum atteimatum, Munro. 



The hardy Bamboo of Ceylon, there growing on the mountains 

 at elevations between 4,000 to 6,000 feet. It attains a height 

 of 25 feet. 



Telfairia pedata, Hooker. 



Mozambique. A cucurbitaceous climber with perennial stems, 

 attaining a length of 100 feet, with fringed lilac flowers of 

 extraordinary beauty, and with fruits attaining a weight of 

 60 Ibs. and containing at times as many as 500 large seeds. 

 The latter in a boiled state are eatable, or a large quantity of 

 oil can be pressed from them. The root .is fleshy. A second 

 huge species of similar use, T. occidentalis (J. Hook.), occurs 

 in Guinea. 



Terfezia leonis, Tulasne. 



South Europe, North America. This edible Truffle, together 

 wi+h other species of this and other genera, is deserving of 

 naturalisation. 



Terminalia Buceras, J. Hooker. (Bucida Buceras, Linne.) 



From the Antilles to Brazil. One of the Mangrove trees, thus 

 living in salt water. Possibly hardy and calculated to conso- 

 lidate mud shores. The Tussa silkworm inhabits, among- 

 other trees, several Terminalius. 



