370 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



hesitation, to suggest trials of its acclimation in regions of the tem- 

 perate zone with a warm, humid and equable temperature. The acid 

 pulp of the pods forms the medicinal tamarind, rich in formic and 

 butyric acid, irrespective of its other contents. 



Tamarix dioica, Roxburgh. 



India, up to 2,500 feet. An important shrub for binding newly 

 formed river-banks, even in saline soil. 



Tamarix Gallica, Linne".* 



Southern Europe, Northern and tropical Africa, Southern and 

 Eastern Asia, ascending the Himalayas to 11,000 feet; hardy still at 

 Christiania. Attains a height of 30 feet in Algeria, according to 

 Cosson. This shrub or small tree adapts itself in the most extra- 

 ordinary manner to the most different localities. It will grow alike in 

 water and the driest soil, also in salty ground, and is one of the most 

 grateful and tractable plants in culture; it is readily multiplied from 

 cuttings, which strike root as easily as a willow, and push forth stems 

 with unusual vigor. Hence it is one of the most eligible bushes for 

 planting on coast-sand, to stay its movements, or for lining embank- 

 ments. Furnishes material for a superior charcoal (W. H. Colvill) 

 and various implements (Brandis). Planted much in cemeteries. In 

 Australia first largely sent out by the writer. 



Tamarix Germanica, Linne". 



Europe and Western Asia, ascending to about 15,000 feet in the 

 Himalayas; hardy in Norway to lat. 70 20' (Schuebeler). Likewise 

 available for arresting the ingress of shifting sand, particularly in 

 moist places, also for solidifying precipitous river-banks. The allied 

 T. elegans (Myricaria elegans, Royle) attains a height of 20 feet. 



Tamarix orientalis, Forskael. (T. articulata, Vahl.) 



Northern and Middle Africa, Southern Asia. A fast-growing tree, 

 attaining a height of 60 feet, the trunk occasionally enlarging to a 

 circumference of 12 feet. Springs up readily from seeds, and is also 

 easily propagated from cuttings. Coppices well. The wood serves 

 for ploughs, wheels and many implements (Stewart and Brandis). 

 With T. Gallica it grows with sufficient rapidity, to be reared in 

 India for fuel. Dye-galls and a kind of manna are also produced by 

 this tree. The same, or an allied species, extends to Japan. 



Tanacetum vulgare, Linne. 



The Tansy. Northern and Middle Europe, Northern Asia, North- 

 Western America. A perennial herb of well-known medicinal value, 

 which mainly depends on its volatile oil. One of over 100 kinds of 

 plants, ordered to be grown in the gardens of Charles the Great 

 already. 



Taraxacum officinale, Weber. 



Dispersed over most of the temperate and cold parts of the globe, 

 but apparently not a native of Australia. It lives in Norway 



