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Tamarix, Tamarisk (tam-arix, tam-arisk, from Tamaris, the old 

 name of a river. Orel. Tamariscineae). Valuable shrubs for sea- 

 side branching, of dense habit. Chinensis (syn. japonica plumosa 

 or simply plumosa) is quite hardy, and bears pink flowers freely in 

 summer. Gallica (syns. anglica, africana, and parviflora of gardens) 

 and hispida (syn. kashgarica) are also hardy; the former has pale 

 pink and the latter carmine-rose flowers. The variety of hispida 

 called aestivalis, mauve, is very fine if pruned hard every spring. 

 It makes a good bed mixed with Liliums umbellatum and tigrinum. 

 The Tamarisks like a sandy soil, and may be propagated by 

 cuttings in a warm frame or house. 



Tanacetum, Tansy (tanace-tum. Ord. Compositae). The Tansy 

 is used for garnishing. See Herbs. 



Tangier Pea, Lathyrus tingitanus. 



Tar. Useful in gardens, coal tar as a preservative of wood, 

 Stockholm tar as a dressing for wounds on trees made in pruning 

 or excising canker. 



Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculoides). See Kitchen Garden 

 Herbs. 



Taxodium (taxo-dium, from taxus, Yew, and aides, like. Ord. 

 Coniferae). Deciduous trees, the most popular of which, distichum, 

 is a deciduous, Cypress-like plant, with a thick trunk and swollen 

 base, often called the deciduous or swamp Cypress; denudatum, 

 fastigiatum, pendulum, and nanum are varieties. Heterophyllum 

 and mucronatum are other species grown to some extent. They 

 like a moist situation, rarely thriving in hot, dry sites. Propagation 

 is by seeds, cuttings, and layers. 



Taxus, Yew (tax-us, from taxon, a bow, in allusion to the old use 

 of the wood. Ord. Coniferae). Hardy evergreen trees, of interest- 

 ing, if somewhat sombre, appearance. The common Yew of the 

 churchyard is T. baccata; there are many varieties of it, among 

 which may be mentioned argentea, silver striped; aurea, yellow; 

 Dovastoni, drooping, and its sub-varieties aureo-pendula and 

 variegata; erecta, upright; fastigiata, pyramidal, the Irish Yew, 

 and its variegated forms; and fructu-luteo, with yellow fruit. 

 T. Canadensis is the Canadian Yew. The Yew has been planted a 

 good deal of late years as an inner hedge plant, and clipped into 

 formal shapes, as in topiary. The drawback to its use as a boundary 

 hedge is that it is poisonous to cattle and horses. Small plants of 

 the variegated Yews look well in the border and in window-boxes. 

 The Yews are not particular as to soil. Propagation is by seed in 

 spring, cuttings in a frame in summer, or layers in autumn. Special 

 varieties are increased by grafting. 



Tecorna (teco-ma, a contraction of Tecomaxochili, the Mexican 

 name. Ord. Bignoniaceae) . Twining shrubs, with large showy 

 tubular flowers. Grancliflora (syn. Bignonia grandiflora), scarlet, is 

 nearly hardy, and may be grown outside except in cold places; it 

 flowers in summer. Jasminoides, with white and red flowers in 

 summer, should be grown in a greenhouse. Radicans (syn. Bignonia 



