1770 



TARAXACUM 



25 or more. Taraxa 

 tinguished by having large many 

 flowered ligiilate yellow beads soli 

 tary on naked and hollow scapes 



240.- 



'roo. 



Agr. Sci., .-mmI .\in.r. .\,ii. 



1886. For iiT] a.'c..ii r thr rr,l 



seeded Dancii'liou. T. erythro- 

 spfirmum, see Fernald, Bot.Uaz. 

 July, 189.T::<2:f. From the com- 

 "i Dandelion it differs in hav- 

 ing smaller sulfur-yellow heads, 

 and very deeply cut 

 leaves, outer invohieral scales 

 notreflexed and somewhat glau- 

 cous; akenes red or red-hrown 

 and shorter beaked ; pappns 

 dirtv white. It is known to oc- 

 cur 'in New England, New York 

 and Pa. ; perhaps naturalized 

 from Europe. l. h. B. 



2465. Small-leaved form of Dandelion. 



TASMANNIA 



used for seasoning salads and for 

 riavoring vinegar, p i c k les and 

 mustard. The essential oil of 

 Tarragon and Tarragon vinegar 

 are articles of commerce, the crop 

 being grown extensively in south- 

 ern France f..r tlii- |.iii|„im-. The 

 former is i.litiiiii. ■! Ii\ di-iillation 

 of the gre,.„ p,,,i-. III. inter by 

 simple infusion „, xuu ■■,,■. The 

 best time tu gatlier llie crop for 



the first Howe 

 since the plants 

 percentage of 

 after. From 3C 



2467. Cut-leaved form of 



to open, 

 •II a larger 

 before or 

 pounds of 

 green parts, according to seasonal 

 and other conditions, are needed 

 to produce one pound of oil. 



As cultivated Tarragon rarely 

 produces viable seed, the plant is 

 propagated by cuttings of both 

 old and green wood and by di- 

 of the roots. Cuttings 

 may be taken at any convenient 

 time, but the best time for di- 

 vision is when the plants have 

 iust roiiiiiipiii-.d to grow in the 

 -M III-'. 'I'in:i-i.ius and wet soils 

 - I I "iiifd and only 



I" i ' " '■• III! texture and of 



l-'T .|ii.i[iu Hi suiiuv situations 

 cliHsen. Tlie plants may be set, 

 n the spring or in the 

 autumn, one foot apart and cul- 

 tivated like sage or mint. The 

 flower-stems should be removed 

 seen, as this will 

 force greater growth of leaves, 

 etc. The green parts may be 

 gathered at any time, after the 

 plants have become established, 

 and used fresh. Dried Tarra- 

 gon is nearly as useful as green, 

 but there is little market for it, 

 I than for the leaves. At 

 the approach of winter, espe- 

 cially in cold and snowless cli- 

 mates, the stems .should be cut 

 nd the plants covered 

 with litter or leaves. The po- 

 sition of the beds should be 

 changed every three or four 

 years. Tarragon is less culti- 

 vated in America than it de- 

 serves. Most of our Tarragon 

 vinegar comes from France. 



Taqetes lueiihi is much like 

 Tarragon in flavor tiiul has been 

 used as a substitute for it. 



M. G Kains. 

 TASMANNIA (after Abel 

 -Jansen Tasman, Dutch cap- 

 tain who discovered Van 

 Dieman's Land or Tas- 

 mania). MagnoHdreiP. This 

 genus is included under 

 Drimys liy Bentham 

 and Hooker. A small 

 genus of tender ever- 

 green aromatic, gla- 

 brous trees or shrubs 

 with simple, short- 

 petioled leaves with 

 transparent dots and 

 terminal clusters of 

 greenish yellow, rose 

 or white flowers. 

 Drimys arom&tica, 

 F. Muell. (T. aro- 

 mdfica, R.Br.), is a 

 shrub or small tree 

 cult, in a few north- 



