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TAMAKIX DIOICA. A very graceful shrub, with numerous small 

 rose-coloured flowers in terminal drooping spikes ; common in 

 the beds of rivers. 



TAPIOCA. MANDIOC OR CASSAVA PLANT. A shrub about eight 

 feet high, cultivated for food all over the tropical parts of the 

 world. The roots are rasped, the pulp well bruised and well 

 washed, after which it is placed on iron plates to bo heated. 

 The season for removing the roots is January, at the same time 

 cuttings two to three feet long in rows of four feet apart are 

 put down. It will thrive in any soil, sandy loam is the best. 



"Preparation. Twelve months after planting the roots are fit 

 to be dug up. They must then be well washed, and put into a 

 trough with water, in which they are allowed to remain six 

 hours, when the outer bark will be easily removed by a pressure 

 of the hand. The next process ia to grate the roots, and then 

 press out the milky juice, which is poured into a flat tub. 

 This is now suffered to rest for eight hours, when all the flour 

 will subside to the bottom. The water is then poured off, and 

 the meal laid upon wicker-frames to dry in the sun for two or 

 three hours. The flour is then placed upon hot plates, and 

 well-stirred to prevent it burning. 



" The heat will cause the amylaceous substance to coagulate 

 into small irregular lumps of a transparent and gelatiniform 

 colour. The Tapioca is then ready for use. 



" This is the best mode of preparing Tapioca, as customary at 

 the Mauritius." 



TECOMA CAPENSIS. Bignoniacece. An elegant creeping plant 

 with orange-coloured flowers, well adapted for covering a wall 

 or running up a trellis work, grown from seed in common 

 garden soil. 



TECOMA JASMINOIDES. This plant is cultivated in the same 

 way as the former. The colour of the flowers pink. 



TERMINALIA CATAPPA. Combretacece. NAT. BUDAM. This tree 

 grows commonly in all parts of the Deccan. It is raised easily 

 from seed, and in a good light soil, well watered, will in two 

 years be ten or more feet in height, and give blossom, It is 



