TEE 



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TEP 



"benaceffi]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mo- 

 nogynia.) 



For ship-building this gives the best timber. 

 Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripened shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in April, and in a 

 moist bottom-heat ; sandy loam and fibry peat. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 T. gi'a'ndis (great). 100. White. E. Ind. 1777- 



TEE'D^A. (Named after some person 

 unknown. Nat. ord., Figworts [Scrophu- 

 lariaceze], linn., \&-Didynamia %-An- 

 (jlospermia. Alliance near to Pentstemon.) 

 Greenhouse, purple-flowered biennials, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Seeds in a slight hotbed 

 in March ; cuttings of side-shoots, taken off in 

 April or August, and inserted in sandy soil, under 

 a hand-light ; sandy loam and vegetable mould. 

 T. lu'cida (shining). 2. April. 1774. 



pube'scens (downy). 2. May. 1816. 

 TEESDA'LIA. (Named after R. Tecsdale, 



author of a Flora about Castle Howard. 

 Nat. ord., Crucifers [Brassicacete] . Linn., 

 lo-Tetradynamia. Allied to Candytuft.) 

 Hardy, white-flowered annuals. Seeds ; com- 

 mon soil. 

 T. i'heris (candy-tuft-like). J. May. Britain. 



lepi'dium (cress-like). $. March. South Eu- 



rope. 1824. 



TELE'KIA. (Name not explained. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracesej. Linn., 19- 

 Syngcnesia 2-Superflua. Allied to Buph- 

 thalmum.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Seeds, and divisions of the 

 root in spring ; common soil. 

 T. specio'sa (showy). 4. Yellow. July. Hun- 

 gary. 1739. 



TELFAI'EIA. (Named in honour of 

 Mrs. Telfair. Nat. ord., Cucurbits [Cu- 

 curbitaceae] . Linn., 22-Dicecia 13-Mona- 

 delphia.) \ 



Stove twiner. Cuttings of the flowering shoots, 

 if procurable ; if not, other young shoots, getting 

 firm, in sand, and in heat ; peat and loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 58. 

 T. peda'ta (doubly-lobed). 20. Pink. July. 

 Zanzibar. 1825. 



TE'LLIMA. (An anagram ot Mitclla; 

 separated from the genus Mitella. Nat. 

 ord., Saxifrages [Saxifragacese]. Linn., 

 IQ-JDccandria 2-Diyynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division; sandy loam and 

 peat. 



T. grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. Pink. April. 

 N. Amer. 1825. 



TELO'PEA. Warratah. (From telopas, 

 seen at a distance ; conspicuous flowers. 

 Nat. ord., Proteads [Proteacese]. Linn., 

 4L-Tetrandria \-Monogynia.) 



This is the finest of all the Proteads. Green- 

 house evergreen. Cuttings of ripe shoots with 

 leaves on, unless the one at the base, in sand, 

 under a glass, and kept cool until the base swells, 

 when a little heat may be given ; also by layer- 



ing the suckers that rise from the roots $ gaudy 

 loam and peat, with a third of broken stone, pot- 

 sherds, and charcoal, and the pot extra well drained. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 65, and not much water; 

 summer, 60 to 75, and a good supply of mois- 

 ture, the pot being defended from the sun. 

 T. speciosi'ssima (most splendid). 10. Scarlet. 

 June. N.S.Wales. 178Q. 



TEMASIA WCEBERANA. See APPLE/ 



TEMPERATURE is one of the most im- 

 portant circumstances connected with 

 the cultivation of plants; for upon its 

 proper regulation and just accommoda- 

 tion to the intensity of light depend, in 

 the chief degree, whether a plant is 

 healthy, and capable of performing its 

 functions. Every seed has its appropriate 

 temperature for germinating (see GER- 

 MINATION) ; every root has a temperature 

 in which it imbibes food most favourably 

 (see BOTTOM-HEAT); and every leaf has 

 a temperature in which it respires most 

 vigorously. (See LEAVES and NIGHT 

 TEMPERATURE.) 



TEMPLES dedicated to some deity of 

 the heathen mythology, as to Pan in a 

 grove, or to Flora among bright, sunny 

 parterres, are not inappropriate, if the 

 extent of the grounds and the expendi- 

 ture on their management allow them to 

 be of that size and of that correctness 

 of style, which give the classic air and 

 dignity that are their only sources of 

 pleasure. 



TEMPLETO'NIA. (Named after /. Tem- 

 pleton, an Irish botanist. Nat. ord., Le- 

 guminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 16- 

 Monadelphia 6-Decandria. Allied to 

 Scottia.) 



Greenhouse, red-flowered evergreens, from New 

 Holland. Cuttings of half-ripened wood in sand, 

 under a bell-glass; fibry peat and sandy loam, 

 most of the first, with a little charcoal. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 

 T, glau'ca (milky-green). 2. April. 1818. 



retu'sa (bent-back-teawed). 2. May. 1803. 

 TENTACULATE, furnished with thread- 

 like appendages. 



TEPHRO'SIA. (From tephros, ash-grey; 

 colour of some of the species. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 ll-Diadelphia k-Dodecandria. Allied to 

 Galega.) 



Seeds, steeped in water at 130 for a day before 

 sowing in a hotbed ; cuttings of young, stubby 

 side-shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in May, 

 the stove species in a hotbed ; sandy, fibry loarn 

 and peat. Greenhouse or stove temperatures. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS, &C. 

 T. Cape'nsis (Cape). 1. Purple. July. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1825. 



Chine' nsis (Chinese). Purple. July. China.1822. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered;. 4. Pink. Juiie. 



Cape of Good Hope. 177*. 



