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T. Co'rsicus (Corsican). Lilac. Corsica. 1831. 



Crwi'ticus (Croatian). 1. July. Hungary. 1802. 



elonga'tus (lengthened). 1. August. 1816. 



ertc/o'/w&"Uieath-leaved). i July. Spain. 1806. 

 fruticuto'sus (shrubby). I.July. Sicily. 1822. 



glabra'tus (smooth).i.July.South Europe.1823. 

 hirsu 'tus (hairy). $. July. Spain. 1821. 



lanceola'tus (spear -head-tea ved). J. July. N. 



Africa. 1823. 



Panno'nicus (Pannonian). i. July. Crimea. 



1817. 



pipere'lla (small peppermint). J. July. Spain. 



1810. 



serpy'llum (wild-thyme). . July. Britain. 

 a'lbus (white-flowered). $. July. Britain. 



citra'tus (citron-scented). July. 



lanugino'sus (woolly). . July. Britain. 



. monta'nus (mountain). . Striped. June. 



. Hungary. 1806. 



variega'tus (variegated-teaved). . July. 



Britain. 

 vulga'ris (common). July. Tauria. 1820. 



spica'tus (spiked). 1. June. Pyrenean. 1832. 



vulga'ris (common-garden). 1. June. South 



Europe. 1548. 



latifo'lius (broad-leaved). I. June. 



variega'tus (vuieg&ted-leaved). 1. July. 



Britain. 



THYRSACA'NTHUS. (From thyrse, a 

 tfcyrse, and acanthus; thyrse-flowered 

 Acanthus. Nat. ord., Acanthads [Acan- 

 thaceae] . Linn., 2- Diandria 1-Monogynia. ) 



Stove evergreen shrub. For culture, see SAL- 

 PIXA'NTHA. It must be spurred in closely. 

 Flowers nearly all the year. 

 T. Schomburgkia'nus (Schomburgk's). 3. Scarlet. 

 New Granada. 1855. 



THYSANo'TUS.(From<%saH0fos, fringed; 

 the flower much fringed. Nat. ord, Lily- 

 worts [Liliaeese]. Linn,, 6-Hexandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, purple-flowered, from New Hol- 

 land. By division of the plant in the herbaceous, 

 and dividing the tuberous-rooted ; sandy loam and 

 leaf-mould. Winter temp., 38 to 45, and very 

 little water. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 

 T. intrica'tus (intricate-stemmed), g. July. 1833. 

 ju'nceus (rush-like). J. 1804. 



proli'ferus (proliferous). 1. August. 



te'nuis (slender). Lilac. May. 1836. 



GREENHOUSE TUBERS. 

 T. ela'tior (taller). 1. August. 1823. 



isanthe'rus (even-anthered). . August. 1822. 



tubero'sus (tuberous). 1. June. 1825. 



TIARE'LLA. (Fromfiara, a little diadem ; 

 form of seed-pod. Nat. ord., Saxifrages 

 [Saxifragacese]. Linn., 10-Decandria 2- 

 Digynia.) 



Hardy, white-flowered herbaceous. Divisions of 

 the root ; common soil ; dry borders, and the front 

 of them, or elevated places in rock-works. 

 T. cordifo'Ka (heart-leaved). . April. N. Amer. 



Menzie'sii (Menzies'). 1. April, N. Amer. 



1812. 



polyphy'lla (many-leaved). I.April. Nepaul. 



1820. 



(From tiara, a diadem, and 



eidos, like ; form of seed-pod. Nat. ord., 

 Ehretiads [Ehretiacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria 1-Monogynia. Allied to the Helio- 

 trope.) 



Annuals. Seeds in a slight hotbed at the end of 

 March, pricked off, and planted out towards the 

 end of May. Perhaps anisophy'llum will require 

 a warm corner, or to be bloomed irv a pot, in the 

 greenhouse. 



T. anisophy'llum (anise-leaved). White. June. 

 Africa. 1822. 



Fndicum (Indian). I. Blue. June. W. Ind. 1820. 



veluti'nuni .velvet). 1. Blue. June. W.Ind. 1820. 



TIBOUCE;'NA. (The native name in 

 Guiana. Is it. ord., Melastomads [Melas- 

 tomaceee]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Osbeckia.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of firmish side-shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, and in a mild bottom- 

 heat, any time between April and August ; fibry 

 peat and sandy loam, with a little charcoal and 

 broken pots, and extra care in draining. Winter 

 temp., 55 to 60; summer, 65 to 88. 

 T. a'spera (rough). Purple. April. Guiana. 1820. 



TICO'REA. (The native name of T.fce'- 

 tida. Nat. ord., Eueworts [RuUoese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monoyynia. Al- 

 lied to Galipea.) 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreen trees. Cuttings 

 of ripe young shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in heat, in March ; fibry loam and sandy peat. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 80. 

 T.fce'tida (stinking). 10. Guiana. 1825. 

 /osminc/fo'ra (jasmine-flowered). 20. Brazil. 182/. 



TIGRI'DIA. Tiger Flower. (From tigris, 

 a tiger, and eidos, like; resemblance of 

 the spotted flowers. Nat. ord., Irids [Iri- 

 dacesB]. IAnn.,3-Triandria 1 -Monogy;\ ? j '.) 



Having yielded to cross-breeding, tin* genus 

 may be expected to run into varieties of very gay 

 colours. Hardy bulbs, from Mexico. Seeds in a 

 slight hotbed, in spring ; also by offsets ; sandy 

 loam and leaf-mould; protected ia the ground 

 from frost and wet, or taken ur at the end of au- 

 tumn, and kept in a dry, cool place, the roots 

 being covered with earth until plautuig-out time 

 iu the middle of April. 



T. conchifio'ra (shell-flowered). 1. Dark yellow. 

 June. 1823. 



lu'tea (yellow). Yellow. June. 



puvu'nia (peacock). 1. Orange, red. June. 1796. 

 leo'nu (lion). 1. Orange, red. June. 123. 



viola'cea ( violet-colour ed-flowered). ; . Purple. 



May. 1838. 



TiLE-KooT. GeissorhVza. 



TI'LIA. Lime or Linden-tree. (Deri- 

 vation unknown. Nat. ord, Lindenblooms 

 [Tiliacese]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Hardy, deciduous, yellowish - green flowered 

 trees. Seeds, gathered and preserved in moist 

 sand until March or April, and then some will 

 generaly vegetate that and the following season ; 

 principally, however, by layers in autumn, which, 

 may be removed in a twelvemonth. To save 

 layering, old trees are sometimes cut down} 



