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T. laurifo'lia (Laurel-leaved). 3. June. E. 

 Indies. 1818. 



Ma'nghas (Manghas). 20. August. 1800. 



Odo'llam (Odallam). 20. August. 1756. 

 ~~ veneni'flua (poison - flowing). 30. Pink. 



May. Madagascar. 1826. 



TANCXIER PEA. La'thyrm tingita'nns. 



TARRAGON. Artemi'sla dracu'nculus. 

 Used in salads to correct the coldness 

 of the other herbs ; and its leaves are 

 excellent when pickled. 



Soil. Poor dry soil is essential to 

 produce it in perfection, and hardy. 



Propagated by parting the roots. To 

 have green Tarragon during the winter 

 and spring, strong-rooted plants must 

 be planted, small portions at a time, 

 once or twice a month, from the close 

 of October to the end of January. For 

 the main crop, it may be planted any 

 time from the end of February until 

 the conclusion of May. . 



Plant ten inches apart; and if dry 

 weather, water must be given regularly 

 every evening until they are rooted. 

 They soon establish themselves, and 

 may be gathered from the same year. 

 As they run up, the stems should be 

 cut down, which causes them to shoot 

 afresh. 



At the end of autumn, if some es- 

 tablished plants are set beneath a south 

 fence, they will often afford leaves 

 throughout the winter, or, at all events, 

 come early in the spring. Some of the 

 leaves should be gathered in the 

 summer, and dried for winter's use. 



TARCHONA'NTHUS. African Fleabane. 

 (From tarchon, Arabic for tarragon, and 

 antJios, a flower. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese). Linn., 19-Syngenesia 1- 

 JE 'quails.) 



Greenhouse, purple-flowered evergreens from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in the beginning of summer; 

 fibry sandy loam and a little leaf-mould. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 T. camphora'tus (camphor-scented). 10. 1690. 



elli'pticus (oval-leaved). 8. 1816. 

 TASMA'NNIA. (Named after C. Tas- 



mann, a Dutch navigator. Nat. ord., 

 Magnoliads [Magnoliacefe]. Linn., 

 23-Polygamia I-Moruecia. Allied to 

 Driniys and Illicium.) 



The fruit of T. aromatica is used for pepper 

 in New Holland. Greenhouse, New Holland, 

 white-flowered evergreens. Cuttings of firm 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass ; kept cool 

 at first, and then, when the base swells, placed 



in a sweet mild bottom-heat. Fibry sandy loam 

 with a little peat ; require the protection of a 

 cold pit in winter. 



T. aroma' tica (aromatic). 10. May. 1823. 



dipe'tala (two-petaled). 8. May. 1824. 



TAXO'DIDM. Deciduous Cypress. 

 (From taxus, the yew, and oides, like. 

 Nat. ord., Conifers [Pinacefe]. Linn., 

 2l-Moncecia 8-Octandria.) 



Hardy Conifers. Seeds, in April ; cuttings 

 in autumn or spring, in a moist shady place ; 

 layers also root the first season ; a low, moist 

 situation suits all the hardy varieties best ; 

 cuttings will also strike in water, as freely as 

 the Nerium, The evergreens should have a 

 little peat added, and will require a little pro- 

 tection in winter, such as a cold pit would give, 

 or surrounding them with a frame of Spruce 

 branches. 



T. Cape'nse (Cape. Cypress Broom}. 6. April. 

 Cape of Good Hope. Evergreen. 



di'stichum (two-ranked-/eaed). 50. May. 



North America. 1640. 



exce'lmm (lofty). May. 



nuci'ferum (nut-bearing). May. 



nu'tans (nodding). 20. May. 



pa'tens (spreading). 20. May. 



pe'ndulum (drooping). May. 



sempervi'rens (evergreen). 50. 



Yellow. New Zealand. 1843. Ever- 

 green. 



Sine'nse (Chinese). May. 



TA'XUS. The Yew. (From taxon, a 

 bow ; being used for bows. Nat. ord., 

 Taxads [Taxacea?]. Linn., 22-Dicecia 

 13-Polyandria.} 



Evergreen Conifers. Seed, gathered in Oc- 

 tober, either sown directly, or taken to the rot- 

 heap, until spring, when the plants, many of 

 them, will appear the following year; cuttings, 

 ten inches in length, lower half deprived of 

 leaves, in sand, in a shady border, in April and 

 August, taken off with a heel ; deep loamy soil, 

 with a fair portion of moisture. 

 T. adpre'ssa (close-pressed). Japan. 1844. 



bacca'ta (Common. Berried). 20. February. 



Britain. 

 fastigia'ta (tapering). 20. April. 



Ireland. 1780. 

 fo'liis - variega'tis (variegated - 



leaved). 8. March. 

 fru'ctu-lu'teo (yellow - berried). 



April. Ireland. 

 procu'mbens (lying - down). 8. 



February. Europe. 

 spnrsifo'lia (scattered - leaved) . 



March. 



j variega'ta (variegated). 20. Feb- 

 ruary. Europe. 

 I Caiiade'nsis (Canadian). 20. February. 



Canada. 1800. 



Inuka'ja (Inukaja). Japan. 1838. 



Maka'ya (Makay's). May. Japan. 1838. 



nuci'fera (nut-bearing). 20. China. 1820. 



TEAK-WOOD. Te'ctona. 

 TEASEL. Di'psacus. 





