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TEA-TREE. The'a. 



TE'COMA. (A contraction of the 

 Mexican name. Nat. ord., Bignoniads 

 [Bignoniacese]. Linn., \-Didynamia 

 2-Angiospermia.) 



Mostly by cuttings ; the hardy radicans, and 

 its varieties, by cuttings of the shoots, and very 

 freely by pieces of the roots ; all the others are 

 the better for a glass being placed over them, 

 and flourish in loam and peat. The Capensis 

 makes a neat pot plant. 



HAEDY EVEEGEEEN CLIMBEES. 



T. radi'cans (rooting). 30. Orange. July. 



North America. 1640. 

 ma'jor (greater. Ash-leaved). 30. 



Orange. July. North America. 1640. 

 mi'nor (smaller. Ash-leaved). 20. 



Scarlet. July. North America. lf)40. 

 GEEENHOUSE EVEEGEEEN CLIMBEES, &C. 

 T. austra'lis (southern). Orange. June. New 



South Wales. 1793. 



Cape'nsis (Cape). 8. Orange. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



diversifo'lia (various-leaved). New Holland. 



1830. Deciduous. 



grandifl'ora (large-flowered). 30. Orange. 



July. China. 1800. Deciduous. 



jasminoi'des (Jasmine-like) . Pink. August. 



New South Wales. 



meona'ntha (less -flowered). 12. Blush. 



April. New Holland. 1815. 



mo'llis (soft). 6. Yellow. Mexico. 1824. 



Deciduous. 



STOVE EVEEGEEEN SHEUBS. 

 T. digit a' t a (hand-leaved). 6. Yellow. S. 

 America. 1818. 



pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). 6. Orange. July. 



E. Indies. 



roscefo'lia (Rose-leaved). 6. Yellow. Peru. 



sambucifo'lia (Elder-leaved). 6. Yellow. 



Peru. 1824. 



sorbifo'lia (Sorb-leaved). 6. Yellow. S. 



America. 



sple'ndida (splendid). 6. Yellow. Brazil. 



1820. 



sta'ns (standing). 12. Yellow. August. 



S.America. 1730. 



inci'sa (cut-leaned). 10- Yellow. 



August. S. America. 1820. 



xyloca'rpa (woody -fruited). White. W. 



Indies. 1820. 



TE'CTONA. Teak-Tree. (The Mala- 

 bar name is tekka. Nat. ord., Verbenes 

 [Verbenaceee] . Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monoyynia.} 



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. gra'ndis (great). 100. White. E. Indies. 

 1777- 



TEE'DIA. (Named after some person 

 unknown. Nat. ord., Fif/worts [Scro- 

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phulariacete]. Linn., \k-Didynamia, 2- 

 Angiospermia. Alliance near to Pent- 

 stemon.) 



Greenhouse, purple-flowered, biennials, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Seeds, in a slight 

 hot-bed, 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. 18l6. 



TEESDA'LIA. (Named after R. Tees- 

 dale, author of a Flora about Castle 

 Howard. Nat. ord., Grucifers [Brassi- 

 cacese]. Linn., 15-Tetradynamia. Al- 

 lied to Candytuft.) 



Hardy, white-flowered, annuals. Seeds; com- 

 mon soil. 

 T. i'&eris (Candy-tuft-like). *. May. Britain. 



lepi'dium (Cress-like). $. March. S.Eu- 



rope. 1824. 



TELE'KIA. (Name not explained. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracese]. 

 Linn., ]Q-Syngenesia Z-Superflua. Al- 

 lied to Bupthalmum.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Seeds, and divisions of 

 the root, in spring ; common soil. 

 T. specio'sa (showy). 4. Yellow. July. Hunr 

 gary. 1739. 



TE'LLIMA. (An anagram of Mitella ; 

 separated from the genus Mitella. Nat, 

 ord., Saxifrages [Saxifragaceee]. Linn,, 

 IQ-Decandria 2-Digynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division; sandy loam 

 and peat. 



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

 N. America. 1826. 



TELFA'IEIA. (Named in honour of 

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

 curbitaceeB]. Linn., %2-Diacia 13-Mo- 

 nadelphia.) 



Stove twiner. Cuttings of the flowering 

 shoots, if procurable; if not, other young 

 shoots getting firm, in sand, and in heat ; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 

 50 to 58. 



T.j9eda'/a(doubly-lobed). 20. Pink. July. 

 Zanzibar. 1825. 



TELO'PEA. Warratah. (From telopas, 

 seen at a distance; conspicuous flowers. 

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

 k-Tetrandria l-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 ; sandy 

 loam and peat, with a third of broken stone, 

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