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TUB 



having a long handle fixed slanting in 

 the middle of the upper side ; and with 

 these heat the grass regularly all over, 

 and then roll it well with a heavy 

 roller, observing that the beating and 

 rolling should he repeated in moist 

 weather. If very dry hot weather suc- 

 ceeds, so as to occasion the turf to 

 shrink and open at the joints, a good 

 watering will he of much advantage. 

 By Inoculation. If turf is scare*?, 

 cut turves into pieces, about three 

 inches square, and plant these, green 

 side up, pretty thickly over the space 

 intended for the lawn. Beat them down 

 into the soil, and water freely, roll fre- 

 quently, and water also in dry weather. 

 The turf will soon be as close, and the 

 sward as perfect, as if the ground had 

 been entirely turved. 



TUEP ASHES. See Ashes. 

 These, which are the basis of charred 

 turf, now becoming so usual a manure, 

 are, according to M. Sprengel, thus 

 constituted : 



Silica 93.10 



Alumina . . . . 1.35 

 Oxide of iron . . . 1.73 



manganese . . 0.32 



Lime 002 



Magnesia . . . . 0.33 

 Potash, combined with sulphu- 

 ric acid .... 0.38 

 Common salt . . . . 0.08 

 Sulphuric acid, combined with 



potash and lime . . 1.70 

 Phosphoric acid, combined 



with lime and magnesia . 0.39 

 TURF TOOLS are the Racer or Eutter, 

 for cutting the edges of turf after it has 

 been laid, and for cutting the outlines 

 of the turves when first obtained. It 

 is a thin sharp-edged implement, some- 

 what resembling a cheese-cutter, fixed 

 to a handle about four feet long. 



The Turfing Iron is for raising or 



peeling off the turves from the soil. It 



has an arrow-headed fiat blade, with au 

 angular handle. 



A Turf or Daisy Hake consists of a 

 piece of thin plate iron, cut into teeth, 

 with two slips of ash, or other tough 

 wood, between which it is firmly riveted 

 to form a back, and keep it from bend- 

 ing. When put together, the back is 

 an inch and-a- quarter thick. The wood 

 is bevelled to nothing, half-an-inch 

 above the interstices of the teeth, at 



which point the iron is slightly bent 

 longitudinally to admit the thickness 

 of wood underneath, and give a proper 

 inclination to the handle. The instru- 

 ment serves both as a grass rake and a 

 daisy rake, and has the advantage over 

 the daisy rakes in common use, of being 

 easier cleaned, from the wideness of the 

 interstices between the teeth. 



TU'RNERA. (Named after Dr. W. 

 Turner, author of the first English 

 herbal. Nat. ord., Turnerads [Turnera- 

 cese]. Linn., b-Pentandria S-Trigynia.) 



All yellow-flowered. Annuals and biennials 

 by seeds, in a hot-bed, in spring, and plants 

 bloomed in a greenhouse ; shrubs, by seeds, and 

 also by cuttings, in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 spring and summer ; sandy loam, fibry peat, 

 and a little charcoal. Winter temp., 50 to 60; 

 summer, 60 to 85. 



GREENHOUSE ANNUALS. 



T. cistoi'des (Cistus-like). . July. America. 

 1774. 



Guiane'nsis (Guianan). 1. June. Guiana. 



1823. 



hi'rta (hairy). 1. June. Brazil. 1818. 



pumile'a (dwarf). $. August. Jamaica. 



1796. 



racemo'sa (racemed). 2. July. Siberia. 1780. 



ulmifo'lia (Elm-leaved). 3. July. Jamaica. 



1733. Biennial. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



T. Brazilie'nsis (Brazilian). 1. June. Brazil. 

 1810. 



cuneifo'rmis (wedge-formed). 1. June. S. 



'America. 1821. 



rupe'stris (rock). 2. July. Guiana. 1824. 



trioniflo'ra (Trionum-flowered). 2. Brazil. 



1812. 



ulmifo'lia angustifo'lia (narrow-elm-leaved). 



3. June. Jamaica. 1733, 



