MY SHRUBS 117 



Taxus baccata nana is a good dwarf yew for the rockery, while 

 T. baccata variegata makes a beautiful golden bush. T. canadensis, 

 the ground hemlock, is a spreading shrub and keeps low. 



Templetonia retrusa, the Coral Bush, is a handsome Australian, 

 which I lack. The pea-like blossoms are scarlet, the leaves scanty, 

 or wholly missing. They have a fine specimen of this rare and 

 beautiful shrub at Kew. 



Tetranthera calif ornica is a hardy shrub known as the Oreodaphne 

 and also by its Japanese name of Litsea. There are many varieties, 

 of which my Californian is evergreen with leaves of an overpowering 

 aromatic pungency. T. glauca is probably a handsomer species. 

 My plant has never flowered. 



Teucrium latifolium, the Tree Germander, is a silver-grey bush 

 with pale lavender flowers. This grows tremendously, but the spikes 

 last well in water, and may be cut by the dozen in summer time 

 should you want to reduce your plant. 



Teucrium is a native of Spain, and though hardy and cultivated 

 in this country for two hundred years, has never won the popularity 

 that it deserves. I understand that Teucer, King of Troy, first 

 used this species medicinally. Let us hope it did him good. 



Thea viridis grows with me in a snug half shady corner, but I 

 have not had it long, and this little camellia has yet to open its white 

 blossoms here. 



Thunbergia coccinea, from India, is a great climber for the stove, 

 where given space it makes a fine spectacle with scarlet or orange 

 coloured blossoms in Spring. T. mysorensis is another strong 

 climber, and a rampant grower when prosperous. There are many 

 more restrained shrubby varieties of Thunbergia , but I think all 

 need the stove. 



