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TALLIES. 



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Tabern.*: Montana. — Apocynece. 

 — Trees and shrubs from the East 

 and West Indies, which require a 

 stove in England. They have gene- 

 rally white fragrant flowers, resem- 

 bling those of the common Jasmine,hut 

 are many times larger. They should 

 be grown in loam and peat ; and they 

 are propagated by cuttings which re- 

 quire a moist heat to make them 

 strike. 



Tacamahac. — The Indian name for 

 the Balsam Poplar ; a species that 

 should be cultivated in ornamental 

 plantations for the beautiful yellowish 

 green of its leaves, which appear very 

 early in spring. 



Tacsonia. — Passifloracece. — 

 Climbing plants, nearly allied to the 

 Passion Flower, with pinkish flowers 

 and golden, ball-like fruit. They are 

 generally kept in a stove, but they 

 will both grow and flower freely in 

 greenhouse -heat. They should be 

 grown in sandy loam and peat, and 

 they are propagated by cuttings. 



Tagetes. — Composites. — The 

 French and African Marigolds. Well- 

 known half-hardy annuals with showy 

 flowers that have a very disagreeable 

 smell. The seeds are generally sown 

 on a slight hot-bed, and transplanted 

 in May. 



Talauma. — Magnoliacece. — Low 

 trees and shrubs from Java and other 

 parts of the East Indies, with very 

 fragrant white flowers, nearly allied 

 to the Magnolias. The plants should 

 be grown in loam and peat if kept in 

 the stove, and they may be propa- 

 gated by layers and cuttings ; but by 

 inarching them on Magnolia purpu- 

 rea, they may be brought to flower 

 in a conservatory or greenhouse. 



Talindm. — Portulacece. — Succu- 

 lent plants, shrubby and perennial, 

 mostly natives of the West Indies, 



and with dark red or purple flowers. 

 They should be grown in sandy peat 

 with a little loam, and they require 

 but little water. They are propagated 

 by cuttings. 



Tallies for plants — are of various 

 kinds, according as the plant is large 

 or small, grown in the open air or 

 under glass, and according as the ob- 

 ject is of a permanent or temporary 

 nature. Tallies for trees, as in the 

 case of an Arboretum, which is to 

 endure for many years, are formed of 

 iron, stone, or brick ; those for 

 herbaceous plants, of iron or wood; 

 and those for plants, in pots kept in 

 houses, of porcelain, wood, lead, zinc, 

 and sometimes, though rarely, of iron. 

 Tallies for plants kept in nurseries in 

 pots, are commonly of wood, on which 

 a little white paint is rubbed with the 

 finger, and the name written with a 

 black-lead pencil ; those for plants 

 taken up and packed to be sent to a 

 distance, are commonly of parch- 

 ment, with the name written in ink ; 

 but nursery labels are formed of 

 wood and tied to trees, or of pieces of 

 lead stamped with numbers. The 

 object in every case connected with 

 the nursery business is simply to 

 identify the species or variety ; but in 

 the case of private gardens, it is not 

 only to do this, but to produce an 

 object that shall not be unsightly in a 

 garden. For this latter purpose, 

 porcelain tallies (fig. 33), which are 



FIG. 33. 



PORCELAIN TALLY FOR POTS. 



