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TEUCRIUM. 



Tect6na. — Verbenacecs. — The 

 Teak-wood. T. grdndis is a timber- 

 tree in the East Indies, and almost 

 the only tree in that country fit for 

 ship-building. In England, however, 

 it is a stove-plant, which requires a 

 strong heat to make it grow. It 

 should be grown in loam and peat, 

 and it is propagated by cuttings. The 

 flowers are white. 



Telo v pea. — Proteacece. — The 

 Warratah. The brilliant scarlet 

 flowers of this plant, which are con- 

 spicuous even at a great distance, are 

 said to have been one cause why the 

 coast of New South Wales was dis- 

 tinguished by its first visitors as 

 Botany Bay, in allusion to the great 

 accession to botany likely to be de- 

 rived from a country where the plants 

 appeared so different to those of Eu- 

 rope. The flower of the Warratah 

 may be compared to a gigantic head of 

 clover of the most intense and bril- 

 liant scarlet ; but it is not common in 

 England, probably because it is a very 

 difficult plant to manage. The first 

 point to be attended to is to have the 

 pot in which it is grown thoroughly 

 well drained ; and the next to allow 

 it abundance of light and air. It is 

 generally kept in a stove in England ; 

 but it succeeds better in a greenhouse, 

 at least during the summer months ; 

 as it is very apt to become covered 

 with insects if it is kept all the year 

 in a hothouse. It is propagated by 

 cuttings or suckers, which it throws up 

 in abundance ; and it should be grown 

 in heath mould, mixed with white 

 sand and a little loam. It should be 

 regularly watered in the flowering 

 season ; but it may be kept almost 

 dry during the winter months. 



Templetonia. — Leguminoscs. — 

 Australian shrubs, with red pea 

 flowers, which require a greenhouse 

 in England, and which should be 

 grown in sandy peat. 



Tenoria. — Umbelliferce. — The 



shrubby species of Hare's Ear. — See 

 Bupleurum. 



Tenthre n do. — See Sawfly. 



Testudinaria. — Dioscorecs. — 

 Elephanfs-foot, or Hottentot Bread. 

 A very singular plant, with an enor- 

 mous scaly root above ground, from 

 which issues a slender stem, with 

 small flowers. The plant is a native 

 of the Cape, from which country roots 

 are frequently received. It should 

 have a season of complete repose, 

 without any water being given to it 

 when it is not in a growing state ; 

 and it should be grown in a mixture 

 of equal parts of turfy loam, peat, and 

 sand ; the large, scaly root being 

 placed on the surface of the soil, and 

 not buried in it. The earth in the 

 pot should be then watered and kept 

 moist till the fibrous roots begin to 

 appear, after which less water should 

 be given till the slender stem appears, 

 when the soil in the pot should be 

 watered regularly and abundantly ; 

 but no water should ever be poured 

 on the scaly root. The flowers are 

 dioecious, and have never yet produced 

 seed in England. The substance of 

 the scaly root is farinaceous, and it is 

 said to be used by the Hottentots as 

 food. The plant has never been pro- 

 pagated in England ; all the plants 

 grown in this country having been 

 received in the state of dry roots from 

 the Cape. 



Teucrium. — Labiates. — The Ger- 

 mander. Hardy, half-hardy, and ten- 

 der perennial, biennial, annual, and 

 shrubby plants, the smaller kinds of 

 which are suitable for rock work. 

 Some of the kinds are showy border- 

 flowers ; and others handsome green- 

 house shrubs, particularly those that 

 are natives of Madeira. T. Betonicum 

 is perhaps one of the best of these, as 

 it has loose spikes of fragrant crimson 

 flowers. All the species require a 

 light rich soil ; and they are propa- 

 gated by seeds, cuttings, or division of 



