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on a wooden frame, should be substi- 

 tuted. When the plants have done 

 flowering, the leaves should be suf- 

 fered to remain on till they turn 

 brown, in order that they may assist 

 in perfecting the new bulb, which is 

 formed every year in lieu of the old 

 one, which gradually wastes away. 

 When the leaves are withered, the 

 bulbs are taken up and laid on shelves 

 to dry ; after which the leaves, if any 

 remain on, are removed, and the fi- 

 brous roots, which will have withered 

 up, are rubbed off and the bulbs are 

 put into a box, divided into compart- 

 ments, so as to keep the named 

 sorts apart till the season for replant- 

 ing, which is the last week in October 

 or the first in November. A fresh 

 bed should be made for Tulips every 

 year, or the soil of the old bed should 

 be changed ; as the exudations from 

 Tulips poison the ground for other 

 plants of the same kind, though they 

 are suitable for other crops. The usual 

 rotation in Holland is, Tulips, Poly- 

 anthus-narcissus, Crocuses, and Hya- 

 cinths. Mr. Groom, of Walworth, is 

 the principal Tulip-grower in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; and he 

 has an exhibition of them every year 

 in May. 



Tulip-tree. — See Liriodendron. 



Tuna. — One of the kinds of 

 Prickly Pear or Indian Fig. — See 

 Opuntia. 



Tupa. — Lobeliaceoe. — The new 



name for the large upright-growing 

 kinds of Lobelia, with scarlet flowers. 



Tupelo-tree. — Nyssa sylvatica. 



Turmeric . — Curcuma. — Sci tamu 

 neous plants with very showy flowers, 

 natives of the East Indies, which re- 

 quire a stove in England. They 

 should be grown in light rich earth, 

 and they are propagated by offsets. 



Turne v ra. — Turneriacece. — Stove 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants with 

 yellow flowers, some of which bear 

 a slight resemblance to those of the 

 Thunbergia. They should be grown 

 in light rich soil, and they are propa- 

 gated by cuttings, or by seeds, which 

 they ripen freely. 



Turpentine-tree. — Pistacia te- 

 rebinthus. — It must be observed, 

 however, that common Turpentine is 

 procured from the different trees of 

 the Pine and Fir tribe. 



Tussilago. — Composites. — The 

 Coltsfoot or Butter bur. Some of the 

 species are pretty and worth cultivat- 

 ing, particularly T. fragrans. They 

 will all grow in a garden soil ; and are 

 very troublesome to keep in bounds 

 from the immense number of suckers 

 that they send up from their roots. 



Tutsan. — See Andros-emum and 

 Hypericum. 



Typha. — Typhinece. — Catstail 

 Rush. Aquatic plants, suitable for 

 growing on the borders of ponds, and 

 made pieces of water, to hide the 

 boundary. 



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Ulex. — Leguminosce. — The 

 Furze. An erect evergreen shrub 

 with yellow flowers, which are pro- 

 duced nearly all the year. The 

 donble-blossomed Furze is very hand- 

 some, and makes a beautiful hedge. 

 When it is employed for this purpose, 

 a bank of earth should be raised three 

 or four feet high, and wider at the 

 bottom than at the top, and the cut- 



tings should be planted in a drill 

 along the ridge. The soil should be 

 somewhat sandy, and if there be 

 plenty of room the plants should be 

 left to nature to hang down loosely 

 over the bank, and they should never 

 be pruned except to cut out the dead 

 wood. U. nana grows generally on 

 very poor gravelly soils, and seldom 

 exceeds two feet in height ; while U. 



