Syzygium

Three species. Stove evergreen trees or shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Tabernaemontana

Fifteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs and trees. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Tacca

Six species. Stove bulbous perennials. Division. Loam, peat, and sand.

Tachia

Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat, sand, and loam.

Tachigalia

Tachigalia bijuga. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Light loam.

Tacsonia

Two species. Stove evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Taerritis

Three species. Ferns. Stove evergreen creepers. Division or seeds. Sandy loam and peat.

Tagetes

Fifteen species. Hardy annuals, except T.florida and T.lucida, the first a half-hardy, the second a green-house herbaceous perennial. The annuals increase by seed, the others by cuttings or division. Light rich soil.

Talauma

Three species. Stove. evergreen shrubs. Layers or inarching on Magnolia obovata, and ripe cuttings with the leaves on will root, but not easily. Loam, peat, and sand.

Taliera

Taliera bengalensis. Palm. Seeds. Turfy loam and sand.

Talirium

Seven species. Stove and green-house evergreen shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand. T. reflexum, a stove biennial, increases by seeds.

Talisia

Talisia guianensis. Stove evergreen shrub. Large cuttings with the leaves on. Turfy loam and peat.

Tallies

See Labels.

Tamarindus

Tamarind. Two species. Stove evergreen trees. Seeds and cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Tamarix

Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs or trees, except T. gallica, which is a hardy deciduous shrub. Cuttings. Any soil suits them.

Manna is produced from a variety of T. gallicia.

Tamonea

Two species. Stove biennials. Seeds. Sandy soil.

Tax

See Bark.

Tanacetum

Tansy. Nine species. Hardy or green-house herbaceous perennials. The hardy kinds increase by division, the green-house by cuttings. Light rich soil. T. globu-liferum a hardy annual. Seeds. Common soil.

Tangier Pea

Lathyrus tingi-tanus.

Tank System

See Stove, Hot Water, and Rendle.

Tarchonanthus

Two species.

Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich soil.

Tasmannia

Tasmannia aromatica. Greenhouse shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Taverniera

Two species. Greenhouse evergreens; one a trailer, the other a shrub. Seeds. Sandy loam.

Taxodium

Taxodium capense. Green-house evergreen shrub; and T. distichum (Deciduous Cypress), and its varieties, hardy deciduous trees. Seeds, layers, or cuttings with the leaves on, placed in water. Rich moist soil.

Taxus

Yew Tree. Five species. Evergreen shrubs and trees, all hardy except T. nucifera, which belongs to the green-house. They increase chiefly by seeds, but may also increase by cuttings. Moist soil. See Coniferoe.

Tea-Tree

Thea.

Tecoma

Fifteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs and trees. Greenhouse, hardy, and half-hardy evergreen and deciduous climbers. Cuttings and layers. Peat and loam, or common soil, and a warm situation.