Teedia

Two species. Greenhouse biennials. Cuttings or seeds. Light rich soil.

Teesdalia

Two species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Telekia

Telekia speciosa. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Common soil.

Tellima

Tellima grandiflora. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Peaty soil.

Telopea

Telopea speciosissima. Warratah. Green-house evergreen tree. Layers and also cuttings. Sandy loam and heath mould.

Temperature

Temperature is the most important circumstance connected with the cultivation of plants; for upon its proper regulation and just accommodation to the intensity of light depend, in the chief degree, whether a plant is healthy and capable of performing its functions. Every seed has its appropriate temperature for germinating (see Germination); every root has a temperature in which it imbibes food most favourably (see Bottom-heat); and every leaf has a temperature in which it respires most vigorously (see Leaves and Sight Temperature).

Temples

Temples dedicated to some deity of the heathen mythology, as to Pan in a grove, or to Flora among bright sunny parterres, are not inappropriate, if the extent of the grounds and the expenditure on their management allow them to be of that size, and of that correctness of style, which can alone give the classic air and dignity which are their only sources of pleasure.

Templetonia

Two species.

Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Tephrosia

Twenty-eight species. Stove and green-house evergreen shrubs, and a few herbaceous perennials of the latter species. T. virgini-ana is half hardy. Seeds or young cuttings. Loam and peat.

Teramnus

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

Terebration

Terebration, or peg-grafting, is an obsolete mode, in which a hole was bored in the stock, and the scion was cut in a peg form to fit its See Grafting.

Terminalia

Fifteen species. Stove evergreen trees and shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Loam aud peat. From T. catappa the Indian ink is obtained.

Ternstromia

Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.

Testudinaria

Two species. Green-house deciduous climbers. Imported roots. Turfy loam and peat.

Tetracera

Four species. Stove evergreen climbers. Ripe cuttings. Turfy loam and peat.

Tetragonolobus

Hardy trailing annuals or deciduous trailers. Seeds. Common soil.

Tetragonotheca

Tetragonotheca helianthoides. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division or seeds. Rich light soil.

Tetramena

Tetramena mexicanianum. Green-house shrub. Cuttings and seed. Light rich loam.

Tetranthera

Eight species. Stove and green-house evergreen trees and shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Turfy loam, peat, and sand.

Tetranthus

Tetranthus littoralis. Stove evergreen creeper. Division. Sandy loam.

Tetrapeltis

Tetrapeltis fragrans. Stove orchid. Division. Peat and potsherds.

Tetrapteris

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and loam.