A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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T E S 584 THE
Whately justly observes, in connection
with these structures, that,
"Choice arrangement, composition,
improvement, and preservation, are so
many symptoms of art whicli may occasionally
appear in several parts of a
garden, but ought to be displayed without
reserve near the house; nothing
there should seem neglected ; it is a
scene of the most cultivated nature ; it
ought to be enriched—it ought to be
adorned ; and design may be avowed
in the plan, and expense in the execution."
Mr. Loudon is more practical on this
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 Uttoralis. Stove
evergreen creeper. Division. Sandy
loam.
TETRAPELTIS fragrans. Stove
orchid. Division. Peat and potsherds.
TETRAPTERIS. Two species.
Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat
and loam.
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subject, and observes,
TETRATHECA. Seven species.
" The breadth of terraces, and their Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young
height relatively to the level of the floor cuttings.
of the living-rooms, must depend jointly
on the height of the floor of the living-
Loam, peat, and sand.
rooms and the surface of the grounds
or country to be seen over them. Too
broad or too high a terrace will both
have the effect of foreshortening a lawn
with a declining surface, or concealing
a near valley. The safest mode,
in doubtful cases, is not to form this
appendage till after the principal floor
is laid, and then to determine the details
of the terrace by trial and correc-
tion.
" Narrow terraces are entirely occupied
as promenades, and may be either
gravelled or paved ; and different levels,
when they exist, connected by inclined
planes or flights of steps. Where
the breadth is more than is requisite for
TETTIGONI A spumar/a. Froth Fly,
or Cuckoo Spit. The frothy patches
seen in April and May upon the young
shoots of hawthorn, lilac, peach, &c.,
are formed by this insect. As the froth
is formed from the sap of the plant,
the insect is by so much injurious to it.
The froth protects the insect from the
sun, from night colds, and from parasitic
insects ; but it betrays the insect to the
gardener, whose hand is the best remedy.
TEUCRIUM. Forty-seven species.
Hardy, half-hardy, and green-house
evergreen shrubs and herbaceous perennials;
some hardy annuals, and T.
cubense a stove biennial. The herbaceous
perennials increase by division
and seeds; the shrubby kinds by young,
cuttings; the annuals and biennials by
walks, the borders may be kept in turf,
with groups or marginal strips of flowers seeds. j
and low shrubs. In some cases the
terrace-walls may be so extended as to
Common soil suits them all.
enclose ground sufficient for a level
plot to be used as a bowling green.
These are generally connected with one
of the living-rooms, or ihe conservatory;
and to the latter is frequently joined an
aviary, and the entire range of botanic
stoves." Enc. Gard.
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 helianthoides.
Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division
or seeds. Rich light soil.
THALIA dealbata, a half-hardy aquatic
perennial, and T.geniculata, a stove
herbaceous perennial. Division. Light
rich soil.
THALICTRUM. Fifty-six species.
Hardy herbaceous perennials : a few
are twiners. Division. Light soil.
THAPSIA. Seven species. Hardy
herbaceous perennials. Seeds. Common
soil.
THAPSIUM. Two species. Hardy
herbaceous perennials. Division or
seeds. Common soil.
THEA. Tea. Three species. Greenhouse
evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy
loam and peat.
THEOPHRASTA Jussieui. Stove
evergreen tree. Cuttings, with the
leaves left entire.
THERMOMETER. This instrument
is the only unfailing guide for the gar-