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430 THE NURSERKikiANUAL
Thea (Tea). Tenzstrramiacece or Theace@.
Propagation as for camellia, which see. As grown in the southern
1Tnited States, the tea plant of commerce is raised from seeds
sown in late winter or early spring in nursery rows, the plants being
transferred to the plantation when a foot, or more high.
Thelesperma. co 111 yositce.
One flower-garden annual is commonly grown, as Cosmi&um
Burridgcawm, supposed to be a hybrid of T. trlfidum and a coreopsis
: readily raised from seeds sown directly in the open or indoors
and transplanted.
Theobroma (Chocolate-Tree) . Stercusl~iaceaz.
Chiefly important as including T. Cacao, the source of cocoa and
c~hc~ol;~te ; propagated by seeds sown before being dried.
Thespesia. Mahace~.
Grown from the seeds.
Thevetia. A porynaceiz?.
Propagated by seed, or in the greenhouse by cuttings.
foliu is the “ yellow oleander” of Florida.
Thrinax. Pal 111 acrLp.
Propagation by seeds in heat. See Palms, page 377.
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Thuja, including Biota (Arbor-Vits. White Cedar, erroneously).
Pi’nacecP.
Propagated by seeds, which should be gathered as soon as ripe (in
the fall) and stratified or sown at once ; shade the seedlings the first
year. Also increased by layers, cuttings of green shoots in summer
in a cool frame and cuttings of ripe wood, as recommended for .
retinospora. The named varieties are often grafted on potted common
stocks in winter or early fall.
Thujopsis. Pha.ctw.
Propagated by seeds, cuttings and grafting, as for thuja.
Thunbergia. Acunthacm.
The flower-garden plant usually treated as an annual (T.
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species, from seeds and by cuttings taken from shoots after the
plant has been cut back in winter, as for allamanda.