An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston.

John Claudius Loudon

Date:: 1825

Credit: An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Synedrella, syngenesia polygamia superflua and corymbiferea?, a S. an. W. Ind. of common cul¬ ture, 1749. Syrian rue, peganum harmala. Syringa, lilac, dian. monog. and oleinea2, H. tr. Persia and China, of easy culture. Syringa, common, — see Philadelphus. Syringe, garden, different sorts of, 1418. T. Tabern. ic., leones plantarum (eadem ac in taber- nasmontani Krauterbuch). Tabernaemontana, pentan. dig. and apocyneze, S. tr. W. and E. Ind. which thrive well in loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand¬ glass. Tacca, hexan. monog. and aroidea?, S. peren. E. Ind. which grow in loam and peat with little water, and are increased by suckers. Tacamahac, popuius balsamifera. Tagetes, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbiferea;, a G. peren. and H. an. S. Amer. of common cul¬ ture. Taille d’ete, summer pruning, 2138. Taking vegetables or crops, — see Gathering. Taliaris, a seat in Caermarthenshire, 7614. Talinum, dodec. monogyn. and portulaceae, S. tr. and bien. W. Ind. and S. Amer. of a succulent nature, which grow in light sandy loam, and cut¬ tings root freely. Tallies, or numbering instruments, different kinds of, 1377. Tallow-tree, stillingia sebifera. Tamarind, — see Tamarindus. Tamarindus, tamarind-tree, monadelph. trian. and leguminoseae, a S. tr. W. Ind. which grows in loam and peat, and cuttings root under a bell- glass in sand. Tamarisk, — see Tamarix. Tamarix, tamarisk, pentan. trig, and portulaceae, a S. tr. E. Ind. and H. tr. Eur. of easy culture, and increased by cuttings. Tamus, black briony, dicec. hexan. and smilaceEe, a G. tr. C. JB. S. and H. peren. Eur. The G. species T. elephantipes, or elephant’s foot, is a curious plant which thrives in light, rich soil, not overwatered when the plant is in a dormant ' state. Sweet recommends “ young cuttings to be taken off at a joint, and planted in pots of sand in bottom heat under a hand-glass.” (Bot. Cult. 262.) The H. sorts are of easy culture. Tamus communis, the common black briony, 4285. Tan, — see Bark for the use of tanners. Tan-y-Bwlch Hall, a seat in Merionethshire, 7612. Tanacetum, tansy, syngen. polyg. super, and corym- biferese, G. tr. C. B. S. and H. peren. and an. Eur. of easy culture in common soil. Tanacetum vulgare, the common tansy, 4187. Tansy, — see Tanacetum. Tarcbonanthus, African fleabane, syngen. polygam. Eequal. and corymbiferea;, a G. tr. C. B. S. of easy culture. Tare, — see Ervum. Tatin, A., his works on gardening, page 1120. A. D. 18—. Tatton Park, Cheshire, 7591. Taurida, gardens of, 259. Tavistock, a seat in Devonshire, 7600. Taxus, yew-tree, dime, monad, and coniferete, a G. tr. China, and H. tr. Brit, the exotic species grow in loam and peat, and roots, not without difficulty, by cuttings, in sand, under a bell-glass ; the com¬ mon yew is increased only by seeds, 7122. Taylor, Adam, his works on gardening, page 1107. A. D. 1769. Taymouth, a seat in Perthshire, 7636. Tea-tree, camellia bohea and C. viridis. Teak-wood, — see Tectona. Teasel, — see Dipsacus. Tectona, teak-wood, pentan. monogyn. and verbe- nacea?, a S. tr. E. Ind. which grows in loam and peat; ripened cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 1 Teedia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineaj, G. bien. C. B.' S. of easy culture. Teesdalia, tetrad, silic. and cruciferea;, a H. an. Brit, of common culture. Telephium, orpine, pentan. trigyn. and portulacens, a H. peren. S. Eur. well adapted for rockwork, _1_•!_ *_3 a G. tr. N. S. W. one of the most beautiful of green-house plants, which grows in equal parts of loam, peat, and sand, well drained, not over¬ watered, and placed in an airy situation ; ripened cuttings, taken off at a joint, just before growth commences, root in sand under a hand-glass, but not plunged in heat. Temple, Sir William, his works on gardening, page 1101. A. D. 1685. Temple Grove, formerly Sheen Grove, near East Sheen, Surrey, the seat of Sir William Temple’s horticultural operations referred to by Evelyn and himself. The house is now a boarding- school, 1666. Templemore, a seat in Tipperary, 7667. Temples, 1808. Templetonia, diadel. decan. and leguminoseaa, a G. tr. N. Holl. which grows in sandy loam and peat, and young cuttings root freely under a bell-glass in sand. Temporary country-residence, 7281. Tenthredinideae, a natural order of insects, compre¬ hending chiefly the Linnasan genus tenthredo, or saw-fly. Tephrosia, diadel. decan. and leguminoseas, S. and G. tr. peren. and bien. C. B. S. Ind. and Amer. which thrive in loam and peat, and are increased by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass. Terebinthinate trees, such as have a resinous, or turpentine odor. Terebrdtion, a mode of grafting, 2038. Teredo pinorum, the noctua pinastri, L. a moth whose caterpillar feeds on the leading shoot of the common pint;, and often leaves that tree without a leader, 7044. and 900. Terminalia, polyg. moncec. and combretace®, S. tr. E. Ind, which grow in sandy loam, and ri¬ pened cuttings, not defoliated, root in sand under a bell-glass. Terraces, 7256. Tessier, A. H., his works on gardening, page 1120. ^ A. D. 1791. Tetragonia, icos. di-pentag. and ficoideae, G. tr. peren. bien. and an. C. B. S. and Austral, some¬ what succulent, which prefer sandy soil, and root readily by cuttings. Tetragonia expansa, New Zealand spinage, 3794. Tetragonotheca, syngen. polyg. super, and corvm- biferese, a H. peren. Virgin, wffiich grows in light, rich soil, and is increased by dividing at the root, or by seed. Tetratheca, octan. monogyn. and tremandreas, a G. tr. N. S. W. a pretty plant, which thrives in loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a bell- glass. Tetseady Park, Cornwall, 7601. Teucrium germander, didyn. gymnos. and labiatese, G. F. and H. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and Amer. of easy culture in almost any soil. Thalia, monan. monog. and cannete, a G. peren. S. Carolin. an aquatic, rather hardy, and in¬ creased by dividing at the root. Thalictrum, meadow-rue, polyan. polyg. and ra- nunculaceae, H. peren. Eur. and N. Amer. some of which are adapted for rockwork, or growing in pots, and all are of easy culture. Thame Park, Oxfordshire, 7558. Thapsia, deadly carrot, pentan. dig. and umbel- lifereae, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. Thelygonum, moncec. polyan. and urticese, a H. an. S. Eur. of easy culture. Thelymitra, gynand. monandr. and orchidea?, a G. peren. N. S. W. which grows in sandy loam and peat, and requires little water when not in a growing state. Theobalds, a seat in Hertfordshire, 7544. Theobroma, chocolate-nut, polyad. decan. and mal- vaceae, S. tr. S. Amer. which grows in light, rich soil, and cuttings root in sand under a hand¬ glass. Thermometer, different sorts of, for gardens, 1488, 1489, and 1490. Thermopsis, decan. monog. and leguminose®, a H. peren. Siberia, a pretty plant, rather difficult of culture; it grows best in light loam, and is in¬ creased by seed. Thesium, bastard toad-flax, pentan. monog. and santalacea?, a G. tr. and H. peren. Eur. Amer. and C. B. S. of which the H. species grow best in chalky soil, and are increased by seeds, and the G. tr. is of common culture in light loam. rjll,_ 'T'l-A- U’ _1._ .j_•_ _ ...

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