Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . atered and kept moist tillthe fibrous roots begin to appear,after which less water should begiven till the slender stem appears,wiien the soil in the pot should bewatered regularly and abundantly ;but no water should ever be pouredon the scaly root. The flowers aredicEcious, and have never yet pro-duced seed in England. The sub-stance of the scaly root is farina-ceous, and it is said to be used bythe Hottentots as food. The planthas never been propagated in Eng-land ; all the plants grown in thiscountry having been received inthe stat
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . atered and kept moist tillthe fibrous roots begin to appear,after which less water should begiven till the slender stem appears,wiien the soil in the pot should bewatered regularly and abundantly ;but no water should ever be pouredon the scaly root. The flowers aredicEcious, and have never yet pro-duced seed in England. The sub-stance of the scaly root is farina-ceous, and it is said to be used bythe Hottentots as food. The planthas never been propagated in Eng-land ; all the plants grown in thiscountry having been received inthe state of dry roots from theCape. Teucrium. — Lahidta. — TheGermander. Hardy, half-hardy,and tender, perennial, biennial, an-nual, and shrubby plants, the smallerkinds of which arc suitable forrockwork. Some of the kinds areshowy border flowers ; and othershandsome greenhouse shrubs, par-ticularly those that are natives ofMadeira. T. Betonicum is perhapsBe of the best of these, as it spikes of fragrant crimsonflowers. All the species require a ,^. Fig. 57.—Protecting half-hardf Trees byTiiatcliiiig. hardy trees and shrubs may be pro-tected from any danger from frostby laying straw over the roots andcollar of the stem, and then thatch-ing it, as shown in fig. 57. The^a-Tei-nstrcPinidcecF.—Ever- light rich soil; and they are propa- green half-hardy shrubs, natives of gated by seeds, cuttings, or divisionof the roots, according to their re-spective kinds. Thali^a.—Cdnncp.— T. dealhdta China, and nearly allied to the Ca-mellia, from which indeed they differonly slightly in the capsule. Theyare only half-hardy in British gar- is an aquatic plant, a native of South j dens. Thta Bohca, indeed, requiresCarolina, with very curious black j protection ever} winter ; but T. and w^hite fragrant flowers. It isabout as hardy as Cdlla ethiopica,and requires the same treatment.—See A^RUM. Thalictrum.—RanuncvlacecB.—Meadow Rue. Perennial plants,natives of Europe and North
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