. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1822 TOOLS TORREYA tained effort in that direction is Thomas' "Farm Im- pleraeuts and Machinery," 1859 and 1869. Useful hand- books illustrating various farm devices are "Farm Con- veniences " and Martin's "Farm Appliances," both pub- lished by the Orange Judd Company. L. H. 25
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1822 TOOLS TORREYA tained effort in that direction is Thomas' "Farm Im- pleraeuts and Machinery," 1859 and 1869. Useful hand- books illustrating various farm devices are "Farm Con- veniences " and Martin's "Farm Appliances," both pub- lished by the Orange Judd Company. L. H. 2531. Two types of tools for preparing the surface soil. The spike-tooth and spring-tooth harrows. TOOTHACHE TREE. See Xantlioxylum. TOOTHWORT. English-made name for Dentaria. TORCH LILY. KnipJtofia TORllNIA [after Olaf Toren, clergyman; traveled in China 1750-52 and discovered T. Asiufica). Scrophula- ridcece. About 20 species of annual or perennial herbs, mostly low, branching and some^rhat decumbent, with simple, opposite, serrate or crenute leaves and tubular, somewhat 2-lipped flowers in terminal or axillary, few- fld. racemes. The species are mainly from tropical Asia and Africa. Calyx tubular, plicate or 3-5-winged, obliquely 3-5-dentate or 2-lipped at the top; corolla- tube cylindrical, usually much wider above; posterior lip erect, broad, concave, notched or more deeply cut; lower lip large, spreading, with 3 nearly equal lobes; stamens 4, perfect: capsule oblong; seeds numerous, small. Torenias are of easy cultivation and are very useful for window-boxes, low borders or even for large masses. The flowers are not large but the plants are floriferous and keep in good leaf and flowers from spring to frost. T. Fournieri has the best habit for a bedding plant, but it may be bordered with T. flava. The plants are easily raised from seed, but may also be grown from cuttings, which root Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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