. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1822 Pie id effort in that directi, .â¢iii« and Machinery," IS s illustrating various fa veniences" and Martin's " Fi lished by the Orange Judd C is Thomas' " Farm Im- and 1809. Useful hand- del i
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1822 Pie id effort in that directi, .â¢iii« and Machinery," IS s illustrating various fa veniences" and Martin's " Fi lished by the Orange Judd C is Thomas' " Farm Im- and 1809. Useful hand- del ices ;ir<' " Farm < !on- i Appliances," both pub- pany. L. II. 2331. Two types of tools lor preparing the surface soi'. The spike-tooth and spring-tooth harrow-. TOOTHACHE TREE. See Xanthoxylum. T00THW0RT. English-made name for Dentaria. TORCH LILY. Kniphofia TORENIA (after Olaf Toren. clergvman; traveled in China 1750-52 and discovered V. dsiatica). Scrophula- ri&cea. About 20 species of annual or perennial herbs. stly low, branching and somewhat decumbent, with simple, opposite, serrate or crenate leaves and tubular, s what2-lipped flowers in terminal or axillarv, few- fld. racemes. The species are mainly from tropical Asia and Africa. Calvs tubular, plicat â 3 Swinged, obliquely 3-5-dentate or 2 lipped al the top; corolla- tube cylindrical, usually much wider above; posterior lip erect, broad, concave, notched or more deeply cut; lower lip large, spreading, with :: nearlj equal lobes; stain, us I. 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 I].. are not large but the plants are floriferous and keep in g I leaf and flowers from spring to frost. T. Fournieri has the best habit for a bedding plant, but it may be bordered with T. flora. The plants are easily raised from seed, but may also be grown from cuttings, which root quickly.
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