Torenia 



( 398 ) 



Tovomita 



TORENIA. 



Stove herbs (ord. Scrophularine;e) of great 

 beauty, especially those suitable for growing in 

 hanging baskets, such as flava, asiatica, concolor, 

 and Fournieri, the first-named being the most 

 suitable for this purpose, as it is pendulous. Prop- 

 agation, by seeds and by cuttings, in sand under a 

 bell-glass. Soil, equal parts fibrous loam and peat, 

 with sand. A little dried cow manure may be 

 added at the final shift. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 

 asiatica, 1' to IV, Je., gold, throat yel. and 



pur. blk. ((/. Bailloni). 



concolor, 1' to 1}', Jy., Fournieri, 8" to 12", sum. , 



pur. (yn. rubens of pale bl., blk., pur. , yel. 



gardens). (see p. 397). 



flava, 8" to 2', sum., compacta, dwarfer and 

 more compact. 



Other Species and Varieties : 

 asiatica hirsuta, Je., wh. yel., pur. (xyn. eden- 



(*//. hirsuta). tula), 



cord'ifolia, 6" to 8", sum., exappendiculata, wh., 



lil. deep bl. 



Forclii, pale straw, pur. rubens (of gardens, see 



blotches. concolor). 



peduucularis, 6" to 10", 



TORREYA (xyns. CARYOTAXTJS and 



FCETATAXUS). 



Hardy evergreen trees (ord. Conifers?), charac- 

 terised by the very strong and unpleasant odour 

 which the leaves and branches exhale when 

 bruised. Propagation is by seeds, sown in spring-. 

 The fruits are gathered when ripe, and stratified in 

 sand like those of the Hawthorn. Cuttings may be 

 easily rooted in sandy soil under a hand-light in 

 August, and layering is not infrequently practised. 

 Almost any soil will do. 



Principal Species : 



[NOTE. The synonymy is that of the Ken; Hand- 

 List.} 



califoniica, 20' to 40', Ivs. nucifera, 20' to 30', Ivs. 



pale yel., gni., fruits leathery, sharp pointed, 



nearly round (tyn. fruits oval. 



Myristica). Californiau taxifolia, 40' to 50', Ivs. 



Nutmeg. sharp pointed, grey 



grandis, 60' to 80', Ivs. beneath, lined red, 



light grn. above, lined branches horizontal, 



greyish wh. beneath, fniits as large as a 



fruits grn. (//. Ceph- Walnut, oval. Stinking 



nlotaxus umbraculi- Cedar. 



fera). 



TORRUBIA. 



This genus of Fungi, which belongs to the 

 group Pyrenomycetes, is remarkable for its mass of 

 clubbed, fleshy mycelium (stroma), which bears the 

 flask shaped perithecia and their enclosed asci. 

 The members are parasitic upon insects and 

 spiders, and a few attack other Fungi. The name 

 Torrubia is the common one, but Cordyceps, given 

 by Elias Fries, a Swedish mycologist, takes 

 precedence. Formerly a stage of the Fungus in 

 which no asci were discoverable was referred to 

 Hymenomycetes under the name of Isaria, and 

 this name is still kept up to some extent because of 

 the uncertainty that exists as to the true affinities 

 of some species. It is by no means certain that all 



Ton-It Lily (see KmpTiofia). 

 Torrli Tliistlf (s,'C G-rnix). 

 Torinyn Crab (Pi/rut Toringo). 

 Tormcntil (sec Potentilla). 



the forms referred to Isaria belong of right to 

 Cordyceps (Torrubia). Entomorrhiza and militaris 

 are parasitic upon a number of insects or their 

 larvie or pupae in this country, and must therefore 

 be classed as friends of the gardener. No species 

 of Cordyceps has, so far, been found to be 

 injurious. The Vegetable Caterpillar of New 

 Zealand, which is usually found growing out of 

 the body of the Ghost Swift or Otter Moth, is the 

 Huegelii of Corda and the Robertsii of Berkeley. 

 The former name has the priority. 



TORTRIX. 



The typical genus of the group Tortricina (ord. 

 Lepidoptera), popularly known as Tortrices or Bell 

 Moths. The old genus Tortrix has been broken up 

 into several genera, so that the greater number of 

 the more destructive species now appear under 

 different headings. The most destructive species 

 is viridana, which often defoliates Oak and Horn- 

 beam trees. Ribeana feeds on many trees and 

 shrubs. Corylana feeds on the Hazel and Dog- 

 wood. The Rose Tortrix is now Lozoticnia rosana ; 

 Tortrix or Pcedisca angustiorana (the Grape Moth) 

 is properly Ditula angustiorana ; Tortrix nigricana 

 (Red Grub of Plum) is Carpocapsa funebrana ; 

 Tortrix woeberana (the Plum Tree Tortrix) is 

 Semasia wreberana ; Tortrix pomonana (the Codlin 

 Moth) is Carpocapsa pomonella ; and the several 

 species of Pine Tree Moths or Tortrices are now 

 classed under Retinia. For remedies seethe various 

 plants named. 



TOURNEFORTIA. 



Stove and greenhouse shrubs (ord. Boragineae), 

 similar to Heliotropium. Propagation, by cuttings 

 in a close case. Soil, fibrous loam and one-fourth 

 of leaf soil, with plenty of sand. Several species 

 may be bedded out in summer in the same way as 

 Heliotropes. 



Principal Species : 

 cordifolia, sum., grh. or lirvigata, H' to 2', Jy., 



hlf-hdy., wh., Ivs. 9" lil. 



to 16" long. scandens, 10', Jy., green- 



heliotropioides, 2", My., ish yel. 



lil. (now Heliotropium 



auchusaefolium). 



Other Species : 

 fruticosa, 4', Je., yel. laurifolia, 12', Jy., yel. 



TOURRETIA (.syn. DOMBETA of. 

 L'HERITIEB). 



A hardy, climbing herb (ord. Bignoniacea?) allied 

 to Eccremocarpus. Propagation, by seeds in 

 March in a stove temperature, transplanting the 

 seedlings at an early stage. Plant in a sheltered 

 spot against a wall in June, after hardening off. 

 Any light garden soil. 



Only Species : 



la.ppacea (we volubilis). volubilis, 6', Jy. , vio. pur. 



scaber (ner Eccremocarpus 



scaber). 



TOVOMITA (*//. BEAUHAKXOISIA, 



MARIALVA, and MICRANTHERA). 

 Stove trees and shrubs (ord. Guttiferse), valued 

 chiefly for their leathery, feather-nerved leaves. 



Tortoise Plant (.v 

 TortoisesTiell Jiiitfi-rfli/ (net- 

 Tatar a Pine (Podocdrpiu Totara). 

 Tiiiich-mc-nat (see Inipatiem). 

 Toraria (see Smilacina). 



