440 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



—as T. Fournieri from Cochin China, 1876, and T. flava from India, 

 1878. 



Pj^ . ToREXiA ASIATIC A (Asiatic). Stem branched, branches 



prostrate, forming a loose tuft. Leaves heart-shaped or 

 oval-lance-shaped. Flowers blue, the lateral lobes very dark violet; 

 calyx scarcely winged ; June. Annual. 



T. FLAVA (yellow). Stems erect or prostrate, 6 to 10 inches high. 

 Leaves oval or oblong-oval. Flowers yellow with purple centre ; June 

 to September. Annual. Also known as T. Bailloni. 



T. Fournieri (Fournier's). Stem erect, much branched from the 

 base, 4 to 8 inches high. Leaves oval or heart-shaped, saw-toothed. 

 Flowers bright violet, the tube pale, the lower lobes dark, upper lip pale 

 lilac, lower lip with a golden blotch in the centre ; calyx with five broad 

 wings ; June to September. Annual. Plate 213. 

 Cultivation Where there is a hothouse there should be no difficulty 



in growing Tiyrenlas. The first two of the species described 

 are suitable, from their habit, for growing in hanging baskets as well as 

 for pots. T. Fournieri is one of our finest flowering plants, and is of 

 more erect habit. Each of these three may be raised from seed, sown 

 about March and placed in heat. As soon as the seedlings may be 

 handled safely they must be transplanted in their permanent quarters, 

 with no preliminary shifts. When the plants are well-developed they 

 may be used, if thought desirable, for further propagation by making 

 cuttings of the shoots and striking them under a hand-glass in the house, 

 or in a close warm frame. A suitable compost for the growth of 

 Torenias may be obtained by mixing equal portions of loam and leaf- 

 mould, to which a little sand should be added. They will, however, thrive 

 in any garden soil. They are useful as an edging to beds in large tropical 



Description of A branch of Torenia Foamkri, the flowers and leaves 



Plate 213. about one-third less than the natural size. Fig. 1 is a 



section of the flower; 2, the seeds, natural size and enlar<)-od : 3 a seedling-. 



FOXGLOVES 



A genus of tall biennial or perennial herbs, of 

 species have been described. The radical leaves j 



