TORE'NIA SCA'BRA. 
ROUGH-LEAVED TORENIA. 
Class. 
DIDVNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMI A. 
Natural Order. 
scrophdlariacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N Holland 
15 inches. 
September. 
Perennial. 
in 1830. 
No. 1014. 
The name, Torenia, was adopted bj Linneus, 
in honour of one of his countrymen, Olof Toren, a 
Swedish clergyman. 
English cultivators are indebted to Mr. Fraser 
for the introduction to England of this ornamen- 
tal plant. Seeds of it having been first forwarded 
by this gentleman to the Edinburgh Botanic Gar- 
den, where it was propagated, and has since been 
distributed to other establishments. It forms a 
veiy ornamental plant for the borders, amongst 
Pentstemons, Salvias, Phloxes of its own stature, 
and similar showy subjects that flower late in the 
summer. 
Although this Torenia may be considered a short- 
lived perennial, it is far best, in cultivation, to 
regard it either as biennial or annual. In the lat- 
ter case it should be sown early in the spring, in a 
hotbed, so as to obtain strong plants in pots, to 
turn into the borders early in May, where they 
will flower in August and September. If kept 
through the winter, the plants should have the 
protection of a cold frame ; or dwelling-house, 
secure from frost. 
