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16 TRUMPET FLOWER 5 to 11 ovate, toothed, pointed leaflets ; flowers in midsummer or later are in the corolla is tubular-funne -shaped, . long, with five somewhat irregular Trumpet Flower (Tecoma radicans). lobes, within which the four stamens are in- cluded ; the fruit is a two-celled pod, contain- ing numerous winged seeds. This, which is often called trumpet creeper, is found from Pennsylvania and Illinois southward, and very common in cultivation, it being vigorous and perfectly hardy, soon covering a large space, and reaching to the height of 60 ft. ; it blooms in July and August, when flowers are scarce, and the abundance of its orange and scarlet bloom makes it very showy. _ It is a useful vine to drape a tree that is not in itself pleasing, and to cover the sides of brick or stone buildings; its faults are a tendency to become naked below, which may be remedied by cutting back, and an abundant production of suckers ; it should not be planted near bor- ders, as its roots extend a long distance. Big- nonia capreolata is a closely related climber, with a* more southern range ; its leaves consist of but two leaflets and a terminal tendril ; its flowers, similar to those of the preceding, are orange ; this is known in the southern states as cross-vine, as the wood cut transversely shows a cross. The great-flowered trumpet flower (tecoma grandiflora), from China and Japan, in its garden varieties, is a very showy climber ; it does not reach very high, and has narrower leaflets than our native species and much larger flowers, which are bell-shaped anc 3 in. across ; in some varieties they are very dark-colored ; it is scarcely hardy north of New York city. Some species are cultivated in greenhouses, the most frequent being T. Ca pensis, with curved orange flowers, and T. jas minoides, from Australia, with bright green leaves, and white flowers which are purplisl TRUSS on the throat. The related Bignonia, venutta, from Brazil, with crimson flowers, is a gorgeous c imber for'a warm greenhouse A very neat non-climbing shrub is tecoma stan* of sout era Florida and northern Mexico; it is about 4 ft high, with large clusters of lemon-yellow flowers; it is hardy at Washington. TROK FISH, the name of the plectognf fishes of the genus ostracion (Linn.), derived from the bony case in which their soft par are enclosed ; they are also called coffer fishes The head is prolonged into a snout, at the end of which is the mouth, with fleshy lips, and armed with a series of distinct teeth, lu or in each jaw, received into sockets, somewhs like the human incisors ; body covered by bony plates, large, quadrangular or hexagonal, en- casing the animal in an inflexible bony armor ; tail enclosed in a bony tube, this and the pec- toral fins being the only movable parts ; oven the vertebra are usually immovable ; eyes large and prominent; dorsal single, far back, small, and entirely soft ; pelvic bones and ventrals absent; body three- or four-sided, with linear branchial openings, bordered by a fleshy edge within which are the gill covers. Ihey have very little flesh, and some are believed to be poisonous; the stomach is membranous and very large; the livor is also large, often yield ing a considerable quantity of oil ; some are armed with spines on the head and body ; they are generally small, and found in the tropics. There are a few species on the coast of the United States, arranged by Do Kay in his genus lactophrys, having a triangular body, with strong spines, directed backward, in front < the anal fin, and the orbits usually spmous. Yale's trunk fish (0. [L.] Yalei, Storer), on Tale's Trunk Fish (Ostracion Talel). the coast of Massachusetts and New York, is 14 in. long, with two abdominal spines. There are also species in the East Indies. Till KO, the capital of Colchester co., Nova Scotia, at the head of Cobequid bay, and on the Intercolonial railway at the junction of the Pictou branch, 07 m. by rail N. N. E. of Hali- fax; pop. in 1871, 8,998. It is one of the handsomest places in the province, and con- tains, besides the county buildings, several churches, a branch bank, and the provincial normal and model schools. There are manu- factories of engines, iron castings, axles, ma- chinery, boots and shoes, lasts and pegs, hats, leather, wooden ware, and woollens. TRUSS, a contrivance for preventing the r appearance of a hernial tumor after its reduc- tion. The general form of the truss is a flat