free from disagreeables, to be a source of
pleasure.
AXIL. This term, meaning literally
the arm-pit, is used by botanists to indi-
cate the point of the angle between a
leaf and a branch, or between a branch
and the stem.
AYE'NIA. (Named after the Duke a"
Ay en. Nat. ord., Byttneriads [Byttne-
riaceae], formerly among Sterculiads.
Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Monogynia). Stove
plants; cuttings in sand; rich soil; com-
mon stove treatmant.
A. Iceviga'ta (smooth). 2. Scarlet. Jamaica.
Evergreen undershrub.
pusi'lla (small). 1. Purple. August.
Jamaica. 1756. Biennial.
AZA' LEA. (From azaleos, dry ; in re-
ference to the habitation of the plant.
Nat. Ord., Heathworts [Ericaceae]. Linn.,
5-Pentandria \-monogynia). It was said
that the Pontic honey which stupified
the Greek soldiers was collected from
Rhododendron ponticum ; but Pallas be-
lieves it to have been gathered from
Azalea pontica. All the greenhouse spe-
cies are evergreen, except A. squamata ;
and all the hardy species are deciduous.
The hardy species, by layers made in
summer and autumn, and doing best in
sandy peat, though many will thrive
well in peat and loam ; the Indian species
and varieties are propagated by seed, and
cuttings of stiff", but not over hard shoots,
inserted in sand, under a bell-glass ;
sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75,
if required to bloom early ; winter, 45
to 55. A lower temperature will suit,
if late bloom is wanted.
HARDY.
A. arborefscens (tree-like). 10. Red. June.
North America. 1818.
bi' color (two-coloured). 4. Scarlet. June.
North America. 1734.
canefscens ( hoary). 3. Red. June. North
America. 1812.
calendula' cea (marigold-like). 4. Orange.
June. North America. 1806.
chry sole' eta (fine golden). 4.
Yellow. June. North America.
cro'cea (saffron-coloured). 4.
Saffron. June. North America.
citprea, (copper-coloured). 4.
Copper. June. North America.
A. calendula! 'cea fla'mmea (flame-coloured). 4.
Red. June. North America. 1812.
grandijio'ra (large-flowered).
4. Orange. June. North America.
igne'scens (fire -coloured). 1.
Red. June. North America.
splefndens (shining). 4. Orange.
June. North America.
triit 'mphans (triumphant). 4.
Orange. June. North America.
glau'ca (dwarf glaucous). 2. White. June.
North America. 1734.
hi'spida (bristly). 5. White. June. North
America. 1734.
ledifo'lium (ledum - leaved). 2. White.
April. China. 1824.
ni'tida (shining-leaved). 4. White. April.
North America. 1812.
nudiflo'ra (naked-flowered). 3. Deep pink.
June. North America. 1734.
a'lba (early white). 4. White.
June. North America.
a'lba-plefna (double white). 4.
White. June. North America.
bla'nda (soft). 4. Blush. June.
North America.
ca'rnea (flesli). 4. Pale red.
June. North America. 1734.
carolinia'na (Carolina). 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
Cobtfrghii (Coburg's). Scarlet.
June. North America
cocci' nea (scarlet). 4. Scarlet.
June. North America.
corymbo'sa (corymbose). 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
cri'spa (curled). 4. Pink. June.
North America.
cumula' ta (bundled). 4. Scarlet
pink. June. North America.
di'scolor (two -coloured). 4.
White scarlet. June. North America.
fastigia'ta (pyramidal). 4. Pink.
June. North America.
flo'rida (many - flowered). 4.
Pink. June. North America.
globtfsa (globe-like). 4. Pink.
June. North America.
glomera'ta (round-headed). 4.
Pink. June. North America.
inca'na (hoary). 4. Pink. June.
North America.
incarna' ta (flesh-coloured). 4.
Flesh. June. North America.
mira'bilis (wonderful). 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
magni'fica (magnificent). 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
monta'na (mountain). 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
pa'llida (pale-flmvered). 4. Pale
red. June. North America.
paludo'sa (marsh). 4. Pale
red. June. North America.
papiliona'cea (butterfly). 4.
Striped. June. North America.
parti' ta (./foe-parted). 4. White
and Red. June. North America.
parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 4.
June. North America.
proli'fera (proliferous). 4. June.
North America.
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A. nudiflo'rapufmila (dwarf). 4. "White. June.
North America.
- purpura! scens (purplish). 4.
Purple. June. North America.
- purpu'rea (purple). 4. Purple.
June. North America.
- purpu'reo-plefno (double purple).
4. Purple. June. North America.
- ro'sea (rosey). 4. Red. June.
North America.
- rubefrrima (reddest) . 4. Dark-
red. June. North Americo.
rube' scens (reddish) . 4. Red.
June. North America.
rubicu'nda (ruddy). 4.
Red.
June. North America.
rtfbra (red). 4.
Red. June.
North America.
ru'tilans (shining-red). 4. Dark-
red. June. North America.
semidu'plex (semi-double). 4.
White. June. North America.
stami'nea (long-stamened). 4.
Red. June. North America.
Stella' ta (starry). 4. Red. June.
North America.
tri' color (three-coloured). 4.
Scarlet white. June. North America.
varia'bilis (variable). 4. Red.
June. North America.
variega' ta (variegated). 4. Red
and white. June. North America.
versi' color (party-coloured) . 4.
Red and white. June. North America.
viola' cea (violet-coloured). 4.
Violet. June. North America.
po'ntica (Pontic). 6. Yellow. June. Tur-
key. 1793.
albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 6.
White. May. Turkey.
corona' rium (garland). 7. Yel-
low. June. Holland. 1832.
cvlprea (copper-coloured) . 6. Cop-
per. June. Turkey.
giant ca (milky-green-/mr?e<Z). 6.
Yellow. June. Turkey.
-pa'llida (pale). 6. Pale yellow.
April. Turkey.
tri' color (three coloured). 6. Pale
red. April. Turkey.
specio'sa (showy). 4. Scarlet. June. North
America.
acutifo'lia (acute-leaved). 4. June.
North America.
aura'ntia (orange). 4. Orange.
June. North America.
cilia' ta (fringed). 4. June. North
America.
cri'spa (curled). 4. Scarlet. June.
North America.
cuculla' ta (hooded) .
4. June.
North America.
ma'jor (larger scar let}. 4. Scar-
let. June. North America.
obli'qua (unequal-sided). 4. June.
North America.
prunifo'lia (plum-leaved). 4. June.
North America.
revolufta (rolled-back-Zeawd) . 4.
June. North Ameaica.
tortulifo'lia (twisted leaved). 4.
June. North America.
A. specio'sa undula'ta (waved-leaved}. 4. June.
North America.
visco'sa (clammy). 2. White. July. North
America. 1734.
cri'spa (curled). 4. White. July.
North America.
dealba'ta (whitened). 4. White. July.
4. White. July.
North America.
fi'ssa (cleft).
North America.
odora'ta (scented). 4. White. July.
North America.
penicilla'ta (pencilled). 4. White.
July. North America.
pube" scens (downy). 4. White. July.
North America.
rube' scens (reddish). 4. White. July.
North America.
variega' ta (variegated). 4. White.
July. North America.
vitta'ta (banded). 4. White. July.
North America.
GREENHOUSE.
A. Danielsia'na (Daniel's). 3. Carmine. June.
China. 1830.
i'ndica (Indian). 4. Scarlet. June. China.
1808.
aurantia'ca (orange). 4. Orange.
April. China. 1822.
igne" scens (fire-coloured). 2. Brown.
April. China.
lateri'tia (brick-red coloured}. 2.
Red. May. China. 1833.
pheeni'cea (purple). 3. Purple.
April. China. 1824.
purpu'reo-plc'na (double purple).
4. Purple. May. China. 1819.
variega' ta (variegated). 4. Striped.
June. China. 1824.
obtu'sa (\A\mt-leaved}. 1L Red. March.
China. 1844.
ova'ta (egg-shape-leaved}. 8. Pink. China.
1844.
alba (white-flowered). 8. White.
May. North China. 1844.
sine'nsis (Chinese). 3. Yellow. May.
China. 1823.
squama' ta (scaly). 2. Rose crimson. March.
China. 1844.
AZALEAS (American). These include
what are called Ghent Azaleas, which are
seedling varieties of A. calendulacece, A.
nudiflora, A. speciosa, and A. viscosa.
The varieties were first raised in the
neighbourhood of Ghent.
Propagation. By layers in the month
of March : the layers require notching or
twisting. If the part buried in the
ground is covered with moss they will
root more freely. They should not be
taken off the parent till after the second
year's growth.
Soil. Sandy peat in a dry situation,
at least eighteen inches deep, but in a
damp one a foot deep will be sufficient.
Culture. In spring protect the young
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shoots and flowers by hoops in low situa-
tions, as the late frosts often destroy the
young early shoots. In winter, and in
summer, if the soil is very dry, cover the
bed with green moss.
Diseases. Sometimes the plants die off
just at the surface of the soil, owing to
too much moisture. The remedy, if the
situation is low and damp, is either to
drain it thoroughly, or to raise the bed
completely above the general level of the
ground.
Varieties may be raised by crossing the
kinds in such a way as is likely to effect
a pleasing change. Choose the best
forms and brightest colours ; let the
plants, with flowers of the best form be
the seed-bearing mother, and rely for the
colour upon the pollen of the male. Sow
the seed in April in pans, placed under a
cold frame ; prick the seedlings out the
year following, in beds four inches apart,
to remain till they flower.
AZALEAS (Indian or Chinese).
Eaising varieties. The best and most
certain way to obtain new varieties is by
impregnating the best- shaped flowers with
the pollen of some fine high-coloured
variety. Remove the anthers before
they burst from the one intended to
seed; cover with fine gauze the flower
impregnated to prevent impregnation by
insects. When the seed is ripe, gather it
and sow it the February following in
shallow pans, in a gentle heat. As soon
as the seedlings have two or three leaves
transplant them into fresh sandy peat, in
deeper pans. They may remain in these
pans till the spring following ; then pot
them singly into 2f-inch pots, and grow
them on, repotting them as they require
it, till they flower.
Propagation by cuttings. - Take the
young tops, three inches long; dress them
by cutting off the bottom leaves. Fill a
pot to within an inch of the top with sandy
peat ; fill up the rest with silver sand ;
put in the cuttings thickly ; water gently,
and fit a bell-glass just within the rim of
the pot ; place them in a temperature of
55 to 60, and shade from the sun.
They should thus remain till rooted ;
then place them in a greenhouse for a
week or two ; and remove the bell-glass
every night, replacing it during the day.
They may then be potted off singly into
small pots, and placed in a close frame
till fresh roots are made ; then gradually
inure them to bear the full sun and air :
repot and grow on to any size required.
Propagation by grafting. See GRAFTING.
The best mode is that called side-grafting.
The grafts must be very small, not more
than 1 to 1 |-inch long; tie them with
worsted or thick cotton thread to the
stock. The best time is early spring.
Place the grafted plants in a close frame
in gentle heat, or under hand glasses,
upon sand, in a propagating-house. The
stock most suitable is the Azalea indica
alba, or A. phcenicea, both easy to strike.
Soil. Sandy peat three-fourths, light
loam one-fourth.
Summer culture. Azaleas require the
same treatment as Camellias. After the
bloom is over give them a moderate de-
gree of artificial heat, 55 to 60. Syringe
them freely during that period. As soon
as they have made their growth give
plenty 'of air for a fortnight, and then
set them behind a low north wall till
autumn.
Winter culture. As soon as there is any
fear of frost, remove them into an airy
greenhouse, and keep them just from
frost, and give very moderate supplies of
water. "When they begin to show flower,
give more heat, and a more liberal supply
of water.
Insects. The Thrip is the great pest of
Azaleas ; but the Green fly is also apt to
trouble them when growing. Both insects
may be destroyed by tobacco smoke fre-
quently applied.
Diseases. These plants are often at-
tacked by a disease, which causes them
to die off just at the crown of the roots.
The small-leaved varieties, such as A.
indica var. Gledstanesii ; lateritia and
variegata, are especially subject to die on
thus prematurely. To prevent this tncy
should be all grafted upon the Ire. -grow-
ing stocks.
AZA'RA. (Named after J . N. Azara,
a Spanish patron of botany. Nat. ord.,
Bixads [FlancortiaceaeJ. Linn., \Z-Poly-
andria, \-monogynia.} Greenhouse ever-
greens. Cuttings in sand, under glass,
in slight heat; sandy loam. Summer
temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 55 to 60.
A. denta'ta (toothed-beared). 10. Yellow.
Chili. 1830.
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A. integrifo' lia (entire-leaved). 18. Concep-
tion. 1832.
serra'ta (saw-edged). 12. Chili. 1832.
B
BABIA'NA. (From babianer, the Dutch
for baboon, in reference to the bulbs be-
ing eaten by the baboons. Nat. ord.,
Irids [Iridaceae], Linn., 3-Triandria,
\-monogynia.} . All greenhouse bulbs
from the Cape of Good Hope. Offsets ;
sandy peat and loam ; water freely when
growing. Keep dry, when at rest. Those
potted in autumn must be kept in a cold
pit or greenhouse during winter. Those
planted in spring in a warm border
should be taken up before winter, and
kept secure from frost.
B. angustifo' lia (narrow leaved). 1. Varie-
gated. May. 1757.
bi' color (two-coloured). Blue white. June.
1843.
di'sticha (two-ranked). ^. Blue. June. 1774.
mucrana'ta (sharp-pointed). . Purple.
June. 1825.
na'na (dwarf). . Blue. April. 1807.
obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). . Blue. May.
1825.
plica' ta (folded). . Purple. May. 1774.
multiplex (fullfloivered). . Purple.
June. 1834.
purputrea (purple), f. Purple. May. 1806.
ri'ngens (gaping-flowered). |. Purple. May.
1752.
rtfbrocya'nea (red and blue). . Blue red.
April. 1794.
sambu'cina (elder scented}. L Blue. April.
1799.
spatha'cea (sheathy). i. Light blue. June.
1801.
stri'cta (upright). 1. Blue white. May.
1757.
sulph-ufrea (sulphur-flowered), i. Yellow.
May. 1795.
tenuiflo'ra (slender flowered). . Purple
May. 1825.
Thunbe'rffii (Thunberg's). 1. White and
red. April. 1774.
tuba'ta (long tubed), f . Yellow and red.
June. 1774.
tubiflo'ra (tube flowered). A. Dark red.
May. 1774.
villcf sa (hairy). 4. Purple. August. 1778.
BABINGTO'NIA. (Named in compli-
ment to Charles Babington, Esq., of Cam-
bridge, a distinguished botanist. Nat.
ord., Myrtleblooms [Myrtaceae]. Linn.,
1 2,-Icosandria, 1 -monogynia ; allied to
Leptospermum and Baeckea.) A green-
house evergreen shrub. Cuttings of
half ripened wood, in sand under a bell-
glass ; peat and loam, both fibry, with a
small portion of leaf mould, dried cow
dung, and silver sand. Winter temp.,
45 to 50.
B. camphoro'sma (camphor-smelling). 7. Pink-
ish. July. Swan River. 1841.
BACA'ZIA. See Barnadesia.
BA'CCHARIS. Ploughman's Spikenard.
(From Bacchus, wine, referring to the
spicy odour of the roots. The ancients
sometimes boiled down their wines and
mixed them with such spices. Nat.
ord., Composites [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19-
Syngenesia, 1-superflua.} Cuttings under
glass, with or without heat, according as
the species are stove, greenhouse, or
hardy ; loam and peat.
GREENHOUSE.
B. ala'ta (winged stemmed}. 5. Pale yellow.
December. '1829.
angustifo' lia (narrow-leaved). 2. White.
July. North America. 1812.
ivcefo'lia (Iva-leaved). 3. White. July.
America. 1696.
STOVE.
B. adna'ta (adhei-ing-stamened) . 6. Purple.
August. South America 1823.
confe-rta (crowded). 3. White. July.
Mexico. 1826.
glutino'sa (clammy). 3. White. August.
Peru. 1824.
i'ndica (Indian). 3. White. October. East
Indies. 1819.
parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 3. White. July.
Peru. 1820.
scopa'ria (broom-like). 3. Cream coloured.
July. Jamaica. 1820.
HARDY.
B. Diosco'ridis (Dioscorides's). 4. White. Sep-
tember. Levant.
glomerulifto'ra (cluster-flowered). 3. White.
August. North America. 1817.
halimifo'lia (Halimus-leaved) . 4. White.
October. North America. 1683.
lycopodio'ides (clubmoss-like) . White. July.
Mauritius. 1828.
BACKHO'USIA. (Named in compli-
ment to Mr. James Backhouse, of York.
Nat. ord., Myrtleblooms [Myrtaceae].
Linn., 12-Icosandria, \-monogynia.} ^ A
greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings
of half-ripened shoots in April, in sand
under a bell-glass. Peat and loam, both
fibry, and a little white sand. Summer
temp., 55 to 75 ; winter, 40 to 48.
B. myrtifo' lia (myrtle-leaved). 16. Pale yel-
low. May. New South Wales. 1844.
BA'CTRIS. (From baktron, a cane; the
young stems being used for walking-
sticks). Nat. ord., Palms [Palmaceae].
Linn., 2l-Moncecia Q-Hexandria. Allied
to Cocos. Palm walking-sticks are much.
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used in England under the name of Pe-
nang layer. All stove palms. Seeds ;
sandy loam. Summer temp., 65 to 85;
winter, 60.
B.caryotcefo'lia (Caryota-leaved). 10. Brazil.
1825.
cuspida'ta (tapering-Zeare<?) . 20. Brazil.
1826.
guutnefnsis (Guiana). 16. Guiana. 1820.
macraca'ntha (long-spined). 20. Brazil.
1823.
ma'jor (greater). 25. Carthag. 1800.
mi'nor (less). 12. South America. 1691.
pectina'ta (comb-leavedl* 15. Brazil.
1825.
BADGER'S BANE. Acbni'tum meloc-
tonum.
BJE'CKIA. (Named after Dr. Back, a
Swedish physician. Nat. ord., Myrtle-
blooms [Myrtaceae]. Linn., 8-Octandria
1 -Monogynia}. Greenhouse evergreen
shruhs. All white-flowered. Cuttings
in spring, under a glass; sandy peat and
lumpy fibry loam. Winter temp., 40
to 45.
B. camphora'ta (camphor-scented). 3. July.
New Holland. 1818.
densiflo'ra (thickly-flowered). 3. Septem-
ber. New South Wales.
diosmcefo'lia (diosma-leaved) . 3. August.
New Holland. 1824.
frute'scens (shrubby). 3. November. China.
1806.
gra'dlis (slender). 2. New Holland. 1826.
linifo'lia (flax-leaved). 3. August. New
Holland. 1818.
ramosi' sslma (branchiest). 3. New Hol-
land. 1824.
saxi' cola (rock-dwelling). 2. July. New
Holland. 1824.
virga'ta (twiggy). 3. September. New
Caledonia. 1806.
B^E'RIA. (Named after Professor J?r,
of the University of Dorpat. Nat. ord.,
" es [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19-Syn-
1-Superflua. Allied to Calli-
rhoe). Hardy annual. Seeds, in March
and April ; common soil.
B. chryso' stoma (golden-mouthed). 1. Yellow.
May. California. 1835.
BAKED is a term descriptive of the
hard impervious state of clayey soils,
long exposed to drought. It can he pre-
vented only hy altering the staple of the
soil, by the admixture of sand, chalk,
coal-ashes, and other matters less cohe-
sive than clay.
BALCONY. A word probably derived
from the Persian, signifying an orna-
mentally barred window, and by us ap-
plied to a frame, usually of iron, and
encompassed with a balustrade, placed
in front of one window or of several
windows. It is an excellent place for
giving air to room-plants, and for the
cultivation of some flowers.
BALA'NTIUM. (From balantion, a purse ;
referring to the shape of the seed-pouch,
or indusium, on the back of the leaf.
Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiaceae]. Linn.,
l^-Cryptogamia \-Filices). Stove herba-
ceous ferns. Divisions ; peat and loam.
Summer temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 50
to 60.
B. cuUcitum (cushion). 3. Brown. August.
Madeira.
BALBISIA. See Ledocarpum peduncu-
laris.
BALM (Melissa officinalis.} This hardy
herbaceous plant has a citron scent and
aromatic flavour. It is cultivated now
only for making a grateful drink for the
sick.
The Soil best suited to its growth, is
any poor and friable, but rather inclining
to clayey than sandy. Manure is never
required. An eastern aspect is best for
it.
Planting. It is propagated by root-
division (of which the smallest piece will
grow), and by slips of the young shoots.
The first mode any time during the
spring and autumn, but by slips only
during May or June. If divisions of an
old plant are employed, they may bo
planted at once where they are to re-
main, at twelve inches apart ; but if by
slips, they must be inserted in a shady
border, to be thence removed, in Septem-
ber or October, to where they are to
remain. At every removal water must
be given, if dry weather, and until they
are established. During the summer
they require only to be kept clear of
weeds. In October the old beds (which
may stand for many years) require to be
dressed, their decayed leaves and stalks
cleared away, and the soil loosened by
the hoe or slight digging.
Old beds may be gathered from in
July, for drying, but their green leaves,
from March to September, and those
planted in spring, will even afford a
gathering in the autumn of the same
year. For drying, the stalks are cut
with their full clothing of leaves to tho
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very bottom, and the drying completed
gradually in the shade.
BALM OF GILEAD. Dracoce phalum
canarie'nse.
BALSAM APPLE. Momo'rdica balsa-
mi'nea.
BALSAMINA. See Impatiens.
BALSAMS. By this name are usually
known the varieties of the common annual
Impatiens balsamina, by some needlessly
separated, with a few others, into a se-
parate genus, and called Balsamina hor-
Culture. The chief object in cultiva-
ting these are their fine large double
flowers ; and, to secure this object, seed
should be saved only from the finest
plants, and, if the seed is several years
old, the plants will be less luxuriant and
the blooms will be more double.
To have them very fine, the seed
should be sown in a sweet hot-bed, in
the middle of March ; the plants pricked
out into small pots when three inches in
height, using light rich soil, shifting
them again and successively, never al-
lowing them to be pot-bound, and plung-
ing the pots into a medium temperature
of 75, until some time after their last
shifting into eight, twelve, or sixteen-
inch pots, according as you aim at
moderate sized, or very large specimens.
Allow, all the time, a current of air, less
or more, according to the weather, to
keep the plants bushy, and using richer
materials every time of potting, until the
last soil used may consist of nearly as
much very rotten but sweet dung (cow-
dung is best), as turfy sandy loam.
Successions may be sown in April and
May, and treated in a similar manner,
either for pots or to be turned into beds,
where they frequently do well until the
middle of October. ^
When you cannot accommodate any
but the best flowers in the greenhouse,
adopt the, following method: After
pricking out into three or four-inch pots
and plunging them in the bed, allow the
pots to get full of roots, keep them drier
and cooler, and give plenty of air, which
will soon cause flowers to appear ; then
select plants with best flowers, rub every
flower-bud off them, fresh pot, disen-
tangling the roots a little as you proceed,
and grow them on as advised above; and
what you lose in time you will make up
in selectness.
BALSAMODE'NDRON. (From balsamon,
balm or balsam, and fondron, a tree.
Nat. ord., Amyrids [Amyridacea?]. Linn.,
S-Octandria \-Monogynia). According to
Capt. Harris, Myrrh is obtained on the
Abyssinian coast, from a species of this
genus, and the Balesson of Bruce, or
Balm of Mecca, is the produce of another
species of this Balsam-tree. It is a stove
tree. Sandy loam and a little rotten
dung; cuttings of ripe young wood in
April, under a glass and in heat. Sum-
mer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 55 to 60.
B. zeyla'nicum (Ceylon). 30. Ceylon.
BALSAM OF CAPE'VI. Copaifera.
BALSAM TREE. Clusia.
BAMBU'SA. Bamboo Cane. (From
bambos, its Indian name. Nat. ord.,
Grasses (Graminaceae]. Linn., 6-Hex-
andrm, \-monogynia}. The very young
shoots of the bamboo are eaten in India
as asparagus. Stove perennials. Suckers,
in spring or autumn ; rich loam. Sum-
mer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 65.
B. arista' ta (awned). 20. Apetal. East In-
dies. 1824.
arundina' cea (reed-like). 40. Apetal. East
Indies. 1730.
alarfca (milky-green). 20. Apetal. East
Indies. 1826.
ni'gra (black). 20. Apetal. East Indies.
1825.
pubefscens (downy). 20. Apetal. East In-
dies. 1826.
spinoT sa (spiny). 20. Apetal. East Indies.
1820.
stri'cta (upright). 20. Apetal. East In-
dies. 1824.
verticilla'ta (whorl-flowered). 20. Apetal.
India. 1803.
BANA'NA, or Plantain. Mu'sa.
BANE-BERRY. Actcea.
BANISTE'RIA. (Named after the Rev,
J. Banister, a zealous botanist. Nat. ord.,
Malpighiads [Malpighiaceae]. Linn., 10-
Decandria, 3-trigynia.) Stove plants.
Sandy loam and peat ; cuttings of half
ripened wood in heat under glass. Sum-
mer temp., 60 to 90 ; winter, 60 to 65.
TWINERS.
B. chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved).
cilia! ta (fringed). 10. Yellow. Brazil. 1796.
dicMtoma (twin-branched). Yellow. June.