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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Bellis—continued. 
pretty. See Fig. 240. Good garden kinds are B. p. conspicua, red ; 
CROWN, pink; ELIZA, purple; RUBENS, red; SNOWFLAKE, white. 
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B. rotundifolia ccoerulescens (round-leaved, bluish).* Jl.-heads 
from in. a in diameter, resembling those of the common 
Daisy, but with fewer, often broader, ray-flowers, which vary 
from white to pale blue. 1. more or less hairy, with slender stalks, 
lin. to Sin. long; blade ovate or sub-cordate, sinuate toothed, 
three-nerved. Morocco, 1872, A very beautiful perennial, re- 
Tea the shelter of a cold frame during severe winters. See 
. 241. (B. M. 6015.) 
BELLIUM (from bellis, a Daisy; the flowers re- 
sembling those of that plant). ORD. Compositæ. A genus 
of pretty little, free-flowering plants, differing from the 
common Daisy only in having a pappus of six to eight 
broad scales, torn at the apex, alternating with a like 
number of long scabrous bristles. They thrive best in a 
mixture of sandy loam and peat. Propagation is readily 
effected by means of seeds or divisions; the latter should 
be made in spring. 
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Bellium—continued. 
B. bellidioides (Daisy-like).* fl.-heads white, solitary. June to 
September. J. spathulate, radical. Stolons creeping. h. 4in. 
Italy, 1796. Annual. See Fig, 242. 
B, crassifolium (thick-leaved). fl.-heads whitish-yellow ; scapes 
much exceeding the leaves, downy. June. J, sub-radical, thick, 
obovate, entire, attenuate at base, rather downy. Stems many, 
ascending. h. 6in. Sardinia, 1831. Hardy perennial. (S. B. 
F. G. 2, 278.) 
B. minutum (very small).* .-heads white and yellow, }in. across, 
on slender stalks, longer than the foliage. June to September. 
l. narrow spathulate, attenuated at the base, slightly hairy. 
h. 3in. Levant, 1772. A rare little species, requiring a warm, 
well-drained position on the rockery 
BELLOWS. These were formerly employed for fumi- 
gating, but are now entirely superseded by the ordinary 
fumigators. The Sulphur Bellows is a very useful instru- 
ment for the uniform distribution of flowers of sulphur on 
vines and other subjects infested with mildew. In form it 
is very like those in common domestic use, but has a rose of 
small holes at the end of its nozzle, through which the 
sulphur is ejected. 
BELL-PEPPER. See Capsicum grossum. 
BELOPERONE (from belos, an arrow, and peronne, 
a band; in reference to the arrow-shaped connectivum). 
Syn. Dianthera. ORD. Acanthacew. Very pretty stove 
evergreen shrubs, allied to Justicia. Flowers blue or 
purple, borne in secund, ‘axillary, or terminal spikes, fre- 
quently subtended with coloured bracts; corolla gaping, 
the upper lip concave, the lower trifid. They are easily 
cultivated in a compost of loam, leaf soil, peat, and sand. 
Propagated by young cuttings, taken in spring. Belo- 
perones may also be treated like Justicias (which see), and 
will succeed admirably. There are a large number of © 
species, but few of which haye been introduced. 
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ceolate, opposite. h. 3ft; Brazil, 1832. (B: H. 9,9.) - 
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BENDING-DOWN the branches of fruit trees, by- 
means of weights or string attached to pegs driven into the 
ground, is sometimes resorted to for the purpose of ac- 
quiring a particular shape, or fruitfulness; but authorities 
differ as to the usefulness of the plan for the latter pur- 
pose. Young trees that are inclined to grow strong in the 
middle may be more evenly balanced by adopting the plan 
of Bending the strong branches, and so diverting the sap to 
the weaker ones. 
BENGAL QUINCE. See Egle Marmelos. 
BENJAMIN-TREE. See Ficus Benjamina. 
BENT GRASS. Se Agrostis. f 
BENTHAMIA (in honour of George Bentham, a dis- 
tinguished English botanist). ORD. Cornacew. ju 
evergreen shrubs or low trees, now ret 
genus Cornus. The first-na 
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