* 
P 
* æ marked with transverse mealy ands. 
B: Saundersii (Saunders’).* jl. about 2in. long, 
a >% toothed, 
faces. 
-B 
- + zones of grey, the whole deepening with a 
Having both primary and secondary segments of 
p o Veg Ey 
-< + 
Oe as ee ar ee Ot A ne 
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3 Z > S$ aN as å 
" Billbergie continued, Teri E d at a ETA à t A 
+ _ beneath, with Er A te bars Ñ, -Bft aa, 1856. Srys. B. . | Rooks, are ‘tiseful in lessening the numbers of wire- 
2 Sans sith ed “worms, and-of hurtful insects in general; but, if “very _ 
B. pale). Synonym a vi 
B. ‘Prramidalts ¢ Pram). 
erect ent, ; bracts Janceo eera wit 
: with w hije, hands hens 
B. Quesneliana (Ques nel’ T9 uf deep purple 3 Bracts flesh- 
oloured ; ; upper ones riegat with white. h.6ft.. Guiana, 
874.” An erect growing species, possessing the Same habit as B. 
nginatm, but having the leaves ore E EA and deep 
SYN. Quesnelia rufa. 
Fotki argina 
. oblong spike of light blue, subtended by ‘large; ‘broad, deep, rose- 
coloured bracts, with scarious margins. January. l. sheathin 
at the base, about 2ft. long, channélled, spiny on thé margin, an 
x lift: opical America, 
1880. Syys. B. rubro-marginata and Quesnelia roseo-marginata, 
B. rubro-marginata (red-margined). „Synonymous with B.. 
rosea- -marginata. 
Peru, 1822. 
sen 
ta (rose-margined).* H PA a dense = 
* disposed ina 
loose pendulous inflorescence ; sepals crimson, half the length of 
the petals, which are yellow outside and blue within. J. tufted, 
ligulate, rounded at the apex, termin by a short mucro, saw: 
n gat? o purple beneath, and pigeon white dn both 
SYN. (according to , Morren) B. chloro- 
(F.-M. n. s. 106.) 
leyka tees a yrsoid). j. dense, in thyrsoid spikes, a 
out bracts. June. l. n, ti s a N e 
gin toothed. h. 1ft. 
B; vittata ( (striped), f. Sogou, with crimson calyces and 
er ‘es elongate, Tahiting. 
et: 
lft. Brazil, isa &. H. 1871, 1 
B. Wioti (Wiot’s). Synonymous with B. pallescens. a 
B. omen (zebra-streaked).* Ë greenish; scape clothed with 
e, salmon-coloured bracts; inflorescence cefully 
pon downwards. Early spring. J. sheathing for about half 
< their length, forming thus a sort of tube, yi ie with 
m South 
America, 1826. SYN. Helicodea zebrina, (L. B 
— Two-lobed. 
ATE. In pairs. 
BINDING. The process of securing a graft.or bud 
in its place by means of Raffia or Bast. The same term 
is applied to hard clay or other soil impervious to water, 
in summer. 
BINDWEED. See Convolvulus. 
BIOPHYTUM (from bios, life, ‘and phyton, a plant; 
the leaves of one species being sensitive to the touch). 
TRIBE Ovalidee of ra A ge es 
and interesting pe ring from Oza oie. 
pide i has Boe Winds An “the valvds of i cap 
being patent and separate to the base. They will thrive in ` 
a mixture of loam and peat. Propagated by seeds} which 
should be sown in spring, on a hotbed. bly the only 
* 
species in cultivation is the following : ae 
B. sensitivum (sensitive). fl. yellow, small. July. aoe leaflets” 
oblong, obtuse, mucronate. h. Gin. Eas and Ching, 1825. The 
leaves of this plant 
É. oii ae the slightest touch. raga. Oxalis 
sensitiva. (B. R. 3 
BIOTA. See Thuja. 
BIOTIA. See Aster oappiáboitai. 
= 
BIPARTITE. Divided into two nearly to the base... . 
BIPINNATE. Twice pinnate. 
BIPINNATIFID, or BIPINNATIPART 
divided, but to the base. 
BIPLICA' Having two folds or plaits. 
BIRCH. See Betula. 
BIRD-CHERRY. See,Cerasus Padus. 
BIRDLIME. A 
preparation made from Mistletoe 
berries and Holly bark. Tt is used for catching birds. 
BIRD-PEPPER. See Capsictim egin, 
. „As a class, Birds are very much more useftl 
Peng aes 
— hurtful i in gardens, Owls are of great use in catch- 
g mice, anl Night-jars i in ae: insects. 
with le margin, Yn | 
i y peeves: ligu- 
oe 
} above the surface of the ground, or in fro 
apnsals ae lyrata, u 
the peréfinials, coronopifo m ot gen 
, Bik Sna but none are worth cultis 
collections.. ee a S 
ah 
numerous, they may be driven -to eat potatoes and others 
vegetable food, and may then do harm. The same rors - 
-be said ‘of Starlings. Blackbirds and 'Phrushe ef 
“much” on, snails and worms, ‘but they also feed the f 
ripe, fruits. in ‘gardens. As a rule, slender- billed ‘birds 
fee Sige «wholly on ets or other animals, and are. 
- to yuraged in ip # all seasons. Among Š é. 
ead ma be. -enumerated the Tree- Creeper, Wryneck, — aa 
Varblers, s and ‘Wrens of ` various - kinds, Chats, Hedge: - | 
sparrow, Larks,- Redstart, Robin, Titmice, and. W: 5 
» 
‘Swifts, Swallows, andeMartins, are also» stroyers ` y T 
“Of insects. ‘The Finches feed, in part, event apikan w 
alsð eat large quantities of ‘seeds, and often do = * 
able mage among plants grown for seed eJ., Cabbag j 
and in the seed-beds. Sparrows are about the most “ 
troublesome, though they are often assisted by J untings, 
Chaffinches, Linnéts, and others. When seed-beds’ or” 
fruits have to be protected, this may-be done by nets; 
or, more simply, by threads tied to sticks a few inches 
nt, of the trees. 
EYE PRIMROSE. See Primula fari- 
nosa.: 
BIRD'’S-FOOT. See E Hn ¥ 
BIRD’S-FOOT FERN. Sve Pellea ornithopus. 
BIRD’S-NEST FERN. See Aspleniusy. N Nidus. 
` BIRTHWORT. 
t 
e 
See Aristolochia. — ae 
BISCUTELLA (from-bis double, and scutella, a saucer; 
in allufion to the form of the, silicles). Buckler Mustard. 
ORD. Crucifere: Perennial or ‘annual herbaceous plants, 
usually hispid, but sometimes downy or smoothish. . Flowers 
yellow, scentless ; pedicels” filiform, bractless. Leaves ob- 
long, entire, toothed “ or pinnatifid, somewhat radical or 
cauline. Stems round, erect, ‘usually corymbosely branched 
at the top by racemes, which, when in flower, are short, 
bat elongated at the time of fruiting. All the species pro- 
duce seeds freely. The annuals should be 80 
open borders. Some of the ares kinds are) 
ne roc 
el rows. : ar ! 
BISERRATE. nak ina saw-liko manner, bot 
with the primary teeth again serrated. a. S 
BISULCATE. Doubly furrowed.. . 
| BITERNATE. Twice ternate. 
BITTER ALMOND. 
amara. z» 
BITTER APPLE. “k Cucumis Colocynthis. t 
BITTER-SWEET. See Solanum Duloamara. He 
BITTER VETCH, See Orobus. .; >- i 
BITUMINOUS. Clammy; id Pt yd 
BIVONÆA (named after Antonio Bivona- ? Fr 
a Sicilian botanist, author of “Sicularum Plantarum Cen- 
turia I. et*II.,” Palermogit806)» _ ee A pretty 
little monotypic gennsy, we adapted, for menting 
rockwork or the*front o flower: a ders. - sandy 
soil is most suitable fof its oul are, - Px seeds, 
z g 
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