es ae >. ey 
y dangerous, oE 
brn Afo. hands of 
n e c@gperienced. Black Fly e, ho féver, one ef. 
y insects to eradicate, especially if allowed” 
pe atiy, A syringing of clean water should follow either 
d age ot the above applications. See also Aphides. ki 
| => BLACK JACK OAK. See Quercus nigra. 
- BLACK MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT. See 
Aspleni tum-nigrum. 
- BLACK E. See Pinus austriaca. 
= BLACKTHORN. See Prunus spinosa., | 
- BLACK VARNISH TREE; See Melanorrheea, 
BLACK) WATTLE. s See Callicomia serratifolia. 
BLADDER CATCHFLY. See Silene: inflata. 
LADDER KETMIA. See Hibis s Trionum. 
‘BLADDER NUT. See Staphylea. = 
BLADDER SENNA. See aie es 
e done when repotting. 
den).* fl. 14in. to 2in. long; sea: 
ree to five pure golden-yel roo d 
mmer. Z. narrow, linear, k lor channelled, from 
which the flower-scape arises. h. lft. to 2ft. New 
(Œ. M. 5809.) 
r om 
BLADDER WORT. Se Utricularia” a. aa ts. sooth She f rich conte, i 
“© BLADE. «The lamina or expanded part’of a leaf. deed Paita rome lo Fem ys n nae nt om 
4 wenty, termina sca une. 
p Ae rs after Patrick Blair, M.D., F.R.S., ga s diz htly keeled at the’ — lim broad, New South 
a who practised medicine at Bosto: Lincolnshire, ‘and was es. This magnificen se ve a CHACON 
author of “Miscellaneous Onaaete oka: ” 1718; “Botanic a. Heapybesek M Se aca rained Ta 
oe A 1820, &c.). ORD. Ericaceæ.’ Pretty little green- t BA ro, e ; > 
K bell-shaped, in a dense drooping umbe 
-o pazergrocn shrubs, natives of Southern and Tropical fi. dullish w = 
~ Flowers terminal, glomerate; corolla short-tubu- £ sters iira ateélance: EI = 
lar, with a four-cleft limb, very freely branched. Leaves ete pot, an 
~ verticillate, with revolute margins. For culture, see Erica. | B. elegans (elega 
*. í funnel-shaped. $ r. =l. long 
B. articulata (jointed).* jl, reddish; heads drooping. May. handsome form is ons Aaa T 
“ L. four in a. whorl, ovate or linear, glabrous, and shining; bracts B. £ wE 
: ‘solitary. A. lft. 1795, i and Eii oo agnificont). $e i , 
eae B- eficoides (Heath-like). fl. purplish-red August. J. fourina scape abont ft tl i htly endulot , and ai ed near the 
am whorl, oblong, obtuse, ringed ; bracts three, length of the calyx. summit, Summer; l ct, ong. Peia disposed 
h. 2it. 1774. SYN. Erion orbicularis. (L. B.C phant distichons manner. Shis is a v splendid greenhouse 
B. purp rple. fl. purple; heads ieee June. 4 ioe te acca be mel tes — 875. SYN, 
ina whorl, arate, ‘jubstliated. Stem flexuous, erect. h, 2ft 
_ BLAKEA (named after Martin Blake, of wai a a. petn oae 
4 greatepromoter of usefúl knowledge)... ORD. Melastomacee. t] 812i 
à m ae stove eve uae enjshrubs or trees. Flowers red, eat funnel- 
. ` large, show¥; pedu pe ri p one-flowered, naked, ied, fe lla 
3 = opposite or tary ] ijfwith: 
e : bilis lees . On i ns, on long 
summer: Cuttin Sob freely if taken Sak drooping. “Bites T 7 hW A. 2ft. News r 
are quite ripe | Fe ot erwise they are apt to rot), p 
pot of sand, and plaaged in a mcist heat, under 
glass. * 
+ B. quing quenervia (fv 
sid white disks; unc 
= L elliptic, acuminated, naked, and shini 
nerved, h. 10ft. to 16ft.. Guiana, 1820. 
B. trinervia (three-nerved). ` fl. rose colour, ta E teks 
solitary, longer than the petioles. June. l ‘oval-obl , three 
pees glabrous and shingy n both surfaces in the adult state 
when young soraia tod Wibtioleajend branchlets clothed 
r flesh-coloured, lange, with 
es Eain Saer t the, etio June. 
Hoat hott E fiv Ora 
“ tomentum. Roots issuing from the branches and s 
= to 8ft. Jamaica, 1789. (B. M. 451.) 
NC G. ` This process is effected for the pur- 
btaiming crispness, and for converting what would, 
Ta Ne stances, be a dangerous plant—in ’ 
deli case of Celery especially so—into a highly popular 
= ee Blanching can only be accomplished by entirely 
eas ante the light pe the plants, thus depriving. the 
g matters’ of their power to decompose water 
and carbonic acid gas. It is also termed Etiolation. 
Blandford 
2 ). (g % A be 
greenhouse Er plants, nativ: rad A — ned genus of 
solitary, on recurved pedicels ; 4 pésiar 
‘© 
 (pamed after George, A of 
A Flowers | 
wiunnel-shaped, six- ` 
inon, the Greek name 
_ attractive genus of 
ith, d usually Sotia i 
dis from the edge of the ‘frond. 
generally pinnate or pinnatifid. 
» general ie see Ferns, 
B. austral uthern),* ; 
ĝin, to bin. long. fronds Yin, 
broad, lanceolate, narrowed 
the barren ones i 
hastate-cordate, or a 
~ side, with a very < 
in a continuous-¢ tl 
to the midrib. South / 
B. boreale See 
- lft. or more 1 
scales. stù t, si 
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