204: 
THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Bossiza—continued. 
one-fiowered, elongated. May. J. elliptic, mucronate. Branches 
terete, prostrate, puberulous. 1824. A procumbent shrub. 
B. lino: (Flax-leaved).*. fl. orange and purple. July to 
August. l. linear, with recurved margins. Branches compressed, 
a h. lft. to 4ft. 1803. (B. M. 2491.) 
gage are (small-leaved). Z. cuneiformly obcordate, gla- 
une terete, leafy, spinescent; young branches 
oa compressed and pubescent. kh. 1ft. to 2ft. 180%. (L. B. C. 
aa rhombifolia panera gr eps Ji. yellow, the vexillum having 
dark red zonate mark at th ri base; wings red at the base; keel 
rowan: -purple. April. 7. rhomboidal - orbicular, somewhat 
emarginate and mucronate. Branches terete; branchlets com-. 
eS leafy. h. lft. to 3ft. 1820. SYN. B. lenticularis. (G: B. ©. 
B. rotundifolia (round-leaved). J. roundish, or broadly obovate, 
somewhat mucronate, flat, four to five lines long and five to six 
broad. Branches and. branchlets leafy, compressed. h. lft. to 
2ft. 1824. 
B., scolo; drium (plank-plant). ath e yal zen, miin the back of 
um and kee 
the ve. brownish i. (when present) 
ovate and smooth. Branches flat, Nida, aies, toothed, with 
the teeth bearing the flowers ; keel naked ; superior bracts 
eth ieee imbricate, oe in length to the peduncles, h. 3ft. 
10ft. 1792. (B.M. 1 
B. tenuicaulis (slender-stemmed). Synonymous with B. cinerea, 
(named after Dr. Boswell, formerly of 
Edinburgh). Olibanum Tree. ORD. Burseracee. Orna- 
mental and economic evergreen stove trees. Flowers her- 
maphrodite; calyx five-toothed, permanent; petals five, 
obovate-oblong, spreading, with the margins incumbent in 
estivation; disk cup-shaped, crenate; stamens ten; cap- 
sule trigonal. They are of easy culture, thriving well in 
loam and peat soil. Cuttings root readily if placed in sand 
gE a glass. 
the ear pee impari 
B. sein oe aag star -leaved).* a jikkon: Jai 
lary, simple. pari-pinna’ leaflets ovate-oblo: taper- 
pointed, se pubescen A Batt. India, 1820. (T. L. 
BOTANY BAY UM. See Xanthorrhæa 
arborea. 
BOTANY BAY TEA (and TREE). See Smilax 
glycyphylla. 
BOTHY. A residence for under-gardeners, usually 
built behind the hothouses, or some high wall, in what is 
called a back shed. The place is too frequently a cramped, 
ill-ventilated hovel. A Bothy proper should be an indepen- 
dent structure, and fitted with modern conveniences ; for, of 
all people, gardeners are the most susceptible to colds, &c. 
A library of standard horticultural and botanical works, as 
-~ well as a few on other scientific subjects, and a moderate 
_ number of high-class books of fiction, one or more weekly 
-~ gardening and other papers, should be supplied by. the em- 
_ ployer. During the winter months, for mutual improve- 
_ ment, lectures should be delivered, or papers read, by each 
_ gardener, on various subjects, after which a free discussion 
_ should take place upon the paper or lecture, by which means 
a great saa = good would be accomplished. 
BOTR} E (from botrys, a bunch; in reference 
to the bunch-like of the indusia). Moonwort. 
Orp. Filices. A genus of very interesting and pretty little 
hardy ferns. Ca; ged in two rows on 
the face of spikes which fi 1 
essential. For general culture, see Ferns. - 
B. australe (southern). A variety of B. ternatum. 
B. daucifolium (Daucus-leaved). sti, stout, 6in. to 12in, lon 
petiole of sterile segments lin. to 6in. long, the latter 6in. to 12i1 n 
each way, aeneo tripinnatifid or tripinnate, the lower pinnæ 
largest; segments lanceolate-oblong, fin. to gin. broad, finely 
toothed. fertile peduncle equalling the sterile segments when 
mature ; panicle 2in. to 4in. long ; te, not very close. 
&c. Greenho' 
use species. SYN. B. renee 
B, Lunaria. Common Moonwort.* sti. lin. to 4in. 
- XV., 4.) © 
a 
a compound - They |. 
require a compost of sandy loam; perfect drainage is most — 
so, lin. to 3in. 1 oF 
n the middle; cut orotic |S 
Botrychium—continued. 
rachis into several distinct, close, entire, or notched cuneate. 
flabellate pinnze on both sides. Jertile peduncle equalling or 
exceeding the sterile portion ; anicle close, lin. to 2in. long. 
England, ke, Hardy. See Fig. 267. 
Fic. 267. BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA, showing Habit, Capsule, and 
Spores. “ 
. B, lunarioides (Lunaria-like). A variety of B. ternatiemn. 
B. obliquum (oblique). A variety of B. ternatum. 
B. subcarnosum (sub-fieshy). A synonym of daucifolium. 
a orasta? sti. lin. oi E ae ES 
