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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Bromus—continued. 
about as large as those of Briza maxima. It grows about 
2ft. high, and is of very easy culture in common garden soil. 
Sow seeds outside in patches, in July, thinning out the 
plants when necessary. There are numerous other species 
belonging to this genus, but the above-mentioned is the only 
one worth growing in gardens. It forms a beautiful object 
in the mixed border, or among ferns. 
BRONGNIARTIA (in honour of Adolphe Brong- 
niart, a distinguished botanist, and one of the editors of 
“Annales des Sciences Naturelles ”). ORD. Leguminose. 
Handsome greenhouse evergreen sub-shrubs, clothed with 
silky villi. Flowers large, purple; pedicels twin, axillary, 
one-flowered. Leaves impari-pinnate, with many pairs of 
leaflets, the terminal one not remote from the rest. They 
require a compost of sandy loam, leaf soil, and fibry peat, 
with perfect drainage. Cuttings of the young shoots, if 
firm at the base, will root if dibbled in sand, under a bell 
glass, in a cool house. 
yrioides (Podalyria-like).* fl. purple, large. September. 
l. with two to five pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic-oblong, 
rounded, and mucronate at the apex, clothed with adpressed 
pain on both surfaces, but silky when young. h, 1ft. New Spain, 
B. sericea (silky).* fl. purple. September. k. 1ft. l, leaflets 
ovate-oblong, acute, very silky on both surfaces. Mexico, 1843. 
BROOK-LIME. See Veronica Beccabunga, 
BROOM. Sce Besom. 
BROOM. See Cytisus scoparius. 
BROOM RAPE. See Orobanche. 
BROOM, SPANISH. See Spartium junceum. 
BROSIMUM (from brosimos, edible; fruit edible). 
Bread Nut. ORD. Urticaceœ. A genus of stove evergreen 
shrubs or trees, principally of economic value in their native 
countries. Male and female flowers generally in a globular 
head, but sometimes borne on separate trees; calyx and 
corolla wanting. Leaves entire. They generally thrive 
in a rich fibry loam. Cuttings of ripe wood, with their 
leaves on, root if placed in sand, in moist heat. 
B. Alicastrum. f., catkins globose, stalked, twin, axillary. fr. 
coated. l. ovate-lanceolate. A. 6ft. Jamaica, 1776. 
BROUGHTONIA (named after Mr. Arthur Broughton, 
an English botanist). Orp. Orchidew. A very com- 
pact-growing stove evergreen, allied to Lelia, succeeding 
best if suspended from the roof on a block of wood, with a 
little moss; it requires a free supply of heat and water 
when in a growing state. Propagated by dividing the 
plant. The colour of the flowers is very distinct. 
B. sanguinea (blood-coloured).* fl. blood-coloured, rather large, 
disposed in a terminal panicle ; scape divided ; column distined, or 
at the very base united with the unguiculate lip, which is 
1 ned at the base into a tube, connate with the ovarium. 
Summer, /. twin, oblong, seated on a pseudo-bulb. h. lift. 
Jamaica, 1793. (B. M. 3076.) 
: : (named after P. N. V. Broussonet, 
a French naturalist, who wrote numerous works on Natural 
History). ORD. Urticacee. Orname fast-growing, de- 
ciduous, Malberry-like trees. They require rather good 
open garden soil, and prove hardy in situations which are 
not very exposed. Propagated by suckers and cuttings of 
ripened wood, inserted in autumn, in a cool house; and by 
seeds, sown when ripe, or kept till the following April. 
B. papyrifera (paper-bearing).* The Paper Mulberry. 
dicecious ; males in beera i pode nd cai E mmen 
: in the axil of a bract; females in peduncled, ax i 
AG lobular heads. May. l. simple, alternate, exstipulate, variously 
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BROWALLIA (named in honour of John Browall, 
« Bishop of Abo, who defended the sexual system of Lin- 
X næus against Siegesbeck, in a book entitled “ Examen 
; . epicriseos,” &c., 1739). ~Orp.Scrophularinee. A genus 
“> of handsome shrubs or herbs. Flowers blue or white, axil- 
~ lary and terminal; corolla salver-shaped, resupinate from 
contortion of the peduncle; tube fifteen-nerved, ventri- 
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Browallia—continued. 
cose at top. Leaves alternate, stalked, ovate in outline. 
They thrive best in a rich, open, sandy soil. To have strong 
plants in bloom by Christmas and after, seeds should be 
sown in July, in pans or pots of light rich sandy soil, and 
kept in a close frame, or hand light, where they can be 
shaded till germination takes place. When large enough to 
handle, the seedlings may either be pricked out, three in a 
pot, or potted singly, according to the size of the specimens 
required. In the former way, they form fine masses for 
conservatory or greenhouse decoration, or to cut from; and 
in the latter, they are very suitable for window recesses, 
&c. After potting, they should be stood in a pit or frame, 
and syringed every morning and evening, to ward off at- 
tacks of insect pests. An abundance of well-diluted liquid 
manure is required as soon as the flower-buds appear. 
To keep the plants dwarf and bushy, it will be needful 
to stop them about three times during the remainder of 
the summer and autumn, keeping as near the glass as 
possible; they should be housed by the end of September. 
These elegant little greenhouse annuals are unrivalled for 
affording choice, neat sprays for bouquets during the winter 
and early spring months, or for growing as pot plants, 
to furnish warm greenhouses or sitting-room windows. 
Many of the species and varieties are largely employed for 
summer decoration of the flower garden, with highly satis- 
factory results; for this purpose, seeds should be sown 
in gentle heat early in spring, and the plants transferred 
to the flower borders latë in June, or early in July, having 
been previously encouraged in pots, and well hardened off. 
B. abbreviata (shortened). /l. light red; pedicels shorter than 
the calyx; calyx campanulate, with teeth as long as the tube. 
ae ed when young, quite glabrous when mature. 1852. 
B. demissa (low).* 7. ofa brigas but pale blue colour, sometimes 
red or purple; peduncles axiilary- one-flowered, downy. June. 
l. ovate-oblong, acuminated, oblique at the base. h. 6in. to lft. 
Panama, 1735. (B. M. 1136.) ; 
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B. elata (tall).* fil. deep blue; calyx beset with glandular hairs; 
peduncles axillary, one or many-flowered. July. l. oval, acumi- 
nated. h. 1}ft. Peru, 1768. Of this extensively-grown species 
there are two varieties, one with white flowers, and the other, 
grandiflora, with pale blue, both of which are well worth growing. 
Fig. 285. (B. M. 34.) 
diflora (large-flowered).* fl., corolla with a greenish- 
B ow tube, aeh 2 clothed with aspar villi, and a white or 
very pale lilac limb; peduncles one-flowered, axillary, racemose at 
the tops of the branches. July, l. ovate, acute, attenuated into 
the petioles at the base. h. lft. to 3ft. Pern, 1829. (B. M. 3069.) 
B. Jamesoni (Jameson’s)* /. bright orange, with lighter- 
coloured throat, tubular. June. h. 4ft. New Grenada, 1850. 
This species has been recently re-introduced, after having been 
lost to cultivation for over thirty years. (B. M. 4605.) 
B. Roezli (Roezl’s). fa large, either of a delicate azure blue, or 
white, with a yellow tube. Spring to autumn. J. shining n, 
An exceedingly pon species, having flowers double the size of 
any other, and forming a dense compact bush, 
height. Rocky Mountains, 
1yft. to 2it, in 
