72 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



B. papyrifera (paper-bearing) ; hardy tree ; 20 feet ; flowers 

 purplish, in June; Japan; 1751. Of this there are varieties, 

 cuadlata^ dissecta, fructit-albo^ macrophylla, and variegata. 

 This species is hardy as far north as Massachusetts. B. spatit- 

 lata (spatulate) ; tree ; 12 feet ; Japan ; 1824. 



Browallia. [Scrophulariaceae.] Pretty half-hardy an- 

 nuals or shrubs. The annuals grow in light rich soil, and 

 are increased by seeds sown in March in a hot-bed, as 

 other tender annuals. The shrubs grow in peat and loam, 

 in equal proportions, and are propagated by cuttings, placed 

 in a gentle heat. 



B. demissa (low) ; half-hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers blue, in 

 July ; South America ; 1735. There is a white variety. B. elata 

 (tall) ; half-hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in July ; Peru ; 

 1 768. There is a white variety. B . graiidijlora (large-flowered) ; 

 half-hardy annual ; 2 feet ; fiovvcrs light yellow, in June ; Peru ; 

 1829. B. Jameso}ti Qameson's) ; greenhouse sub-shrub, 3 feet ; 

 flowers orange, in July: New Grenada; 1846. B. speciosa 

 (showy): tender annual; 18 inches; flowers purple, in July; 

 Quindiu ; 1846. 



Bryanthus. [Ericaceae.] Small evergreen shrubs now 

 united to Menziesia, growing in sandy peat, and increased 

 by cuttings in sand under a bell glass and kept cool. The 

 plants must be kept from heat and drought. 



B. erectus (erect) ; hardy evergreen ; i foot ; flowers blush, in 

 June ; a garden hybrid. B. Gi}ieli7iij hardy evergreen trailer ; 

 6 inches ; flowers red, in June ; Kamtschatka. B. Stellerij hardy 

 evergreen trailer ; 6 inches ; flowers pale red, in June ; North- 

 west America. 



Brugmansia. See Datura. 



Buckthorn. See Rhamnus. 



Bugle. See Ajuga. 



Bugloss. See Anchusa. 



Bulbocodium. [Melanthaceae.J Beautiful dwarf hardy 



