GARDEN FLOWERS. 6/ 



in June; Caucasus; 1S20. B. Oruvi^a/is (Onent3.\) : hardy per- 

 ennial ; I foot; flowers light-purple, in June ; Levant; 1737. 



This genus is now united to Stachys, which see. 



Betula. Bdidacecd, [Birch.] Hardy trees and shrubs, 

 flourishing in common soil, and propagated by seed. The 

 following are the species : — 



B. alba (common white) ; 40 feet ; flowers in April ; Britain. 

 B. alba Dalecarlica (Dalecarlian) ; 40 feet ; flowers in May; Eu- 

 rope. B. alba foliis-var legal is (variegated-leaved) ; flowers in 

 May. B. alba macrocarpa (large-fruited) ; 40 feet ; flowers in 

 June ; Europe. B. alba pendula (pendulous) ; flowers in April ; 

 Britain. B. alba Pontica (Pontic) ; 70 feet ; flowers in May ; 

 Turkey. B. alba urlkifolia (nettle-leaved) ; 40 feet ; flowers in 

 May. B. alba verrucosa (warty) ; 40 feet ; flowers in April ; 

 Britain. B. Bhojpattra (Bhojpattra); 50 feet ; flowers in May ; 

 Himalayas; 1840. B. carpinifolia (horn-beam-leaved); half- 

 hardy; 50 feet; flowers in July; North America; 1759. 

 B. Daurica (Daurian) ; 30 feet ; flowers in July ; Siberia ; 

 1785. B. Daurica parvifolia (small-leaved); flowers in July; 

 Siberia. B. exxelsa (tall) ; 60 feet ; flowers in July ; North 

 America; 1767. B. frulicosa (shrubby); 6 feet; flowers in 

 June ; Siberia ; 1818. B. glandidosa (glanded) ; flowers in May ; 

 North America; 1816. B. grafidis (great); North America; 

 1834. B. lafiulosa (woolly); 70 feet; flowers in July; North 

 America; 181 7. B. lenta (phant) ; 50 feet; flowers in July; 

 North America ; 1 759. B. lutca (}-ellow) ; 20 feet ; flowers in 

 May; North America. B. mollis (soft); East Indies; 1840. 

 B. nana (sniooth-dwarf) ; 4 feet ; flowers in May ; North Amer- 

 ica. B. nana juacrophylla (large-leaved) ; 6 feet ; flowers in 

 May; Switzerland; 18 19. ^. j-Zr/V/*^ (upright) ; flowers in May. 

 B. nigra (black) ; 60 feet ; flowers in July ; North America ; 

 1736. B. ovata (egg-leaved); 6 feet; flowers in May; Hun- 

 gary; 1820. B. pallescens (pahsh) ; 6 feet. B. papyracea {p2L- 

 per) ; 50 feet; flowers in June; North America; 1750. B. 

 papyracea fusca (blackish-brown) ; flowers in May ; Carolina. 

 B. papyracea platyphylla (broad-leaved) ; 50 feet ; flowers in 



