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greenhouse sub-shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, in July ; jNIexico ; 

 1845. ^- i^ia^^tha (smooth-fiowered) : greenhouse sub-shrub ; 

 3 feet; flowers deep scarlet, in June; Mexico; 1850. B. tri- 

 phylla (three-leaved) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 scarlet, in June ; Mexico. 



A larger flowered and very fine variety is called splmdens. 



Box. See Buxus. 



Box Thorn. See Lycium. 



Brachycome. Swan-River Daisy. [Compositas.] Pret- 

 ty^ half-hardy annuals. Soil, rich light earth. Propagated 

 by seeds, which may be sown in heat about April, and, when 

 large enough, planted out in the borders or beds six inches 

 apart, or they may be so\vn thinly out of doors in May, and 

 be thinned out ; but the bloom is much later in general than 

 when sown in heat and planted out in May. The plants 

 are very pretty when grown in pots. 



B. iberidifolia (iberis-leaved) ; half-hardy annual; 18 inches ; 

 flowers blue, in July ; Swan River ; 1840. 



There is a pure w^hite variety called alba, and various 

 shades of blue and pink. 



Bramble. See Rubus. 



Briza. Quaking Grass. [Graminaceae.] One of the 

 many beautiful grasses which are so ornamental in the 

 flower-garden, bearing roundish, drooping, chaffy-like clus- 

 ters of flowers. Hardy annuals. The seeds may be sown 

 in common soil in May. 



B. maxima (largest) ; hardy annual grass ; 18 inches ; flowers 

 in June ; south of Europe ; 1633. B. rubj'a (red) ; hardy annual 

 grass; i foot; flowers in June; south of Europe ; 1820. B. 

 virens ; hardy annual grass ; 18 inches ; flowers in July ; Spain. 



Broussonetia. Paper Mulberry. [Moraces.] Hardy 

 trees, resembling Mulberry. Propagated by cuttings, suck- 

 ers, and seeds. 



