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kind of Cenvolvulus, the root of 
which is eaten. 
Bavnrs1a. — Legumindse. — 
Mountain Ebony. Stove shrubs, 
mostly with white flowers, and re- 
markable for their leaves always 
being produced in twins, on which 
account the genus was named in 
conipliment to J. and C. Bauhin, 
both eminent botanists. 
Beap Tree—See Me zia. 
Beauro’rtia._- Myrtccee.—-Splen- 
did New Holland shrubs with scar- 
let and red flowers, free-growers and 
abundant flowerers, and well adapt- 
ed either for planting out in a con- 
servatory, or growing in pots. The 
best soil is sandy loam and peat, 
well drained; and cuttings, taken | 
off with a small portion of half-ri- 
pened wood, root freely in sand un- 
der a bell-glass. BB. decusséta, 
which produces its scarlet flowers 
rom May to July, is one of the 
handsomest species. 
Beaumo'nt1a, Wal.—-Apocy nec. | 
—Climbing shrubs from the East 
Indies, of elegant foliage and large | 
white flowers, of easy culture in the 
stove, and propagated by cuttings 
either of the stem or roots. The 
best soil is sandy loam, mixed with 
rotten dung or leaf-mould. By 
proper management they may be 
made to flower in the open air.—Sce 
ALLAMA'NDA. 
Bevs ror Fiowers.—Divisions 
of a flower-garden which are formed 
in different figures; and which are 
generally covered with a mass cf 
flowers of one kind, or at least of 
one colour, though sometimes they 
contain single plants, or small tu/ts 
of plants and flowers, at regular 
distances, with naked spaces show- 
ing the soil between. The plants 
most suitable for completely cover- 
ing the beds are trailers and creep- 
ers; and those for standing singly 
at regular distances, are erect plants, 
which have their flowers in terminal 
spikes, corymbs, or umbels, or com- 
BEGONIA. 
_pact-growing plants, which make 
neat little bushes entirely covered 
with flowers ; the stems often require 
to be pegged down with hooked 
sticks so as to cover every part of 
che bed equally ; and in wet seasons, 
when the plants are apt to run too 
much to leaves, the lower extremi- 
ties of the shoots ought to be slightly 
bruised, so as to check their growth 
| by lessening the rapidity of the re- 
turn of the sap. Some effect may 
be produced by cutting through 
some of the principal, six or eight 
inches under ground. In situations 
where the bottom is naturally moist, 
the whole flower-garden ought to be 
effectually drained, and those beds 
which are intended to be wholly 
covered with trailing plants, ought 
to have a comparatively thin stra- 
tum of soil. On the other hand, 
borders intended for tall, vigorous 
plants, ought to have a deep sub- 
stantial soil. 
Beprcuar.—A disease which af- 
fects the Rose-tree—See Cynips. 
Beco\nia.— Begoniacee.—T ropi- 
cal under-shrubs or herbaceous 
plants, some of which require the 
stove and others the greenhouse. 
The flowers are showy, pink or 
white, and the leaves are succulent, 
oblique at the base, and red under- 
neath. Many of the herbaceous 
kinds have tuberous roots ; and all 
these, if planted in the open air, 
rather deep in a dry sandy border 
exposed to the south, and having 
ihe soil covered with a little rotten 
‘an, dung, leaves, or with litter dur- 
ing the winter season, will come up 
and flower freely every year. One 
of the finest is B, octopétala, but it 
is rather rare. B. discolor, which 
has the leaves beautifully veined 
with crimson underneath, is the 
commonest species, and it thrives in 
the greenhouse, or in a room, throw- 
ing out numerous suckers, each 
with a small tuberous root, which 
only requires separating from the 
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