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BLETIA. ‘B81 
BORDER. 
of singing-birds found in our gar- 
dens, live upon insects, ony | 
on the aphides, and the caterpillars 
or grubs of moths, flies, and beetles, | 
they are rather to be considered 
as advantageous to gardens than 
otherwise. 
Birp Cuerry.—Ceérasus Padus. 
—See CrErasus. 
Birp’s-Eye (Primula farinosa), | 
a very neat little plant, cultivated | i 
in peat soil and kept moist. 
Birp’s-root Treroit.See Lotus. 
Brirtuwort.—See ARIsTOLocHIA. 
Biscute’iia.--Cructfere.—-Buck- | 
ler Mustard. Hardy annuals with 
yellow flowers, natives of Europe, 
which only require sowing in the | 
open border in March or April. 
Birrer-sweet.—Soldnum Dul- | 
cémara.—An indigenous suffrutes- | 
cent climbing shrub, with pretty | 
flowers and red ines common in ; 
hedges. 
Birtrer-vetcuH.—See O’rosus. 
Buacxserry.—The common name ; 
of the bramble.—See Ru‘sus. 
Buiack Bryony.—See Ta‘mus. 
Buiapper Kermia. — Hibiscus 
Trionum and Africénus.——Hardy 
annuals, natives of Italy and Bar- 
bary. The seeds should be sown | 
in March or April.—See ANNUALS. | 
Biapper Nut.—See STaruy ea. | 
| 
BiappER Senna.—See Corure\a. 
Buianpro’rpia.— Hemerocallidee. 
—Showy plants with scarlet and | 
green tube-like flowers ; natives of 
New South Wales, of which B. | 
nobilis, and B. grandifléra, well 
deserve culture. Both species should | 
be grown in sandy loam and pect; | 
and they are increased by seeds or | 
suckers. 
Buressep TuistLE.— See Cern- 
TAU‘REA. 
Bux \t1a.— Orchiddcee.— Showy 
plants, natives of the tropics, and 
requiring stove heat in Britain. 
They should be grown in sandy 
loam and peat; and they are pro- 
pagated by division of the roots, 
rested by 
| Heater 
Buieut.—A popular term for the 
sudden injuries which plants re- 
ceive, apparently from the weather, 
but in reality from the attacks of 
insects, or the growth of parasitic 
fungi. In general, whenever the 
progress of plants is suddenly ar- © 
some cause not under- 
stood, it is attributed to blight. 
Blight differs from mildew, which 
is always a fungus, in the latter 
exhibiting a white, bluish, or mouldy 
| appearance. 
Burtum.—Chenopodiacee.—An-. 
nuals of the easiest culture, of no 
beauty with respect to the flowers, 
but remarkable for the showy ap- 
pearance of their spikes of succu- 
‘lent scarlet fruit. The English 
names of the species are Straw- 
berry and Spinach Blite. 
Bioop-rLowEr.— See Hama’n- 
THUS. 
Biumenpa’caia. — Loasécee. — 
Dwarf annuals, with pretty white 
flowers, and very curiously twisted 
seed-pods; which only require sow- 
ing in the open border in April 
There is, however, one drawback 
to their general cultivation, which 
s, that they sting as badly as a 
ieitle. 
BLuEeBoTTLe.—See CENTAUREA. 
Boc Eartu.—See Prat and 
Movctp. 
Bonara’rtEA.—See Lytr2's. 
Borace.—See Bora'‘ao. 
Bora'‘co. — Beraginee.—Annual 
and perennial plants with blue, 
white, or pink flowers, nearly allied 
to the Forget-me-not. Natives of 
the South of Europe and Persia; 
of easy culture in any common soil. 
Borper.—A border differs from 
a bed in having a walk only on one 
side ; and an ornamental border, in 
which flowers or shrubs, or both, 
are grown, ought to have the plants 
so arranged in regard to height and 
distance, as to have them seen to 
the greatest advantage from the 
walk. For this purpose the lowest- 
