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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
BALSAM, GARDEN. Sce Dianthera pectoralis. 
; BALSAM, POPLAR. See Populus balsami- 
era. : 
BALSAM, SEASIDE. See Croton Eluteria. 
BALSAM, WATER. See Tytonia natans. 
BALSAMIFLUZ. Included under Hamamelideze 
(which see). 
Cn ae A synonym of Impatiens (which 
see). 
BALSAMITA. This genus is included by Bentham 
and Hooker under Chrysanthemum (which see). 
B. vulgaris (common). A synonym of Tanaceium Balsamita. 
Bambusa— continued. 
the dead leaves that have settled in the centre cleared 
away so as to allow a free circulation of air. An annual 
mulching of well-rotted manure or good leaf-mould will 
be of great benefit in adding vigour to the plants. 
Bamboos are the most charming of all plants for sub- 
tropical bedding, and for planting as isolated specimens 
on the lawn they have few equals. To those described 
on pp. 155-6, Vol. I., the following should now be added. 
For a full aceount of this and allied genera the reader is 
referred to A. B. Freeman-Mitford’s monograph, entitled 
“The Bamboo Garden” (London, 1896). See also Arun- 
dinaria and Phyllostachys. - 
Fic. 139. BAMBUSA PALMATA, 
BALSAMODENDRON. Syns. Commiphora, Heu- 
delotia. About half-a-dozen species, natives of Arabia, 
tropical and South Africa, and the Hast Indies, are referred 
to this genus. 
B. zeylanicum is now classed under Canarium, 
BAMBOO PALM. See Rhaphia tedigera. 
BAMBOS. A synonym of Bambusa (which see). 
BAMBUSA. Syns. Bambos, Ischurochloa. About 
two dozen species have been referred to this genus, natives 
of tropical or sub-tropical Asia, one being broadly dis- 
persed through tropical America. Bamboos should never 
be exposed to cold east winds, as these are far more 
injurious, especially when growth is tender, than severe 
frosts. The soil best suited to their development is 
a sandy loam, enriched with cow-manure and leaf- 
mould. In very dry soils Bamboos make but little 
growth, and in very hot and dry summers the foliage 
is apt to turn a rusty brown, and fall off prema- 
turely. The plants should be examined in spring, and 
B. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). 7. 2in. to 44in. long, jin. 
broad, tessellated, serrated on both edges, tapering to a fine 
point, pinched in about 4in. from the end, sometimes striped 
with white. Stems lft. high, tin. thick, light green, shading to 
purple; branches solitary or in pairs, much longer than the 
internodes. China and Japan. A charming little species. Syn. 
B. Vilmorini. 
B. Castillonis (Castillon’s). 7. Tin. long, ljin. broad, serrated, 
variegated. Stems square, curiously variegated; one side of 
each internode is dark green, and the other side yellow, these 
colours alternating at the next internode. h. 6ft. Japan, 1886. 
Hardy. (R. H. 1886, p. 513.) 
B. chrysantha (golden-flowered). J. 7in. long, 1Jin. broad, striped 
with yellow, slightly glaucous beneath. Stems slender, 3ft. or 
more in height. Japan. This is probably a form of Arundinaria 
Simoni. 
B. disticha (two-ranked). 7. borne alternately in two vertical 
ranks all along the stems and branches, lanceolate, bright 
green, tessellated, serrated, 1gin. to 24in. long, Jin. broad. 
Stems 2ft. high, zigzagged, rarely clouded with purple; sheaths 
downy at first; branches solitary. Japan (?). SYN. B. nana 
(of gardens). 
B. erecta (erect). 
B. fastuosa (proud). 
sharp-pointed, constricted lin. 
A synonym of Arundinaria Hindsii. 
1. 5in. to Tin. long, Zin. to lin, broad, 
from the tongue-like end, 
