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" In farm culture, sow in drills three 

 feet apart, so as to admit the horse-hoe 

 — deep tillage produces its beneficial 

 effects on this crop as on most others. 



"To save them during the winter, 

 they should be placed in the cellar, 

 against the wall, in tiers, tops outward, 

 with alternate layers of sand or earth. 



BENTHAMIA fragifera. Hardy 

 evergreen shrub. Seeds or layers. 

 Common loamy soil. 



BERARDIA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Division. 

 Common soil. 



BERBERIS. Thirty-three species. 

 Hardy evergreen or deciduous shrubs. 



Or in hills in the garden, with a cover- : Cuttings or layers. Light common soil. 



ing of earth two to three feet thick ; 

 the aperture at vvhich they are taken 

 out as required, being carefully closed 

 with straw ; for, should hard frost reach 

 them, they will decay." — Rural Reg. 



BE^GONIA. Fifty-eight species. 

 Chiefly stove evergreens. Cuttings. 

 Rich loam. 



BEJARIA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



BELLADONNA LILY. Amaryllis 

 Belladonna. 



BELLEISLE CRESS. Barbarca pre- 

 cox. See American Cress. 



BELLEVALIA Operculata. Hardy 

 bulb. Suckers. Common light soil. 



BELL FLOWER. Campanula. 



BELL-GLASS, is so culled from its 

 usual form being that of a bell. It is 

 formed of one entire piece of glass, and 

 of common bottle glass when intended 

 for sheltering cauliriowers, &c., in the 

 open borders; but of white glass for 

 preserving moisture to cuttings in the 

 hot-house. 



BELLIDIASTRUM Michelii. Hardy 

 herbaceous plant. Division. Peat and 

 loam. 



BELLIS. Daisy. Five species. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennials, except B. an- 

 nwd, which is an annual. Division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



BELLIUM. Four species. Hardy 



See Barberry. 



BERCKHEYA. Tenspecies. Chiefly 

 green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



BERINGERIA. Eight species. Chief- 

 ly hardy herbaceous perennials. Divi- 

 sion. Common soil. 



BERIIYA amornilla. Stove ever- 

 green tree. Cuttings. Rich loam and 

 peat. 



BERTEROA. Three species. Hardy. 

 Seeds or cuttings. Sandy soil. 



BERTHOLLETIA excelsa. Brazil 

 Nut. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. 

 Sand, peat, and loam. 



BERZELIA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy peat and loam. 



BkSLERIA. Twelve species. Chief- 

 ly stove evergreen shrubs. B. cristata, 

 B. serrulata, B. violacea are climbers. 

 Cuttings. Very light rich soil. 



BESOM, or Broom, received its se- 

 cond name from being often made of 

 the Broom plant ; but the best, both for 

 flexibility and durability, are made of 

 the ling or heath. Birch brooms are 

 the most common, and whatever the 

 material, they will endure much longer 

 if soaked in water for some time before 

 using. If kept constantly in water they 

 would be still less brittle. Where 

 walks are liable to become mossy, a 

 broom made of wire is frequently em- 



planls. Seeds or division. Sandy peat, i ployed for sweeping them. If the wire 



BELLOWS are employed for fumi- 

 gating, ■differing only liom the common 

 bellows by having a receptacle for ig- 

 nited tobacco in the pipe of its nozzle, 

 through which the air, being gently 

 forced in the usual vvay, propels the 

 smoke in any desired direction, where 

 the insects to be destroyed appear. 



BELOPERONE oblongata. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



BENGAL QUINCE. Agle Marmelos. 



BENJAMIN TREE. Ficus Benja- 

 mina. 



BENJAMIN TREE. Laurus Ben- 

 zoin. 



be iron, it ought to be well dried and 

 dipped in oil after being used, or it is 

 soon destroyed by the rust. 



BESSERA. Two species. Green- 

 house bulbous perennials. Offsets. Peat 

 and sand. 



BETA. Beet. Seven species. Hardy 

 biennials. B. trigyna is an herbaceous 

 perennial. Seeds. Rich mould. 



BETEL NUT. Piper Betle. 



BETONICA. Betony. Ten species. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials. Suckers. 

 Common garden soil. 



BETONY. Betonica. 



BETONY. Teller ium betonicum. 



BETULA. Birch. Twenty-two spe- 



