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and other parts of the pleasure-grounds. These baskets 

 are easily made. Having fixed on the sizes you wish for, 

 procure some inch boards, either of sound oak, which is 

 the best, or of well-seasoned elm or deal. Cut them into 

 the proper lengths, and nail them together the right 

 width ; they will then form a square. Mark then the 

 desired form (round or octagon) on this square, and cut it 

 into the desired figure. When this is done, you have the 

 groundwork of your basket ; make the basket eight or 

 ten inches deep ; and if your garden is moderately ex- 

 tensive, you may have them the largest size to be manage- 

 able, that is, from three to five feet in diameter. If a 

 small garden, this size would be inconvenient, and take 

 up too much room. Yet there is no reason why you 

 should not have two or three of these ornaments. For 

 such a garden, the most proper dimensions would be two 

 feet ; and for that size, six inches deep would be propor- 

 tionate. Then proceed to nail to the circular or octagon 

 bottom the sides. If the shape is round, let the pieces 

 of wood to form the sides be narrow, bevel inwards the 

 sides, and shape them so as to form the circle ; but if of 

 an octagon form, the pieces will be, of course, of the width 

 of each of the eight sides, and planed to fit at each corner. 

 Fasten them firmly together with nails, and the main 

 foundation and walls of your baskets are complete. On 

 the top of the side put some split hazel rods, of sufficient 

 thickness to cover it, and hang over the outside edge 

 about half an inch. Place some of the same kind close 

 to the bottom ; then, between the two, cover the plain 

 boards with some rough oak or elm bark, so closely fitted 

 as to give the idea that the basket has been cut out of a 

 solid tree ; or, which is more expensive and troublesome, 

 but certainly more ornamental, cover the sides with (split 

 or whole, as you may fancy) split oak from rods, from 

 one and a half to two inches in diameter, formed into 

 tasteful forms. These should fit so close as to hide com- 

 pletely the material of which the sides are formed. The 

 bark-plan will not require anything more done to it after 

 it is neatly fitted and securely nailed to the sides ; but 

 the rods should have a coating of boiled linseed-oil applied. 



BASS (or BAST) MATS. These mats, which are so 

 serviceable in gardens, are made from the inner bark of the 

 Russian Lime-trees (Tilias). The best are those known 

 as Archangel mats, and measure about 9X4^ feet; 

 formerly the fibre of which these mats were made was 

 extensively used in gardens as a tying material, but since 

 the introduction of Raffia, it has not been so much in 

 demand for that purpose. There are also the St. Peters- 

 burg mats, which are not so large, being only about 

 7X4 feet. These are useful for covering frames, and also 

 for packing purposes. The Dunnage mats are of the 

 same material but smaller. They are first used for 

 lining ships which carry wheat and other grain, and then 

 sold cheaply for garden purposes. 



The Cuba Bast is the fibrous inner bark of Hibiscus 

 elatus, better known as Paritium datum. This was ex- 

 tensively used as a substitute for the Russian Bast some 

 years ago when the mats were very dear ; it may be split 

 up into very fine threads and is much stronger than the 

 Russian Bast. 



BA'SSIA. (Named after M. Bassi, curator of the 

 Botanic Garden at Boulogne. Nat. ord. Sapotads [Sapo- 

 taceae]. Linn. ii-Dodecandria, i-Monogynia.) 



The Bassias are trees of some importance in India. 

 B. butyra'cea yields a thick, oil-like butter from its fruit, 

 or mahwa. B. latifo'lia furnishes a kind of arrack, called 

 moura, by distilling the flowers. The fruit of the Illupi- 

 tree (B. longifo'lia) yields oil for lamps, soap-making, 

 and also for food ; and Mungo Park's Butter-tree was 

 Butyrospe'rmum Pa'rkii. Stove trees. Cuttings of ripened 

 young shoots in April, in heat, in a close frame ; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 55 

 to 60. 



B. butyra'cea (buttery). 40. E. Ind. 1823. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 40. Yellow. E. Ind. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). 40. E. Ind. i8ir. 



BASTARD ACACIA. Robi'nia Pseu'd-aca'cia. 

 BASTARD ATOCION. Sile'ne Pseu'do-ato'cion. 

 BASTARD BALM. Meli'ttis. 

 BASTARD BOX. Poly'gala Chamcebu'xus. 

 BASTARD CABBAGE-TREE. Geoffro'ya. 



BASTARD CEDAR. Guazu'ma and Cedre'la. 

 BASTARD CHERRY. Ce'rasus Pseu'do-ce'rasus. 



BASTARD CINNAMON or CASSIA LIGNEA. Cinna- 

 mo'mum Ca'ssia. 



BASTARD CORK-TREE. Que'rcus Pseu'do-su'ber. 

 BASTARD CRACCA. Vi'cia Pseu'do-cra'cca. 

 BASTARD DICTAMNUS. Ballo'ta Pseu' do-dicta' mnus. 



BASTARD GROUND-PINE. Teu'crium Pseu'do-cha- 

 mce'pitys. 



BASTARD HARE'S-EAR. Phy'llis. 

 BASTARD HYSSOP. Teu'crium Po'lium. 

 BASTARD INDIGO. Amo'rpha. 

 BASTARD JASMINE. Andro'sace Chamczja' sme. 

 BASTARD LUPINE. Trifo'lium Lupina'ster. 

 BASTARD MANCHINEEL. Camera'ria. 



BASTARD MOUSE-EAR. Hiera'ciwn Pseu' do-pilo- 

 se'lla. 



BASTARD OLBIA. Lava'tera O'lbia. 

 BASTARD QUINCE. Py'rns Chamccme'spilus. 

 BASTARD TOAD-FLAX. The'sium. 

 BASTARD VERVAIN. Stachytarphe' ta. 

 BASTARD VETCH. Pha'ca. 

 BASTARD WIND-FLOWER. Gentia'na linea'ris. 



BASTARD WOOD-SAGE. Teu'crium Pseu'do-scoro- 

 do'nia. 



BATA'TAS. (Aboriginal name. Nat. ord. Bindweeds 

 [Convolvulaceae]. Linn. $-Pentandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Pharbitis and Ipomcea, and now united with the 

 latter, which see.) 



All stove deciduous climbers. Cuttings of stumpy 

 side-shoots, or young shoots slipped from the tubers, 

 just as they begin to grow ; in sandy soil, in bottom-heat, 

 and under a hand-glass ; rich, sandy loam and fibrous 

 peat, with manure-water when growing. Temp. , summer, 

 60 to 85, with moisture ; winter, 48 to 55. Very 

 little water while dormant. 



B. beta'cea (beet-like). 6. Pale violet. Demerara. 



1839. 

 ,, bignonioi'des (Bignonia-like). Dark purple. July. 



Cayenne. 1824. See I. BIGNONIOIDES. 

 ,, bonarie'nsis (Buenos Ayres). 10. Purple. See I. 



FICIFOLIA. 

 ,, Cavanille'sii (Cavanilles'). White, red. August. 



1815. See I. CAVANILLESII. 

 ,, edu'lis (eatable-/nfed). White, purple. E. Ind. 



1797. See I. BATATAS. 

 ,, glaucifo'lia (milky-green-leaved). Purplish. June. 



Mexico. 1732. See I. GLAUCIFOLIA. 

 heterophy'lla (various-leaved). Pale purple. Sep- 

 tember. Cuba. 1817. See I. HETEROPHYLLA. 

 ,, Jala' pa (jalap). Rose. August. Mexico. 1845. 



See I. JALAPA. 

 ,, panicula'ta (panicled). Purple. July. E. Ind. 



1799. See I. DIGITATA. 

 pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). White. August. E. Ind. 



1739. See I. PENTAPHYLLA. 



,, senegale'nsis (Senegal). White. July. Guinea. 



1823. See I. PALMATA. 



terna'ta (three-leafleted). White. July. Brazil. 



1824. See I. TERN ATA. 



,, veno'sa (veiny). Purple. July. Mauritius. 1820. 



See I. VENOSA. 

 Walde'ckii (Waldeck's). White and purple. S. Amer. 



1847. 

 Willdeno'vii (Willdenow's). Purple. July. 1818. 



See I. HETEROPHYLLA. 



BATEMA'NNIA. (Called after Mr. Bateman. a keen 

 collector and ardent cultivator of orchids, and author of 

 a splendid work on the Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala. 

 Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidacea;]. Linn. 2o-Gynandria, 

 i-Monogynia. Allied to Maxillaria.) 



Stove orchids ; divisions and offsets ; peat, broken 

 crocks, and sphagnum ; plant raised considerably above 



