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BLOOM 



B. occidenta'le (western), i. Brown. August. Brazil. 



1823. 



., mulii'fidum (much-cut). Crested and tasselled. 

 ,, orienta'le (eastern). Brown. July. E. Ind. 

 ,, pectina'tum (comb-leaved), i Brown. August. S. 



Amer. 1827. 

 ,, polypodioi'des (Polypodium-like). See B. UNILATE- 



RA'LE. 



,. rugo'swn (wrinkled). (G. Chron., 1884. xxi. 408.) 

 serrula' turn (saw-edged). f. Brown. July. Florida. 



1819. 



Spi'cant (spiked) and varieties. See LOMARIA SPICANT. 

 stria'tum (furrowed). See B. SERRULATUM. 

 triangula're (three- angled). Brown. July. Mexico. 



1841. Comes near B. unilaterale. 

 ,, trijolia'tum (three-leaved). See B. LANCEOLA. 

 unilatera'le (one-sided). i. September. Brazil. 



1829. Syn. B. polypodioides. 

 volu'bile (twining). Yellow, brown. July. Trop. 



Amer. 1842. 



BLE CHUM. (From a Greek name for an unknown 

 plant, supposed to be Marjoram. Nat. ord. Acanthads 

 [Acanthaceae]. Linn. i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Dicliptera.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Cuttings of young, 

 firm shoots in spring or summer ; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 



B. angusHfo'lium (narrow-leaved). i. Blue. June. 



Jamaica. 1824. 

 brasilie'nse (Brazilian), i. Blue. June. Brazil. 



1824. 



,, Bro'wnei (Brown's). 2. June. W. Ind. 1780. 

 laxiflo'rum (loose-flowered). 2. White. Jamaica. 



1818. 



BLEEDING. See EXTRAVASATED SAP. 

 BLE PHARIS. (From blepharis, the eyelash ; in re- 

 ference to the fringed bracts. Nat. ord. Acanthads 

 [Acanthaceae]. Linn. i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Acanthus.) 



The annuals and biennials by seed in hotbed, as 

 tender annuals ; the trailers and under-shrubs by the 

 same means, and by cuttings in heat, close frame. 

 B. boerhaviczfo'lia (Boerhavia-leaved). i. Blue. July. 



E. Ind. 1829. Stove annual. 

 cape'nsis (Cape), i. Blue. July. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1816. Greenhouse biennial. 

 ,, carduifo'lia (Carduus-leaved). i. Blue. August. 



S. Africa. 1816. Greenhouse herb. 

 furca'ta (iork-spined) . 2. July. Cape of Good Hope . 



1816. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 ,, linaricefo'lia (Linaria-leaved). 2. Blue. July. 



Guinea. 1823. Stove annual. 



,, procu'mbens (procumbent), i. July. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 1825. Greenhouse evergreen trailer. Syn. 

 Acanthodium procumbens. 



BLEPHAROCA'LYX. (From blepharis, the eyelash, 

 and calyx, in allusion to the ciliated calyx. Nat. ord. 

 Myrtleblooms [Myrtaceae]. Linn. i2-Icosandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



A greenhouse fine foliaged plant, with exceedingly 

 numerous, narrow leaves. Propagation by cuttings, 

 getting firm, in pots of sand, or in close frame. Soil, 

 loam, and leaf-mould, or peat and sand. 

 B. spirczoi'des (Spiraea-like), i to 9. Small, pale yellow. 

 Brazil. 1907. It had been many years in gardens 

 under the name of Eugenia myriophylla before it 

 flowered. (B. M., t. 8123.) 



BLEPHI LIA. (From blepharis, the eyelash ; in re- 

 ference to the fringed bracts. Nat. ord. Labiates 

 [Labiatae]. Linn. 2-Diandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Monarda.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Seeds, and dividing the 

 roots in April and September. Common soil. 

 B. cilia' ta (hair- fringed). 3. Red. July. N. Amer. 

 ,, hirsu'ta (hairy). Purple. August. N. Amer. 1798. 



BLESSED THISTLE. Carbe'nia benedi'cia. 



BLE'TIA. (Named after a Spanish botanist of the 

 name of Blet. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. 

 2o-Gynandria, i-Monandria.) 



Stove terrestrial orchids, except where otherwise 



specified. Division of the roots, when done flowering 

 or starting into growth ; peat, loam, and a little sand, 

 enriched with top dressings of cow-dung or manure, 

 watering when growing. Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; 

 winter, 48 to 58. 



B. acumina'ta (long- pointed). See L/ELIA RUBESCENS. 

 ,, acutipe'tala (acute-petaled). 5. Purple. September. 



Central Amer. Greenhouse. 



,, campanula' ta (bell-flowered). Purple and white. Mexico. 

 ,, capita' ta (headed). See ELLEANTHUS CAPITATUS. 

 ,, catcnula' ta (linked). i. Purple. Peru. 1844. 

 ,, flo'rida (florid). 2. Rose. February. Trinidad. 



1786. 



Gebi'na (Japanese). See B. HYACINTHINA. 

 ,, godseffla'na (Godseff's). See B. ACUTIPETALA. 

 ,, gra'cilis (slender-scaped). i. Yellow. July. 



Mexico. 1830. 

 ,, guinee'nsis (Guinea). 2. Purple. Sierra Leone. 



1822. 

 ,, havane'nsis (Havannah). 2j. Purple. April. 



Havannah. 1835. 

 ,, hyaci'nthina (hyacinth-like), i. Rose and crimson. 



April. China. 1802. Hardy. Syn. B. Gebina. 

 macula'tus (spotted). See PHAIUS. 

 ,, pa'llida (pale). See B. FLORIDA. 

 ,, Parhinso'nii (Parkinson's). i. Rose. January. 



Mexico. 1838. 



,, pa'tula (spreading- flowered). 2. Purple. Hayti. 

 ,, refle'xa (bent-back-sepaled). 2. Purple, green. Peru. 

 ,, secu'nda (one-sided). Green, crimson. Mexico. 1840. 

 ,, Shephe'rdii (Shepherd's). 2. Purple and yellow. 



January. Jamaica. 1825. 

 sherrattia'na (Sherrattian). Purple, white, yellow. 



New Grenada. 1867. 

 ,, Tankervi'llcz (Mrs. Tankerville's). See PHAIUS GRANDI- 



FOLIUS. 

 ,, verecu'nda (modest). 3. Purple. March. W. Ind. 



1733- 

 ,, Woodfo'rdii (Woodford's). See PHAIUS MACULATUS. 



BLI GHIA SA'PIDA. The Akee-tree, the berry of 

 which is so much esteemed in the West Indies. It was 

 named after Captain Bligh, the introducer of the Bread- 

 fruit from the Society Islands. Nat. ord. Soapworts 

 [Sapindaceae]. 



BLIND PLANTS frequently occur in the cabbage and 

 others of the Brassica tribe. They are plants which 

 have failed to produce central buds ; and, as these are 

 produced from the central vessels, if the top of their 

 stems be cut away they usually emit lateral or side- 

 buds from the edge of the wound. It is chiefly the 

 best sorts which fail, and it is only by cutting away the 

 central crown and allowing the side branches to grow 

 up that seed can be obtained. See BARREN PLANTS. 



BLISTERED LEAVES. See PEACH. 

 BLIGHT. See BLAST. 



BLI'TUM. The Strawberry Elite, or Spinach, is 

 scarcely worth growing. B. capita'tum and B. mari'- 

 timum are sometimes cultivated. Now united with 

 Chenopodium. 



BLOOD. See ANIMAL MATTERS. 

 BLOOD-FLOWER. H&ma'nthus. 



BLOODWORT. Sanguina'ria canade'nsis. 



BLOOM, or BLOSSOM, is the popular name for the 

 flowers of fruit-bearing plants. 



The organs of fruitfulness are absolutely necessary 

 for the production of seeds, and are always producible 

 by garden-plants properly cultivated, except where the 

 stamens are developed into petals, forming what are 

 known as double flowers, as in the double stocks and 

 other staminate flowers. They may be deficient in 

 leaves, or stems, or roots, because other organs may 

 supply their places ; but plants are never incapable of 

 bearing flowers and seeds, for, without these, they can 

 never fully attain the object of their creation the in- 

 crease of their species. Of course, we exclude the 

 mushroom, and others which do not produce seeds. 



Most flowers are composed of the following parts, 

 viz. : The calyx, which is usually green, and enveloping 

 the flower whilst in the bud ; the corolla, or petals, 

 leaves so beautifully coloured, and so delicate in most 



