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grown or remove them during open weather in November, 

 or before the close of February (the earlier the better), 

 into rows three feet apart each way, and planted deeply. 

 Keep each variety as far away from each other as pos- 

 sible to prevent cross fertilisation. The seed ripens 

 about the beginning of August. 



BORO'NIA. (Named after Boroni, an Italian servant 

 of Dr. Sibthorp's. Nat. ord. Ruewor ts [Rutaceas]. Linn. 

 6-Octandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings, neither hard 

 nor soft, inserted in sand, under a glass, where there is 

 the mildest heat ; pot in leaf-mould. Peat and a little 

 fibrous loam may be added, also sharp sand. Though 

 greenhouse plants, most of them like a little extra heat 

 in spring. Summer temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 45 to 50 . 

 B. ala'ta (winged). 3. Red. May. N. Holland. 1825. 

 anemonifo'lia (anemone-leaved). 2. Red. May. 



N. Holland. 1824. 



anethifolia (dill-leaved). N. Holland. 1841. 

 ,, varia'bilis (variable). Tasmania. 

 crenula'ta (scolloped-teawftf). 2. Red. July. King 



George's Sound. 

 cymo'sa (cymose). Pink. Swan River. Syn. B. 



ttrttifdia. 

 denticula'ta (fine- toothed). 2. Red. N. Holland. 



1823. 



dicho'toma (fork-branched). See B. SPATHULATA. 

 Drummo'ndii (Drummond's). See B. PULCHELLA. 

 rfa'/wr (taller). 3$. Red. May. W.Australia. 1874. 

 falcifo'lia (sickle-kav^. Moreton Bay. 1841. 

 floribu'nda (free-flowering). See B. PINNATA. 

 ., Frase!ri (Eraser's). Red. May. N. Holland. 1821. 

 hettrophy'tta (various-leaved). 2$. Red. Australia. 

 ., bre'vipes (short-stalked), ij. Bright red. S. W. 



Australia. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). Red. April. N. Holland. 



1824. 

 ledifo'lia (Ledum-leaved). 2. Red. May. N. S. 



Wales. 1814. 



megasti'gma (large stigma). Brown-yellow. Aus- 

 tralia. 1873. 



a u'rea( golden). Creamy-yellow sport. 1903. 

 microphy'lla (small-leaved). 2. Pink. N. Holland. 



1846. 



mo'llis (soft). N. Holland. 1841. 

 ova' to. (egg-shzpe-leaved). Crimson. May. Swan 



River. 1841. 

 pinna' ta ileafleted). 2. Purple. August. N. S. 



Wales. 1794. 

 polygalczfo'lia (Polygala-leaved). 2. Red. May. N. 



Holland. 1824. 



pukhe'lla (beautiful). 2. Pink. May. W. Australia. 

 ramo'sa (branched). Blue. Australia. 

 sca'bra (rough). Pink. Swan River. 

 serrula'ia (saw-edged-kat;f). 3. Scarlet. June. 



N. S. Wales. 1816. 

 spaihula'ta (spathulate-kavftf). Pink. Swan River. 



1845. 



tennis (slender). Blue. Australia. 

 teretifo'lia (round-leaved). See B. CYMOSA. 

 tetra'ndra (four-stamened). See B. PULCHELLA. 

 triphy'lla (three-leaved). See B. LEDIFOLIA. 

 vimi'nea (twiggy). Pink. Swan River. 



BORRE RIA. (Named after /. W. Borrer, a British 

 cryptogamist and excellent botanist. Nat. ord. Cin- 

 ckonads [Cinchonaceae]. Linn. 4-Tetrandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. See SPERMACOCE.) 



Stove plants. The biennials from seeds, treated like 

 a tender annual ; and the perennials from cuttings in 

 sand, in heat, under a glass ; light soil. 

 B. commute' ta (changed). See SPERMACOCE VERTICIL- 



LATA. 



,, stri'cta (upright). See S. VERTICILLATA. 



verticilla'ta (whorled- flowered). See S. VERTICILLATA. 



BORRI'CHIA. (A commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Compositae.) 



Greenhouse evergreens. Cuttings in sand, in gentle 

 heat. Fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 

 B. arbore'scens (tree-like). 3. Yellow. June. Trop. 



Amer. 1699. 

 arge'ntea (silvery). 2. Yellow. June. Trop. Amer. 



1824. 

 frute'scens (shrubby). 2. July. N. Amer. 1696. 



BORZICA'CTUS. (From Born, a commemorative 

 name, and Cactus. Nat. ord. Cactaceae.) 



Greenhouse succulent. Seeds, cuttings. Loam, broken 

 bricks, a little leaf-mould and sand. 



B. Ventimi'glice (Ventimiglia). Red-violet. Ecuador. 

 1910. 



EOSCHE'RIA MINAHA'SS2 is a garden name for 

 what appears to be an Artocarpad (1872). 



BO'SCIA. (Named after L. Bosc, a French professor 

 of agriculture. Nat. ord. Capparids [Capparidaceae]. 

 Linn. n-Dodecandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Cuttings of firm wood in heat, :n sand, under a glass ; 

 lumpy, fibrous loam and peat. Summer temp., 60* to 

 80 ; winter, 00. 



B. senegale" 'nsis (Senegal). 3. White. Senegal. 1824. 



BOSSI3TA. (Named after Bossier Lamartinere, a 

 French botanist, who accompanied La Perouse on his 

 fatal voyage. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Legumi- 

 nosae]. Linn. i6-Monadelphia, 6-Decandria. Allied to 

 Hovea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs and trailers ; cuttings of 

 half-ripe shoots in sand, in close frame with bottom-heat, 

 in April ; peat and loam, both fibrous, with a portion of 

 silver-sand, and some pieces of charcoal, to keep the 

 soil open ; also seeds sown in a slight hotbed, in March. 

 Summer temp., moderate ; winter, 40 to 50. 



B. buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 4. Yellow. May. N. 



Holland. 1824. 

 ,, cine'rea (grey). 3. Yellow. June. Van Diemen's 



Land. 1802. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). See B. CINEREA. 

 ,, denta'ta (toothed). Australia. L. B. C., 1458. 

 di'sticha (two-rowed). 2. Yellow. May. N.Holland. 



1840. 



,, tnsa'ta (sword-ftr anched) . See B. RIPARIA. 

 erioca'rpa (woolly- podded), i. Yellow. May. King 



George's Sound. 1837. 



folio'sa (leafy). 4. Yellow. May. N.Holland. 1824. 

 ., Henderso'nii (Henderson's). Yellow and bronze. 



N. S. Wales. 1844. 



., heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 3. Yellow. Sep- 

 tember. N. S. Wales. 1792. 

 ., lanceola'ta (lanceolate). See B. HETEROPHYLLA. 

 ,, lenticula'ris (lentil-leaved). See B. RHOMBIFOLIA. 

 linnaoi'des (Linnaea-like). See B. PROSTRATA. 

 ,, linophy'lla (flax-leaved). 3. Orange. August. N. 



Holland. 1803. 

 microphyUa (small-leaved). 3. Yellow. July. N. S. 



,, orna'ta (adorned). 2. Yellow, or purple. March, 



April. Australia. 1830. 



,, ova'ta (egg-shape-leaved). See B. HETEROPHYLLA. 

 ,. paucifo'lia (few-leaved). See B. RUFA VIRGATA. 

 prostra'ta (prostrate). $. Yellow. August. N. S. 



Wales. 1803. 

 ,, rhombifo'lia (diamond-leaved), r. Yellow. May. 



N. Holland. 1820. 

 ,, ripa'ria (river-bank). Australia. 

 rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). See B. RHOMBIFOLIA. 

 ru'fa (reddish- yt&ovi- flowered) . 6. Orange. August. 



N. Holland. 1803. 

 folio'sa (leafy). Yellow. Australia. 1843. Syn. 



B. spinescens. 

 virga'ta (twiggy). 2. Yellow, red. June. Swan 



River. 1842. Syns. B. paucifolia and B. virgaia. 

 scolope'ndria (hart's- tongue-teat*^). 10. Yellow. 



June. N. S. Wales. 1792. 

 ,, spinescens (spined). See B. RUFA FOLIOSA. 

 tenuicau'lis (slender-stemmed). See B. CINEREA. 

 ,, virga'ta (twiggy). See B. RUFA VIRGATA. 



BOSTRICHUS, a class of beetles, many of which are 

 very injurious to the crops of the garden. 



B. dispar, Apple-bark beetle. The female of this insect 

 bores into the wood of the apple-tree, and there deposits 

 her eggs, generally in the month of May ; and its per- 

 forations are so numerous and extensive, as frequently, 

 on the Continent, to destroy the tree. In England it 

 rarely occurs. The perforations are confined to the 

 alburnum, or young wood. 



B. typographus. Typographer-bark beetle. This 

 attacks the pine-tribe, especially the silver-fir. A draw- 



