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BULBOCODIUM 



B. japo'nica (Japanese). Japan. 



insi'gnis (remarkable). Purple. Garden variety. 

 1878. 



refie'xa (reflexed). Branches reflexed to the 

 ground. 1879. 



lindleya'na (Lindley's). 6. Violet. September. 

 China. 1844. Greenhouse evergreen. 



hemsleya'na (Hemsleyan). Reddish-lilac, no 

 orange throat. Central China. 1903. 



madagascarie'nsis (Madagascar). 10. Orange. Mada- 

 gascar. 1824. 



Nee'mda (Neemda). See B. ASIATICA. 



ni'vea (snowy). Lilac or purple. China. 1905. 



occidenta'lis (western). White. Peru. 1730. Green- 

 house evergreen. 



officina'lis (officinal). 1-8. Mauve to purple. Winter. 

 Central China. 1911. Greenhouse. 



panicula'ta (panicled). 14. White. August. Nepaul. 

 1823. 



pulche'lla (beautiful). Natal. 



sali'gna (willow-like). 6. See CHILIANTHUS OLEACEUS. 



salvifo'lia (sage-leaved). 3. Crimson. August. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1760. Greenhouse evergreen. 



thyrsoi'des(ihyrse- flowered). Yellow. S. Amer. 1823. 



varia'bilis (variable). Lilac with yellow eye. Wes- 

 tern China. Nearly hardy. 



> > gigante'a (giant). Panicle very large. 1910. 



magni'fica (magnificent). A later, robust variety 

 with reddish-lilac flowers. 1905. 



supe'rba (superb). Panicles larger ; flowers darker 

 than any other variety. 1908. 



veitchia'na (Veitchian). Purple. Panicles larger 

 and denser. 1902. 



Wilso'nii (Wilson's). Rich, dark, and distinct 

 shade of colour. 



BUETTNE'RIA. (Named in honour of Buettner, a 

 German professor. Nat. ord. Sterculiads [Sterculiaceae]. 

 Linn. 5-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Cuttings ; the first two species require the greenhouse, 

 the others the routine of the plant-stove. 



B. dasyphy'lla (thick-leaved). See RULINGIA PANNOSA. 

 hermannicefo'lia (Hermannia-leaved). See RULINGIA 



HERMANNI^EFOLIA. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 5. White, purple. W. 



Ind. 1816. 



sca'bra (rough-leaved). 6. Purple. July. S. Amer. 

 1793- 



BUFF-TIP MOTH. Pygce'ra buce'phala. 



BUFFALO CLOVER. Trifo'lium me'dium. 



BUGAIN VILLAS' A. See BOUGAINVI'LLEA. 



BUGLE. A'juga. 



BUGLOSS. Anchu'sa. 



BUGWORT. Cimici'fuga. 



BUISSON is a fruit-tree on a very low stem, and with 

 a head closely pruned. 



BULB. A bulb is really an underground bud. Its 

 fibrous or real roots die annually ; but the bulb remains 

 stored with reserve food, and retaining the vital powers 

 of the plant, ready for reproduction at the appropriate 

 season. Besides root bulbs (as are the onion, lily, &c.), 

 there are stem, or caulinary bulbs, equally efficient for 

 propagation. 



The stem-bulb consists of a number of small scales 

 closely compacted together in an ovate or conical form, 

 enclosing the rudiments of a future plant, and originating, 

 sometimes in the axil of the leaves, as in Denta'ria 

 bulbi'fera and several Lilyworts, and sometimes at the 

 base of the umbel of flowers, as in A'llium carina'tum 

 and others, in both which cases it is nourished by the 

 parent plant till it has reached maturity, at which period 

 the bond of connection is dissolved, and the bulb falls 

 to the ground, endowed with the power of striking root 

 in the soil by sending out fibres from the base, and so 

 converting itself into a new individual. 



Every bulbous-rooted plant has its management given 

 in its proper place ; but there are a few rules of general 

 applicability. They should be moved, where necessary, 

 whilst in a state of rest. This occurs to the summer- 

 flowering bulbs in autumn, and to the autumn-flowering 

 in spring. Many require to be taken up annually, or, 



at furthest, every second or third year, to remove the 

 accumulated offsets. No bulb should be kept long out 

 of the ground ; and, even during the time it is necessarily 

 so kept, it should be prevented from drying by burying 

 it in sand. It is difficult to define the difference in 

 bulbs, conns, and tubers. Yet the Gloxinias and Begonias, 

 though the latter are termed " Tuberous," may be given 

 as examples of conns and the Dahlias as tuberous ; and 

 those with the scales should be classed, such as Hyacinths, 

 Liliums, Onions, &c., bulbs. 



BULBINE. (From bolbos, a bulb. Nat. ord. Lily- 

 worts [Liliacea?]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



The name Bulbine is a misnomer ; for many more 

 have the herbaceous habit of Anthericum than that of 

 true bulbs. Bulb species by offsets; herbaceous plants, 

 suckers, and divisions ; the shrubby species, by cuttings 

 under a hand-glass. Sand, loam. For greenhouse species, 

 summer temp., 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 to 45. 

 B. alooi'des (aloe-like), i. Yellow. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1732. 

 a'nnua (annual). J. Yellow. May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1731. 

 asphodeloi'des (asphodel-like). 2. White. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1759. 

 auslra'lis (southern). See B. BULBOSA. 

 bisulca'ta (two- furrowed), i. Yellow. November. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 

 bulbo'sa (bulbous), i. Yellow. June. Australia. 



1820. 

 caule'scens (stemmed). 2. Yellow. June. S. Africa. 



1702. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). See ANTHERICUM CILIATUM. 

 floribu'nda (many-flowered). See B. SEMIBARBATA. 

 frute'scens (shrubby). See B. CAULESCENS. 

 glau'ca (milky-green). 2. White. Chili. 1828. 

 grami'nea (grass-leaved). See B. ASPHODELOIDES. 

 hi'spida (bristly). See ANTHERICUM HISPIDUM. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. White. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1812. 

 longisca'pa (long-flower-stemmed), i. Yellow. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1759. 



Macke'nii (Macken's). See ERIOSPERMUM MACKENII. 

 mesembryanthemoi' des (Mesembryanthemum-like). J. 



Yellow. May. Cape of Good Hope. 1822. 

 narcissifo'lia (Narcissus-leaved), if. Yellow. S. 



Africa. 

 nu'tans (nodding), i. Yellow. July. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1820. 

 prcemo'rsa (bitten-off). i. Yellow. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1818. 

 pugionifo'rmis (dagger-formed), i. Yellow. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1793. 

 rostra' ta (beaked). 2. Yellow. June. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1812. 



sca'bra (rough). See ANTHERICUM SCABRUM. 

 semibarba' ta (half-bearded), i. Yellow. July. Aus- 

 tralia. 1820. 



sua'vis (sweet). See B. BULBOSA. 

 trique'tra (three-sided). See BULBINELLA TRIQUETRA. 



BULBINE'LLA. (From bolbos, a bulb, and ella, signi- 

 fying diminutive. Nat. ord. Lilyworts [Liliaceae]. The 

 species have been separated from Anthericum and 

 Bulbine.) 



Hardy and greenhouse herbs with a very short rhizome 

 or tuber and fleshy, fibrous roots, and yellow or white 

 flowers. The best one is B. Hookeri, which thrives in 

 sandy soil or peat in the more favoured parts of the 

 British Isles. The base of the rockery is the best place 

 for it. 

 B. Hooke'ri( Hooker's). 2. Bright yellow. June. New 



Zealand. Syn. Chrysobactron Hookeri. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). Yellow. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). i. White. April. S. 



Africa. 1774. 



Ro'ssii (Ross's). New Zealand. 

 trique'tra (three-grooved), i. White. April. S. 



Africa. 1774. 



BULBOCO'DIUM. (From bolbos, a bulb, and kodion, 

 wool ; referring to the woolly covering of the bulbs. 

 Nat. ord. Melanths [Liliaceae]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i- 

 Monogynia.) 



Small hardy bulbs, having the aspect of Crocus. Off- 

 sets ; sandy loam, well drained. 



