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BUXUS 



BURLINGTO'NIA. (Named after the Countess of 

 Burlington. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. 20- 

 Gynandria, i-Monogynia. Now united with Rodri- 

 guezia.) 



Stove orchids. Divisions fastened to blocks of wood, 

 with a little moss attached. High temperature and 

 moist atmosphere when growing ; cool and dry when in 

 a state of rest. Summer temp., 70 to 90 ; winter, 55. 

 B. ca'ndida (snow-white). See RODRIGUEZIA CANDIDA. 

 deco'ra (neat). See RODRIGUEZIA DECORA. 

 macula' to, (spotted). See LEOCHILUS ONCIDIOIDES. 

 perpusi'lla (very small). See RODRIGUEZIA PER- 



PUSILLA. 



ri'gida (stiff-stemmed). See RODRIGUEZIA RIGIDA. 

 venu'sta (beautiful). See RODRIGUEZIA VENUSTA. 



BUR MARIGOLD. See BIDENS. 



BUR REED. See SPARGANIUM. 



BURN ONION. See POTATO ONION. 



BURNET. (Pote'rium Sanguiso'rba.) Small, or Up- 

 land Burnet. Used in cool tankards, soups, and salads. 



Soil and Situation. It delights in a dry, unshaded, 

 poor soil, abounding in calcareous matter, with a dress- 

 ing of bricklayers' rubbish, or fragments of chalk. A 

 small bed will be sufficient for the supply of a family. 



Propagation is either by seed or by cuttings and part- 

 ings of the roots. The seed sown March until May, as 

 weather permits. But the best time is in autumn, as 

 soon as it is ripe ; for, if kept until the spring, it will 

 often fail entirely, or lie in the ground until the same 

 season of the following year, without vegetating. Sow 

 in drills, six inches apart, thin, and not buried more 

 than half an inch. Keep clear of weeds. When two or 

 three inches high, thin to six inches apart, and those 

 removed place in rows at the same distance, in a poor, 

 shady border, water being given occasionally until they 

 have taken root, after which they will require no further 

 attention until the autumn, when they must be removed 

 to their final station, in rows a foot apart. When estab- 

 lished, the only attention requisite is to cut down their 

 stems occasionally in summer, to promote the produc- 

 tion of young shoots, and, in autumn, to have the 

 decayed stems and shoots cleared away. 



If propagated by partings of the roots, the best time 

 is in September and October. They are planted at once 

 where they are to remain, and only require occasional 

 watering until established. 



To obtain Seed some of the plants must be left un- 

 gathered from, and allowed to shoot up early in the 

 summer. They flower in July, and ripen abundance of 

 seed in the autumn. 



BURNING BUSH. Euo'nymus america'nus, and E. 

 atropurpu'reus. 



BURRIE'LIA GRA'CILIS. See B^RIA GRACILIS. 



BURSA'RIA. (Named from bursa, a pouch. Nat. 

 ord. Pittosporads [Pittosporaceae]. Linn. $-Pentandria, 

 i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of young 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass or close frame ; sandy 

 peat and fibrous loam. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 B. spino'sa (thorny). 10. White. October. N. S. 

 Wales. 1793. 



BU'RSERA. (Named after Burser, an Italian botanist. 

 Nat. ord. Burserads [Burseraceae]. Linn. 2^-Polygamia, 

 2-Dioecia.) 



Stove trees ; cuttings under a glass, with bottom-heat ; 

 loam and peat. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 

 50 to 55. 



B. australa'sica (Australasian). Australia. 

 ,, gummi'fera (gum-bearing). 20. White, green. W. 



Ind. 1690. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). Mexico. 

 serra'ta (saw-edged-leaved). See PROTIUM SERRATUM 



BURTO'NIA. (Named after D. Burton, a collector for 

 the Kew Gardens. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Legu- 

 minosae]. Linn. lo-Decandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Pultenaea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen under-shrubs ; seeds in March 

 and April, in sandy pat ; cuttings of half-ripened shoots 

 in sand and loam, in close frame ; fibrous peat, sandy 

 loam, and pieces of charcoal, mixed with soil and drainage. 

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



B. brunioi'des (Brunia-like). ij. Yellow. June. N. 

 Holland. 1844. 



confe'rta (clustered-flowered). 2. Violet. July. N. 

 Holland. 1830. 



Henderso'ni (Henderson's). Yellow. August Aus- 

 tralia. 1840. 



mi' nor (smaller). See GOMPHOLOBIUM MINUS. 



polyzy'ga (many-pair-leaved). Australia. 



pulche'lla (beautiful). See B. SCABRA. 



sca'bra (rough-leaved). i. Yellow. June. N. 

 Holland. 1803. 



sessilifo'lia (stalkless-leaved). See B. SCABRA. 



villo'sa (long-haired). 2. Purple. May. Swan River. 

 1844. 



BUSHEL. See BASKET. 



BUTCHER'S BROOM. Ru'scus aculea'tus. 



BU'TEA. (Named after John, Earl of Bute. Nat. 

 ord. Leguminous Plants [Leguminosae]. Linn. ij-Dia- 

 delphia, i-Pentandria. Allied to the Coral-tree.) 



Stove evergreen trees ; cuttings of shoots, young, but 

 firm, in sand, in a moist bottom-heat, under a glass, 

 removed, or air given, during the night ; loam and 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



B. frondo'sa (leafy). 30. Scarlet. E. Ind. 1796. 

 parvifio'ra (small-flowered). See SPATHOLOBUS Rox- 



BURGHII. 

 supe'rba (superb). 30. Scarlet. E. Ind. 1798. 



BUTOMO'PSIS. (From Butomus and opsis, like. Nat. 

 ord. Alismaceae. Allied to Butomus.) 



B. lanceola'ta (lanceolate), i. White. June. Australia. 

 1823. 



BU'TOMUS. Flowering Rush. (From bous, an ox, 

 and temno, to cut ; in reference to its acrid juice, causing 

 the mouth to bleed. Nat. ord. Butomads [Butomaceaa]. 

 Linn. g-Enneandria, 3-Hexagynia.) 



Hardy perennial aquatics ; divisions ; rich loam, in 

 water. 



J5. latifo'lius (broad-leaved). See BUTOMOPSIS LANCEO- 



LATA. 



umbella'tus (umbelled). 2. Pink. June. Britain. 



BUTTER AND EGGS. Narci'ssus incompara'bilis 

 aura'ntius. 



BUTTER AND TALLOW TREE. Pentade'sma. 

 BUTTER-BUR. See PETASITES OFFICINALIS. 

 BUTTERCUP. See RANUNCULUS. 

 BUTTERFLY ORCHIS. See HABENARIA BIFOLIA and 



H. VIRESCENS. 



BUTTERFLY PLANT. See ONCIDIUM PAPILIO. 

 BUTTER NUT. Ca'ryocar and Ju'glans cine'rea. 

 BUTTER-TREE. Ba'ssia. 

 BUTTERWORT. Pingui'cula. 

 BUTTON FLOWER. Go'mphia. 

 BUTTON-TREE. Conoca'rpus. 

 BUTTON WEED. Spermaco'ce. 

 BUTTON WOOD. Cephala'nthus. 



BU'XUS. Box-tree. (From puknos, dense ; re- 

 ferring to the hardness of the wood. Nat. ord. Spurge- 

 worts [Euphorbiaceae]. Linn. zi-Moncecia, ^-Tetrandria.) 



Hardy and greenhouse shrubs and trees ; seed sown 

 in light, well-drained soil, as soon as ripe ; cuttings, from 

 four to six inches in length, of the young shoots, inserted 

 in a shady place in August and September ; layers of 

 either old or young wood ; division of the variety suffruti- 

 co'sa, generally used as edgings to walks ; cuttings of 

 balea'rica will require protection in winter. Chinese and 

 New Holland species require a cold pit or greenhouse in 

 winter. 



B. austra'lis (southern). 6. N. Holland. 1820. 

 balea'rica (Balearic). 8. Yellow, green. July. 



Balearic Islands. 1780. 

 chine'nsis (Chinese). 3. Yellow, green. October. 



China. 1802. 

 Fortu'nei (Fortune's). Spring. China. 1871. 



