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Bignonia (Bignoniaceae). See Tecoma, 



BIGNONIA CAPEEOLATA. Virginia and other parts of 

 America, 1710. This is not so hardy as to be depended 

 upon throughout the country generally, though in the 

 milder parts of England and Ireland it succeeds well 

 as a wall plant. It is a handsome climbing shrub, with 

 long, heart-shaped leaves, usually terminating in branched 

 tendrils, and large, orange flowers produced singly from 

 April to August. 



Billardiera (Pittosporeaceae)* 

 BILLAEDIEEA LONGiFLOKA. Blue Apple Berry. Van 

 Diemen's Land, 1810. If only for its rich, blue berries, as 

 large as those of a cherry, this otherwise elegant climbing 

 shrub is well worthy of a far greater share of attention 

 than it has yet received, for it must be admitted that it is 

 far from common. The greenish bell-shaped blossoms 

 produced in May are, perhaps, not very attractive, but this 

 is more than compensated for by the highly ornamental 

 fruit, which renders the plant an object of great beauty 

 about mid- September. Leaves small and narrow, on 

 slender, twining stems, that clothe well the lower half of 

 a garden wall in some sunny favoured spot. Cuttings 

 root freely if inserted in sharp sand and placed in slight 

 heat, while seeds germinate quickly. 



Bridgesia. See Ercilla. 



Bryanthus (Ericaceae)* 



BEYANTHUS BEEWEEI (1896) is a desirable small-growing 

 evergreen, with short, crowded, almost smooth leaves, and 

 short racemes of large rosy-purple flowers. 



B. EMPETEIFOEMIS (syn Menziesia empetrifolia). North- 

 West America, 1829. This is a compact, neat species, and 

 well suited for alpine gardening. The flowers are rosy- 

 purple, and produced abundantly. 



