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BELLIS 



BENTINCKIA 



sow the seed in shallow boxes about August 10. As 

 soon as large enough to handle, transplant 5 inches 

 apart into coldframes, and when the winter sets in 

 put on the sash, giving air whenever the weather may 

 be mild. Transplant to the flower beds as early as pos- 

 sible in the spring, where in a very short time they 

 will be a mass of bloom, and will continue to bloom till 

 the beginning of June, when they should be thrown out, 

 and the summer bedding plants put in. Longfellow and 

 Snowball are the two best vaneties for this purpose. 

 Myosolis alpestris and Stiene pendiila may be grown the 

 same way, using the daisies as edging when in the beds, 

 and the others as center pieces. 



The daisy is propagated by seeds (which are sown 

 early), and by divisions, the choicest varieties being 

 maintained by the latter method. The main types 

 grown from seed are the white, rose, quilled, and white 

 with red center, all of which are double. A dark red is 

 less common. Of kinds propagated by seed, Long- 

 fellow is now the best rose-colored, and Snowball the 

 best white variety, the latter being especially prized 

 by florists for cut-flowers, as it has long, stiff stems. 

 Other varieties are Maxima, Snowflake, and Rob Roy, 

 which is perhaps the best red. 



perennis, Linn. TRUE or ENGLISH DAISY. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial, 3-6 in. high: lys. clustered at the 

 root, spatulate or obovate: fls. 1-2 in. across, solitary, 

 on hairy scapes. Apr.-June. W. Eu.; escaped in Calif.; 

 rarely runs wijd in the eastern states. B.M. 228. 

 F.S. 6:584, which shows 11 well-marked types. An 

 interesting but not permanent form is the "hen-and- 

 chickens daisy," in which a number of small fl.-heads 

 are borne on short stalks springing out of the main fl.- 

 head. Cockscomb forms, in which several scapes unite 

 to produce a monstrous fl., are sometimes seen, but 

 cannot be perpetuated. The rays are sometimes wholly 

 incurved, or reflexed, or quilled. Other English names of 

 the daisy are herb Margaret, ewe- or May-gowan, 

 childing daisy, bone- or bruisewort, bone flower, March 

 daisy, bairnwort. j. B . KELLER, E. J. CANNING, 



and WILHELM MILLER. 



BELLIUM (from its resemblance to Bellis, the daisy). 

 Composite. Miniature plants, sometimes planted in 

 rock-gardens. 



Leaves crowded or in a rosette, from which arise 

 scapes bearing a single daisy-like head or "flower," 

 white, with Tight yellow disk: differs from Bellis 

 largely in its pappus, which is unequal and double, of 

 bristles and scales. Four to 6 species in the Medit. 

 region, annual and perennial. Require treatment given 

 rock-plants and sod-plants. 



bellidioides, Linn. Annual, 2 in., with creeping 

 stolons: Ivs. spatulate: heads white, all summer. Like 

 a miniature daisy. Apparently little known in this 

 country. L H B 



BELL WORT: In England, any member of the Campanulacex. 

 In America, Uvularia. 



BELOU (Brahman name for the Bael fruit). Rut&cese, 

 tribe Citrex. An older name for ^Egle, recently rein- 

 stated by American taxonomic botanists. See descrip- 

 tion under Mgle. 



B. MArmelos, A. B. Lyon,=^gle Marmelos. the Bael fruit of 

 India. B. glutinfaa, Skeels=Chsetospermum glutinosa, Swingle. 



BELOPERONE (name refers to the arrow-shaped 

 connective). Acanthacex. Hothouse evergreen shrubs 

 of the Justicia group, rarely seen in cult, and apparently 

 not in American trade. Lvs. entire: fls. usually red or 

 purple, mostly in showy-bracted axillary or terminal 

 dusters; corolla-tube narrow, often long, the limb 2- 

 lipped; stamens 2, affixed on the tube; style filiform, 

 entire or slightly 2-lobed: fr. an oblong or ovoid caps. 

 About 30 species inhabiting Trop. Amer., of which 

 2 or 3 are listed as cult, plants. B. violacea, Planch. & 



Lind., has lanceolate-acuminate Ivs. and violet-purple 

 fls. B.M. 5244. B. oblongata, Lindl., has oblong- 

 lanceolate Ivs. and axillary spikes of rose-purple fls. 

 B.R. 1657. A recent species is B. angustiflora, Stapf, 

 resembling B. violacea, with oblong-elliptic Ivs. and a 

 very narrow corolla-tube with a violet-purple limb. 



BELVIDERE, or SUMMER CYPRESS: Kochia. 



BENE: Sesamum. 



BENI, JAPANESE: Caroypteris Mastaamthus. 



BENINCASA (name of an Italian nobleman). Cucur- 

 bitacex. Annual running squash-like herbs grown 

 sparingly for the edible fruits. 



Leaves 5-lobed soft-hairy: fls. solitary, yellow, 

 monoecious, the staminate long-peduncled, the pistii- 





536. Benin casa hispida. 



late nearly sessile; corolla deeply lobed; tendrils 2-3- 

 branched. Two species in Trop. Asia. 



hispida, Cogn. (B. cerifera, Savi). Fig. 536. WAX 

 GOURD. WHITE GOURD of India. ZIT-KWA. CHINESE 

 PRESERVING MELON. CHINESE WATERMELON. Vine 

 long, like a muskmelon, hairy, with cordate lobed Ivs.: 

 fr. mostly oblong, 10-16 in. long, hairy, white-waxy, 

 with solid white flesh and small cucumber-like seeds. 

 Cult, the same as muskmelon or cucumber. R.H. 

 1887:540. Used for making preserves and sweet 

 pickles; said to be eaten raw in warm countries, and the 

 unripe frs. to be employed by natives in India in the 

 making of curries. L_ jj g 



BENJAMIN BUSH: Benzoin zstimle. 

 BENT-GRASS: Agrostis. 

 BENTHAMIA: Cornus. 



BENTINCKIA (named for Lord Bentinck, governor 

 of Madras, 1803-1805). Palmacese, tribe Wmum 

 Tall stately unarmed palms, with equally pinnate, 

 terminal leaves; not as yet well known to the trade, 

 but deserving greater attention. 



Leaves of many Ifts. which are usually 2-lobed at the 

 apex: spathes many, the 2 lower short and incomplete; 

 spadix arising from among the Ivs., branched; fls. small, 

 monoecious or polygamous: fr. small, almost round, 

 with a single seed pendulous from the top of the cavity. 

 There are only 2 species, both Indian. G.C. II. 

 22:595. 



The following is a graceful palm "in general appear- 

 ance not unlike the coconut palm, than which it is, 

 however, much more graceful. The young leaves for 

 the first year are bi-partitc, quite like young coconut 

 palms. 



They should be grown in a warmhouse, never less 

 than 60, and should be given plenty of water at all 

 seasons. A mixture of rich loam and peat or leaf-mold, 

 half and half, makes the best medium for growth. 



nicobarica, Becc. ORANIA. St. 50-60 ft., solitary, 

 usually from 7-10 in. thick: Ivs. 5-8 ft. long; Ifts. 1-2 

 ft., sessile, linear and leathery, the tips distinctly 2- 

 lobed; petiole and rachia glabrous, the former short: 



