HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OF PLANTS. 



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tensively grown in this country as an article of 

 food than in any other, Buckwheat cakes being 

 purely an American institution. It thrives on a 

 poor soil that would not sustain many other 

 plants, and give a fair yield. Of the improve- 

 ment in the quality of this grain from its native 

 wild state we have no record. There are seve- 

 ral varieties grown, but the quality depends 

 largely upon soil and climate. 



Buddies* Named after A. Buddie, an English bot- 

 anist. Linn. Tetrandria-Mbnogyriia. Nat. Ord. 

 Scrophulariacece. 



An extensive genus of herbaceous plants, 

 shrubs, and low-growing trees. Leaves opposite 

 and thickly covered with hairs. The flowers of 

 some of the species are very beautiful and fra- 

 grant ; they are mostly small, bright orange, 

 purplish or lilac, and arranged in small globular 

 heads, on long peduncles. They are natives of 

 South America, Mexico, Africa, and tropical Asia. 

 Some of the species are half-hardy, and would 

 be likely to succeed well south of Washington. 



Buffalo Grass or Buffalo Clover. See Trifolium. 



Bugle. See Ajuga. 



Bugle-weed. The popular name of Lycopus Vir- 

 ginlcus. 



Bugloss. See Lycopsis arvensis. 



Bulbine. From bdbos, a bulb. Linn. Hexandria- 

 Afonogynia. Nat. Ord. Lttiacece. 



Half-hardy plants, available for flower-garden- 

 ing purposes. They are showy, fragrant, and 

 do not require any particular care in their man- 

 agement. Propagated rapidly by cuttings. Na- 

 tives of the Cape of Good Hope. Introduced in 

 1820. 



Bulbocodium. From bolbos, a bulb, and kodion, 

 wool ; referring to the woolly covering of the 

 bulbs. Linn. Hexandria-Monogynia. Nat. Ord. 

 Melanlhacece, 



Very handsome, hardy bulbs, bearing purple 

 flowers, and well deserving attention. They 

 should be carefully watered in dry weather. S. 

 vernum is one of our earliest spring flowers. In- 

 troduced from Spain in 1629. The other species, 

 B. versicolor, flowers toward the autumn. Intro- 

 duced from the Crimea in 1820. 



Bulrush or Club- Bush. The popular name of 

 the genus Scirpus, which includes a number of 

 species of marsh plants. 



Bunch-berry. A common name of Cornus Cana- 

 densis, dwarf Cornel or Dog-wood. 



Buphthalmum. Ox-eye. From bous, an ox, and 

 opMhalmos,fan.eje; in allusion to the resemblance 

 the disk of the flowers bears to an ox's eye. 

 Linn. Syngenesia- Superftua. Nat. Ord. Asteracece. 

 A genus including hardy annuals, perennials, 

 and green-house evergreen shrubs. Two of the 

 more conspicuous species are hardy perennials, 

 natives of Central Europe. They grow from a 

 foot to a foot and a half high ; leaves narrow, 

 flowers large, bright yellow. They have too 

 weedy an appearance for a collection of choice 

 plants. 



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Burdock. The well-known popular name for 

 Lappa qfficinalis, of which there are two varieties, 

 minor and major; the common Burdock being the 

 latter. 



j Bur Marigold. One of the common names of 

 the genus Bldens. 



Burning Bush. See Euonymus. 



Burlingtonia. Named after the Countess of Bur- 

 lington. Linn. Gynandria-Monandria. Nat. Ord. 

 Orchidctcece. 



A genus of very handsome epiphytal Orchids, 

 inhabiting Brazil. They are remarkable for their 

 long, pendulous racemes of snow-white flowers, 

 with the lip touched or lined with yellow. A 

 few of the species have flowers in which yellow 

 or lilac colors predominate. The plants of this 

 genus are all of dwarf habit, with beautiful 

 evergreen foliage. They will grow either on 

 cork or in baskets. Propagated by division. 

 Introduced in 1824. 

 Bur Reed. See Sparganium. 

 Burtonia. Named after D. Burton, a collector for 

 the Kew Gardens. Linn. Decandna-Mononiinia 

 Nat. Ord. Fabacece. 



A small genus of dwarf, heath-like shrubs, na- 

 tives of Australia. The flowers are pea-shaped, 

 axillary, and often thickly gathered on the ends 

 of the branches; the corollas rich purple, the 

 keel generally of a deeper color, and the stand- 

 ard generally having a yellow blotch at its base. 

 There are only a few species under cultivation, 

 but they are all conspicuous objects in the 

 green-house. They come into flower in April. 

 Propagated from cuttings or half-ripened wood. 

 Introduced in 1803. 



Bush Clover. See Lespedeza. 



Bush Honeysuckle. A popular name for the 

 genus Diervilla, which see. 



Butcher's Broom. See Ruscus. 



Butomus. Flowering Eush. From bous, an ox, 

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

 causing the mouth to bleed. Linn. Enneandria- 

 Hexagynia. Nat. Ord. Butomacecv. 



B. umbettaius is a beautiful aquatic plant, com- 

 mon in the marshes of Great Britain. Gerardc, 

 (1629,) in speaking of this plant, says: "The 

 Water Gladiole, or Grassie Eush, is of all others 

 the fairest and most pleasant to behold, and 

 serveth very well for the decking and trimming 

 up of houses, because of the beautie and braverie 

 thereof." A variety with striped leaves, lately 

 introduced, is now highly recommended for col- 

 lections of aquatic plants. 



Butter-and-Eggs. A local name for Linaria vul- 

 garis. 



Buttercup. See Ranunculus. 



Butterfly Pea. A name sometimes given to the 

 Clitoria, which sec. 



Butterfly Weed. See Asclepias tuberosa. 



Butternut. See Jur/lans. 



Butter Tree. See Bassia. 



Button- Wood. See Platanus. 



Butterfly Orchid. See Oncidium. 



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Cabbage. Brassica oleracea;. For the following 

 concise history of the Cabbage we are in- 

 debted to the Treasury of Botany, London, I860: 

 "The Cabbage, in its wild state, is a native of 

 various parts of Europe, as well as of several 

 places near the sea in England. It is a biennial, 



with fleshy-lobed leaves, undulated at the mar- 

 gin, and covered with bloom ; altogether, so dif- 

 ferent in form and appearance from the Cab- 

 bage of our gardens that few would believe it 

 could possibly have been the parent of so varied 

 a progeny as are comprised in the Savoy, Brus- 



