BOMAREA 



mences early in spring. Late in fall the stems are cut 

 down to the ground and the roots are kept in the soil in 

 a dry state. While they often make satisfactory pot 

 plants, they do best when planted out in an open, sunny 

 position in a cool conservatory, where they have plenty 



BORDER 



169 



Prop, by fresh seeds, 



1 germinate readily if sown in shallow 



pans in a warm propagating-house. Also, 



and more rapidly, by careful division of the rhizome, 



to which some of the roots should be attached. 



Cult, by N. J. Rose. 



A. Perianth segments equal. 



B. Umhel simple : fls. medium-sized. 



oligAntha, Baker. Lvs. 3-4 in. long, oblong, acute, 



lax. thin, densely pubescent beneath : fls. 6-8 in an 



umbel: bracts large, leaf-like; segments 1-1^ in. long, 



outer dull red, inner bright yellow with reddish brown 



spots. Peruvian Andes 



BB. Umhel compound 

 c Fh small 

 Salsilla, Herb. (5 ociihlfa, M Roem Al'^t>a'me)ia 

 oculAta, Lodd.). Fig 2iS Lvs 2-i m long ^Am 

 broad, lanceolate or ohlon.; 1 inceol-ite modeiateh firm, 

 glabrous beneath : umbel -1-1 > ra\ ed ri\sl— Im long, 

 1-3-fld.; bracts smiU fls pink oi red marked with 

 blue and dark purple withm Chili L B C 19 1851 

 B.M. 3344. 



cc Fls large 

 C4rderi, Mast. Lvs 4-6 m long 1^ -T m broad ob 

 long, acute : umbel l~ft long b-9 i im 1 in 1-1 tl 1 

 bracts large, leafy ; perianth segnn iit _ in I ii_ iit i 

 pale pink, spotted brown near tht t j inn i _i ni h 

 white, much spotted FM 1876 J 'i i ( II i 



Shuttleworthii, Mast Lvs ,-i ml ii ut. , 



glabrous : umbel 1 ft lou„ -In i l\ i 



fld.: perianth segments J m 1 n_ mi r 



greenish yellow. Colombian Vii I i < 11 I iiid 



85. The curious egg shaped tulins tt rminiti un 

 branched roots, which spring from aihxzome about 1 in 

 wide. Having no ej es or buds, they cannot be used for 

 propagating. 

 AA. Ferianth segments not equal, the inner longer 

 than the outer. 

 B. Umhel simple. 

 Patacooftnsis, Hei-b.(£. conffrta, Benth.). Stems pur- 

 ple-tinted, pubescent : lvs. 5-6 in. long, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent beneath : fls. 20-30 ; outer segments 

 1)4 in. long, bright red, inner ones 2K in. long, bright 

 red, yellow-keeled, with a few spots. Andes of Equador 

 and Colombia. G.C. II. 17: 187. B.M. 6692. -When well- 

 grown, the umbel is very dense and many-fld. 

 BB. Umhel compound. 

 vitellina. Mast. Lvs. 3-4 in. long, ovate-oblong : um- 

 bel about 12-rayed : perianth segments bright yellow, 

 outer IK in. long, inner 2 in. long : bracts large, leafy. 

 Peruvian Andes. G.C. II. 17: 151. W. M. 



B6MBAX (a Greek name for raw silk, alluding to the 

 cottony contents of the pods). Malfdeeie. Silk Cotton 

 Tree. Ten or 12 tropical trees, with digitate 5-9-foliolate 



lvs., 1-fld. axillary or clustered peduncles, and usually 

 large white or scarlet fls. Specimens are rarely seen in 

 cult, in flue glass-houses, and none of the species appear 

 to be in the Amer. trade. The bark of some species pro- 

 duces commercial fiber. 



BONESET. Eupatorium perfoUatum. 



BORAGE (Bordgo officindlis, Linn.). Boraginctcem. 



A coarse annual plant grown for culinary use in some 



parts of Eu., as in Germany. Used as a pot-herb and 



sometimes with salads. Only the young lvs. 



are palatable. Mostly known in this country 



as a bee-plant and for its handsome blue 



=~_^' or purplish racemed fls. It is a hairy plant, 



^ lH-2 ft. high, with oval or oblong lvs. Eu., 



North Africa. 



BORASSITS. PalmAcete. Tall palms, with large pal- 

 rtabelliform plicate lvs.: sheath short: petiole 

 spinv: ligule short, rigid: fr. large, subglobose, brown. 

 Species 1. Trnp. Africa. 



flabellifdrmis, Linn. Fig. 244. St. 30-100 ft. high: lvs. 

 8-10 ft. long; If. -segments bifid at the apex. -Widely 

 cultivated. One of the most useful palms of India. 

 The fruits are very large. Many parts of the plant are 

 utilized by the natives as food and in the arts. Wood 

 black, very hard. This plant requires rich soil and 

 strong heat for its best development, and is rather slow- 

 growing under cultivation, especially while young. The 

 illustration (Fig. 244) is adapted from Martius' Natural 

 History of Palms. 



Jared G. Smith and W. H. Taplin. 



BORDER. A narrow planting, particularly if it is 

 alongside a walk, drive, fence, or other boundary. 

 Plate HI. Figs. 245, 246. The term border may be taken 

 to have meant origin illv a line of plints set out to mark 

 the edge or dividing line or termimtion of i part of the 

 giounds in min\ mstances still to be seen in the most 

 an< lent gardens of castles ind other residences These 

 are formed on the ter 



race, where no other js'J^l'?*^ 



form of floral decora -; , ,^5ft. 



tion would be possilile 



(1) the shi 

 der m wh 



forms of garden plants 

 of fruticose habit are 

 blended so as to make 

 a harmonious whole 



(2) Another form of 

 border now happily al 

 most obsolete, is the 

 "ribbon border," in 

 which plants of dwarf 

 habit and bright color- 



recent jucirs, but pub- 

 lie taste has been edu- 

 cated to see and to like 

 the old-fashioned bor- 

 der, or (3) the border 24 

 proper,— the one that 

 was used when gardening had to be done without the aid 

 of glass structures, all the occupants being hardy by na- 

 ture, whether of annual, biennial or perennial dura- 

 tion. It may be said that we are in the renaissance of 

 the flower border ; but much has been added to it, and 



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