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BRECK 



BRINCKLE 



as the "New Book of Flowers." This was preceded, in 

 1833, by "The Young Florist." In 1822, he founded the 

 seed business now conducted at 51 North Market St., 

 under the name of Joseph Breck & Sons. He was one 

 of the original members of the Massachusetts Horticul- 



256. Brassica Japonica. 



tural Society, and its president from 1859-1862. He 

 edited the old New England Farmer for many years, but 

 discontinued it in 1846, when he turned over his list of 

 subscribers to Luther Tucker, of Albany, N. Y., at the 

 time of the founding of The Horticulturist, which was 

 edited by the illustrious A. J. Downing. He also edited 

 The Horticultural Register from 1836-1838, in company 

 with Thomas Fessenden. The revision of his book in 

 1866 was undertaken when the author was 70 years old. 

 It was a popular book in its day. A portrait of Joseph 

 Breck is seen in the catalogues of the present firm. 



W. M. 



BEEVOOETIA (J. Carson Brevoort, Regent N. Y. 

 State University). Lili&cece. Differs from Brodiaea in 

 the long-tubular and 6-saccate corolla. One species. 



Ida-Maia, Wood. (B. cocclnea, Wats. Brodicea coc- 

 cinea, Gray). FLORAL FIRE-CRACKER. Lvs. slender, 

 grassy: scapes slender, 1-2 ft. high, with 3-60 pendu- 

 lous tubular-saccate fls. 1-2 in. long, which are bril- 

 liant crimson-red, tipped with pea-green. N. Calif, to 

 Ore. B.M. 5857. G.C. III. 20: 687. Gn. 46, p. 503.- 

 The flowers are very lasting and beautiful. Half-hardy. 

 Needs partial shade and a deep, loose soil, thoroughly 



267. Broad-leaved Chinese Mustard Brassica juncea. 



drained, and with some leaf mold. Bulb the size of a 

 nutmeg. Grows 2-3 ft. high. CARL PURDY. 



BEEWEEIA (Samuel Brewer was an English bota- 

 nist of last century). Convolviilcicece. Herbs, rarely 

 somewhat woody: fls. much like those of Convolvulus, 

 but style 2-cleft, the divisions simple, with capitate 

 stigma, the corolla pubescent outside in the bud : Ivs. 

 simple. Trailing plants of 30 or more species in warm 

 climates. 



grandifldra, Gray. Root tuberous : stem 

 pubescent : Ivs. broad-ovate and very 

 short-stalked : peduncles 1-fld. : fl. very 

 large (3 in. long), bright blue and showy, 

 funnel-shaped ; " stigmas large and glo- 

 bose. S. Fla. Int. by Reasoner Bros. 



BRIAR. In America, commonly applied 

 to brambles or thorny plants of the genus 

 Rubus, especially blackberries. In the 

 Old World, it is applied to large, wild- 

 growing roses. 



BEICKELLIA (Dr. John Brickell, an 

 early American naturalist). Compdsitce. 

 About 40 species of herbs or small shrubs 

 in the warmer parts of the U. S. and Mex. , 

 only one of which seems to be in the 

 trade. Somewhat allied to Eupatorium. 

 Lvs. veiny, either opposite or alternate : 

 fls. white, cream-colored or flesh-colored, 

 small, with pappus either scale - like or 

 somewhat plumose : akenes striate. 



grandifldra, Nutt. TASSEL FLOWER. 

 Nearly glabrous, 2-3 ft., branchy above : 

 Ivs. triangular-cordate or triangular-lance- 

 olate above, coarsely toothed : heads about 

 40-fld., drooping, in large panicles, tassel- 

 shaped and yellowish white. Rocky Mts. 

 Recommended for moist, shady borders. 



BRIDAL WREATH. See Spircea prv- 

 ni folia. 



BEIDGEMAN, THOMAS. Plate II. Gar- 

 dener, florist, seedsman and author; was 

 born in Berkshire, Eng., came to America 

 in 1824, and established the business which 

 is now conducted under the name of his 

 son, Alfred Bridgeman, at 37 E. 19th St., 

 New York. An historical account of this 

 business may be found in the catalogue of 

 the present firm. In 1829, Thomas Bridge- 

 man published "The Young Gardener's 

 Assistant," which was many times re- 

 printed and eventually enlarged to five 

 times its original bulk. It was copyrighted 

 in 1847, when it appeared as a large-sized 

 work in three parts, covering fruit, vege- 

 table, and ornamental gardening. Two of 

 these parts were published separately in 

 the same year as "The Kitchen Gardener's 

 Instructor," and "The Florist's Guide." 

 The first-named work was revised by 

 Sereno Edwards Todd, and republished in 1866 by Alfred 

 Bridgeman. Thomas Bridgeman died in 1850. ^V\ ^ 



BEINCKLE, WILLIAM DEAPEE. Plate II. Physi- 

 cian and amateur pomologist, was born in Delaware, 

 began the practice of medicine at Wilmington in 1820, 

 moved to Philadelphia in 1825, where he passed most of 

 his life as a busy physician, and died at Groveville, N. J. , 

 in 1863, at the age of sixty-four. In a room of his Phila- 

 delphia home he hybridized strawberries, and had fruit 

 at every season of the year. He also had a little garden 

 about the size of a parlor. He produced the Cushing 

 strawberry, the Wilder, President Cope, Cushing, and 

 Orange raspberries, and the Wilmington and Catherine 

 Gardette pears. Unfortunately, most of his work with 

 raspberries was done with ttubus Idceus, the Old World 

 species, which is not hardy in America, but his yellow- 

 fruited variety of raspberry is still regarded by many as 



