BOJIAREA 



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 

 ■ I cool conservatory, where they have plenty 



BORDER 



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BONESET. E: 



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

 large white or scarlet fls. Specimens are rarely seen in 

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

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

 duces commercial fiber. 



iiim perfoUatum. 



of air in summer. Prop, by fresh seeds, 

 which germinate readily if sown in shallow 

 pans in a warm propagating-house. Also, 

 ad more rapidly, by careful division of the rhizome, 

 > which some of the roots should be attached. 



Cult, by X. J. Rose. 



A. Perianth segm 

 B. Umbel simple : fls 



oUg&ntha, Baker. Lvs. 3-4 in. long, oblong, acute, 

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

 umbel: bracts large, leaf -like; segments 1-134 in. long, 

 outer dull red, inner bright yellow with reddish brown 

 spots. Peruvian Andes. 



BB. Umbel compound, 

 c. Fls. small. 



SaUilla, Herb. {B. ociilAfa, M. Roem. Alstra:meria 

 oculdta, Lodd.). Pig. 2-13. Lvs. 2-4 in. long, 3^ in. 

 broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, moderately firm, 

 glabrous beneath : umbel 4-1.^-rayed ; rays 1-3 in. long, 

 1-3-fld. ; bracts small : fls. pink or red, marked with 

 blue and dark purple within. Chili. L.B.C. 19:1851. 

 B.M. 3344. 



CC. Fls. large. 



C^rderi, Mast. Lvs. 4-6 in. long, 13^-3 in. broad, ob- 

 long, acute : umbel 1 ft. long, 6-9-rayed ; rays 1-4-fld. : 

 bracts large, leafy ; perianth-segments 2 in. long, outer 

 pale pink, spotted brown near the top, inner greenish 

 white, much spotted. P.M. 1876:239. G.C. II. 5:793. 



Shuttle worthii, Mast. Lvs. 5-6 in. long, oblong, acute, 

 glabrous : umbel 1 ft. long, 5-10-rayed ; rays usually 3- 

 fld. : perianth segments 2 in. long, outer reddish, inner 

 greenish yellow. Colombian Andes. G.C. II. 17: 77 and 

 85. The curious egg-shaped tubers terminate un- 

 branched roots, which spring from a rhizome about 1 in. 

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

 propagating. 



AA. Perianth segments not equal, the inner longer 



than the outer. 



B. Umbel sim!)le. 



Patacoc^nsis, B.eih.{B. conferla. B.'iifh. ). stems pur- 

 ple-tinted, pubescent: lvs. 5-6 in. ImiL'. uIiI.hil- laii.rci- 

 late, pubescent beneath: fls. 20-:;ii : nnirr ^c -up iit^ 

 1}^ in. long, bright red, inner on.-s L" .. in. l-ni-', lui^ht 

 red, yellow-keeled, with a few spots. And.s .,f Iviiiadnr 

 and Colombia. G.C. II. 17: 187. B.M. «0112.-Wheu well- 

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

 BB. Umbel compound. 



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

 bel about 12-rayed : perianth segments bright yellow, 

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

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



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

 cottony contents of the pods I. JI<ilv<h:iir. Silk Cotton 

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



E |/ // ofhein&lis, hinn.). Boragindcece. 



mm il I 1 mt grown for culinary use in some 

 u I m C ermany. Used as a pot-herb and 

 nietinies with salads. Only the young lvs. 

 II I il it ible Mostly known in this country 

 i i 1 ee plant and for its handsome blue 

 r 1 un li h racemed fls. It is a hairy plant, 



1' -2 ft high with oval or oblong lvs. Eu., 



North \fiica 



BOKASSUS PalmAceee Tall palms, with large pal- 

 raately flibelliform plicate lvs.: sheath short: petiole 

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

 Species 1. Trop. Africa. 



flabemfdrmis, 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 Martins' Natural 

 History of Palms. 



Jared 6. Smith and W. H. Taplin. 



"i BORDER. A narrow planting, particularly if it is 

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

 Plate III. Figs. 245. 246. The term border may be taken 

 to have meant ongmalh a line of plants set out to mark 

 the edge or dividmjc line or termination of a part of the 

 grounds m man\ instances still to be seen in the most 



ancient gardens of cistl 

 are formed on the ter 

 race where no other 

 form of fioral decori 

 tion would be possible 

 In these places are 

 often herbs shrubs and 



and other reside 



These 



There lie thi.t di 

 tinct t^pes ot border 



(1) the shrubben bor 

 der in which various 

 forms of garden plants 

 of fruticose habit are 

 blended so as to make 

 a harmonious whole. 



(2) Another form of 

 border, now happilv al- 

 iiio-cf ,,l,snletf. is the 



the old-fashioneii bur- -- ' 



der, or (3) the border 244. Borassus flabelliformis. 

 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 



