GENERAL INDEX. 



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5iquor may then be gently evaporated, or left to 

 granulate slowly, after which it is ready for un- 

 dergoing the common process of refining raw 

 sugars. 

 Beta maritima, a native plant which may be used 



as an esculent, 4294. 



Beta vulgaris, the common red beet, 3731. 

 Betonica, betony, didyn. gymnos. and labiates, H. 



peren. Eur. of common culture. 

 Betonica otficinalis, a tea-plant, 4319. 

 Betony, see Betonica. 



Betula, birch, moncec. polyan. and amentaceaj, H. 

 tr. of easy culture ; the American sorts prefer 

 bog-earth and moisture, and are propagated by 

 seeds or layers, and some curious sorts by grafting 

 or budding. 



Eetula alba, and other species cultivated as timber- 

 trees, 7108. to 7111. 



Bevel, or bevel-square, an instrument made use of 

 by carpenters and masons, and also in gardening 

 for the adjusting of angles. 

 Bib. Bank., bibliotheca banksiana. 

 Bickham, George, a British writer on gardening, 



page 1104. A. D. 1750. 

 Bicton, a seat in Devonshire, 7600. 

 Bidens, syngen. polyg. ajqual. and corymbifereze, 

 a S. an. H. peren. and H. an. E. Ind. and S. Amer. 

 the annual species may be treated as tender and 

 half-hardy annuals ; they prefer a moist situation 

 and light soil. The perennials may be kept in 

 pots in similar soil, and propagated by dividing 

 the plant. 



Bidet, M , his writings on gardening, page 



1118. A. D. 1759. 



Biennial plants, such as are of two years' duration 

 in their natural circumstances ; but by culture, 

 and especially by pinching off the flowers as they 

 appear, many of these may be rendered triennial 

 or of still longer duration. Many exotics, which 

 are annuals and biennials in their native coun- 

 tries, are perennials in our stoves. 

 Biennials, hardy, 6504. 

 Biennials, frame, 6595. 

 Biennials, green-house, 6660. 

 Biennials, stove, 6668. 



Bignonia, trumpet-flower, didyn. angios. and big- 

 noniaceae, S. and G. tr. S. Amer. and China, some 

 are climbers, and all grow well in loam and peat, 

 and young shoots root readily, either in mould or 

 sand, under a hand-glass in heat. The H. tr. are 

 climbers, and grow well in common soil, and are 

 increased by cuttings from the young wood or 

 roots. 



Bilham House, Yorkshire, 7582. 

 Bill, an edge-tool, at the end of a stale or handle ; 

 if short, it is called a hand-bill, and when long, a 

 hedging or hedgebill, see Hedgebill. 

 Billardiera, apple-berry, pentan. monog. and pittos- 

 poreas, G. tr. Austral, climbers, which thrive well 

 in loam and peat, and cuttings root readily in 

 sand under a bell-glass. 

 Billet (billot, Fr.), a tree or log of wood, cut up for 



fuel ; billet-wood. 



Biscutella, buckler-mustard, tetrad, siliq. and cru- 

 ciferea?, a F. tr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. of 

 common culture. 

 Biserrula, hatchet-vetch, diadel. decan. and legumi- 



nosese, H. an. S. Eur. of common culture. 

 Bishop's Court, a seat in Kildare, 7657. 

 Bishop's weed, see Ammi. 

 Bilston House, the seat of Addison, in Warwick- 

 shire, 7571. 



Bindweed, see Convolvulus. 

 Binnarium (Lat.}, a pond or stew for the keeping 



and feeding of fish. 

 Birch, see Betula. 

 Bird-pepper, see Capsicum. 

 Birds, or feathered enemies of gardens, 2223 ; how 



to destroy, 2280. 

 Bird's eye, primula farinosa. 

 Bird's foot, see Ornithopus. 

 Birdsfoot-trefoil, see Lotus. 

 Birdsal, a seat in Yorkshire, 7582. 

 Birth-wort, see Aristolochia. 

 Bitter-sweet, solanum dulcamara. 

 Bitter vetch, see Orobus. 



Bixa, anotta, polyan. monog. and tiliaccic, a S. tr. 

 W. Ind. which grows to a large plant before it 

 flowers, and therefore cuttings should be taken from 

 flowering plants, in^order that they may flower 

 soon : they root freely under a hand-glass in 

 sand, and the plants grow well in loam and 

 peat. 



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Blackberry ; in England, the berries of the bramble 

 are so named ; and in Scotland, those of the 

 black currant, 

 ilack bryony, see Tamus. 

 ilack saltwort, glaux maritima. 

 ilack snake-root, cimicifuga serpentaria. 

 Jlackmore Park, Worcestershire, 7566. 

 Blackwell, Elizabeth, widow of Dr. Blackwell, who 

 died in Sweden ; author of a curious herbal, 

 containing 500 cuts of the useful plants. 

 31adder-nut, see Staphylea. 

 liladder-senna, see Colutea. 

 Slade (Mad, Sax.), a leaf. 



Blaria, tetran. monog. and ericete, G. tr. C. B. S. 

 which thrive only in sandy peat, and young cut- 

 tings will root in sand under a bell-glass, or in a 

 close frame in a shady situation. 

 Blair Adam, a seat in Kinross-shire, 7634. 

 Blair Drummond, the seat of the late Lord Kaimes, 

 and now of Mr. Home Drummond, in Perth- 

 shire, 7636. 

 Blair House, or Blair Athol, a seat of the Duke of 



Athol, in Perthshire, 7636. 

 Blaize Castle, Gloucestershire, 7564. 

 Blake, Stephen, a British writer on gardening, page 



Blakea, dodec. monog. and melastomea?, a S. tr. 

 Jamaica, which thrives well in peat and loam, 

 and requires a good deal of water ; cuttings re- 

 quire to be quite ripe, otherwise they rot ; plant- 

 ed in sand in moist heat under a hand-glass, they 

 root freely. 



Blakie, Thomas, Esq. of Beechwood, near Edin- 

 burgh, C.M. H.S., 170. 



Blanching (whitening), a process for depriving 

 plants of part of their bitter qualities, 2156. 



Blanching-pots, 1427. 



Blandfordia, hexan. monog. and hemerocallidea?, 

 G. peren. N. S. W. which grow in sandy loam and 

 peat, and are propagated by suckers or seeds. 



Blarney Castle, in Ireland, 368. 



Blast, plants, and especially the cereal grasses, are 

 said to be blasted when the seeds or ears are lank 

 and thin, see Vegetable Pathology. 



Bktta, the black beetle, or cock-roach, 2239. 



Blechum, didyn. angios. and acanthacea?, a S. peren. 

 W. Ind. which grows well in a rich light soil, 

 and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass in 

 heat. 



Blechnum, cryptog. filices, and filicea?, G. and H. 

 peren. C. B. S. Eur. and N. Amer. ferns, which 

 grow in loam and peat, and are increased by di- 

 viding at the root or seeds. 



Blendon Hall, Kent, 7537. 



Blenheim, a seat in Oxfordshire, 7559. 



Blessington gardens, situated in the county of 

 Dublin, formerly of some note, 367. 



Bletia, gynan. monan. and orchideaj, S peren. 

 China and W. Ind. which grow well in sandy 

 loam and peat, and are readily propagated by 

 dividing at the root. 



Blickling Hall, Norfolk, 7554. 



Blighia, akee-tree, octan. monog. and sapindea?, a 

 S. tr. 5975. 



Blight, a common term for injuries received by the 

 vegetable kingdom when in a state of growth, 

 which cannot be referred to any obvious or cer- 

 tain cause, and coming suddenly is said to give 

 them the appearance of being blighted or blasted, 

 see Vegetable Pathology. 



Blith or Blythe, Walter, 142. a British writer on 

 gardening, page 1100. A. D. 1649. 



Blithfield Park, Staffordshire, 7570. 



Blit, an ancient synonym for the beet, beta. 



Blitum, strawberry-blite, monan. dig. and chenopo- 

 deae, H. an. S. Eur. of the easiest culture. 



Bobart, Jacob, a British author on gardening, page 

 1101. A. D. 1684. 



Boboli gardens, at Florence, 83. 



Boc. mus., Museo di Piante rare di Don Paulo 

 Boccone. 



Bocconia, tree-celandine, dodec. monog. and papa- 

 veraceae, a S. tr. Ind. which grows well in sandy 

 loam, and ripens seeds plentifully ; and a H. 

 peren. China, which grows in rich soil, and is pro- 

 pagated by dividing the roots. 



Bockmann, A , his work on gardening, page 



1127. A. D. 1815. 



Bodfach, a seat in Montgomeryshire, 7611. 



Bodorgan, a seat in Anglesea, 7603. 



Brehmeria, monoec. tetrand. and urticeae, a G. tr. 

 Canar, which thrives well in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root freely in the same kind of soil 

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