GENERAL INDEX. 



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Bramborough House, Cheshire, 7590. 



Bramham Park, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Bramieri, Don Giulio, his works on gardening, 



page 1128. A. D. 167. 

 Bramwell Hall, a seat in Cheshire, 7590. 

 Bramshill, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 

 Brasiletto, see Caesalpinia. 

 Brassavola, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a S. peren. 



W. Ind. a parasite, or air-plant, which may be 



hung up in baskets of moss or tan, or tied in a belt 



of moss to the trunk of a palm or other tree. 

 Brassia, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a S. peren. 



Jam. an air-plant, requiring the same treatment 



as the brassavola. 

 Brassica, tetrad, siliq. and crucifereae, H. peren. 



bien. and an. Eur. of the easiest culture, 3483. 

 Brassica oleracea var. a. capitata, the white cabbage, 



3487. 



Brassica oleracea var. /8. rubra, the red cabbage, 3509. 

 Brassica oleracea var. y. sabauda, the Savoy cabbage, 



3513. 

 Brassica oleracea var. y. sabauda subvar. y., the 



Brussels sprouts, 3522. 



Brassica oleracea var. . sabellica, the borecole, 3527. 

 Brassica oleracea var. t. botrytis, the cauliflower, 



3538. 



Brassica oleracea var. . botrytis subvar. i., the broc- 

 coli, 3555. 

 Brassica oleracea var. j. napobrassica, turnip-rooted 



cabbage, 3529. 

 Brassica napa, rape, used as a salad plant in gardens, 



and grown in agriculture for food for sheep, and 



for the seed to be pressed for its oil, 4028. 

 Brassica rapa, turnip, 3693. 

 Brassica eruca, a salad plant, 4063. 

 Bread-nut, see Brosimum. 

 Bread- fruit, see Artocarpus. 

 Brechin Castle, a seat in Forfarshire. 

 Brecket Hall, Hertfordshire, 7544. 

 Breconshire, gardens of, 7613. 

 Breitenbach, Ph. Fr. his works on gardening, page 



1126. A. D. 1805. 

 Breitschneider,K.B. his work on gardening, page 



1126. A. D. 1798. 



Brentford nursery, Middlesex, 7518. 

 Bretby Park, a seat in Derbyshire, 7574. 

 Bretonniere, M , de la, his works on gardening, 



page 1119. A. D. 1783. 



Brickenden Bury, a seat in Hertfordshire, 7544. 

 Bridel, his works on gardening, page 1120. A. D. 



Bridgeman, a landscape-gardener of eminence in 

 the early part of the 18th century, 342. 



Bridges, different kinds of, used in gardening, 1782. 



British authors on gardening, 7686. 



Briza, quaking-grass, trian. dig. and grammes, a H. 

 peren. and an. Brit, grasses of the easiest culture. 



Bro. Jam., the Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, 

 by Patr. Browne. 



Broadlands, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 



Brochieri, Francesco, his work on gardening, page 

 1128. A. D. 1777. 



Brockelesby Hall, Yorkshire, 7582. 



Brockley Park, in Queen's County, 7659. 



Brocq, Philip, le, M. A. a British writer on garden- 

 ing, page 1109. A. D. 1786. 



Brodiasa, hexan. monog. and hemerocallideae, G. 

 peren. Georgia, which grow well in sand and 

 peat, kept moist, and are propagated by dividing 

 the root like agapanthus. 



Brodie House, in Kincardineshire, 7638. 



Bromborough House, 7590 



Brome-grass, see Bromus. 



Bromelia, hexan. monog. and bromeliacese, S. tr. 

 natives of South America and the West Indies, all 

 of which grow well in two thirds good fresh loam, 

 one third leaf mould or rotten dung, and as much 

 sand as will prevent the mixture from getting 

 hard and compact, with watering. A warm, and 

 rather moist atmosphere is required to grow the 

 fruiting sorts to any size ; but they are otherwise 

 very hardy. Most of the species bear that peculiar 

 production called a crown on the summit of their 

 fruit, by which, or by suckers, they are usually 

 propagated. 



Bromelia ananas, the common pine-apple ; its his- 

 tory and varieties, 4784: its general culture, 

 2697 ; preferable varieties, 2698 ; soil, 2700; arti- 

 ficial heat, 2706 ; propagation, 2712 ; nursing de- 

 partment, 2718; succession department, 2753; 

 fruiting department, 2792; general directions 

 common to the three departments, 2842; insects, 

 2906 j compendium of a course of culture, 2917.; 



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recent improvements by Knight, Marsland, &c. 

 2924. 



Brompton agricultural nursery, Middlesex, 7518. 



Brompton Park nursery, Middlesex, 7518. 



Bromus, brome-grass, trian. dig. and gramineas, 

 H. peren. tr. and an. Eur. of the easiest cul- 

 ture. 



Brooklime, veronica beccabunga. 



Brookshaw, George, a British gardening author, 

 page 1114. A. D. 1817. 



Brook-weed, see Samolus. 



Broom, see Spartium. 



Broom-rape, see Orobanche. 



Brosimum, bread-nut, polygam. dicec. and , 



S. tr. Jam. soil, a light loam ; propagation by 

 large old cuttings not divested of their leaves, in 

 a pot of sand under a hand-glass in a moist 

 heat. 



Brossard, Davy, or David, a French writer on gar- 

 dening, page 1115. A. D. 1552. 



Brossea, pentag. monog. and ericeae, a S. tr. S. 

 Amer. which grows in peat and sand, and young 

 cuttings will root in the same mixture under * 

 bell-glass on gentle heat. 



Brotera, syngen. poly. segr. and cynarocephaleaa, a 

 H. peren. S. Amer. which will grow in common 

 loam, and is propagated by dividing the root. 



Broughton Hall, Staffordshire, 7570. 



Broughton House, Kircudbrightshire, 7625. 



Broughton, or Adelphi nursery, Edinburgh, 7618. 



Broughtonia, gynan. monan. and orehideaj, a S. 

 peren. Jam. an air-plant, requiring the same 

 treatment as brassavola. 



Brousse, M de la, his works on gardening, 



page 1119. A. D. 1772. 



Broussonetia, paper-mulberry, dicec. tetran. and 

 urticeaa, a H. tr. Japan, which grows in common 

 garden-soil, and is readily increased by layers. 



Browallia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, G. an. 

 S. Amer. of the usual treatment. 



Brown, Launcelot, Esq. a celebrated landscape-gar- 

 dener, born at Cambol, or Camphill, a few houses 

 near the village of Hartburn, in Northumberland. 

 He died in 1782, without issue, holding at the 

 time the situation of head-gardener at Hampton- 

 court, and possessed of considerable wealth, which 

 he left to a nephew, 342. 



Browne, Robert, a British writer on gardening, page 



1109. A. D. '1786. 



Browne, Sir Thomas, M. D., a British author on 

 gardening, page 1110- A. D. 1658. 



Brownea, monad, decan. and leguminosea?, a S. tr. 

 W. Ind. which grows best in loamy soil, and cut- 

 tings of ripened wood will root in sand under a 

 hand-glass in moist heat. 



Brownsholme, a seat in Lancashire, 7588. 



Broxburn Bury, a seat in Hertfordshire, 7544. 



Broxmore, a seat in Wiltshire, 7596. 



Broxted Lodge, Durham, 7584. 



Brucea, dicec. tetran. and terebintaceas, a S. tr. 

 Abyssinia, which thrives in loamy soil, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass in heat, 



Bruchus pisi, 3642. 



Brugmansia, pentan. monog. and solanea?, a S. tr. 

 Peru, which thrives in rich loam, and strikes 

 from cuttings in moist heat 



Bruleu, C , his works on gardening, page 1128. 



A. D. 1804. 



Brulles, , a British writer on gardening, page 



1110. A. D. 1790. 



Brunia, pentan. monog. and rhamnese, G. tr. C. B. S. 

 with heath-like leaves, which grow in sandy peat 

 with a moderate supply of water ; and young cut- 

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

 freely. 



Bryansford, a seat in Down, 7683. 



Bryant, Charles, a British author on gardening, 

 page 1109. A. D. 1784. 



Bryony, see Bryonia. 



Bubon, pentag. dig. and umbellifereaj, G. tr. and G. 

 bien. Eur. and C.B.S. grow freely well in loam 

 and peat, and ripened cuttings taken off' at a joint, 

 and planted under a hand-glass in sand, will 

 root readily ; the H. bien. species is of easy cul- 

 ture. 



Bubroma, bastard cedar, polyadel. dodec. and mal- 

 vaceae, a S. tr. Jamaica, which thrives well in loam 

 and peat, and cuttings root freely in sand under a. 

 hand-glass. 



Buch. ic., Buch's icones plantarum. 



Buchnera, didyn. angios. and scrophularinea?, a H. 

 peren. N. Amer. which grows best in pots in loam 

 and peat, and is increased chiefly by seeds 

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