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but the best flowers in the greenhouse, 

 adopt the following method : After 

 pricking out into three or four-inch pots, 

 and plu-nging them in the bed, allow the 

 pots to get full of roots, keep them drier 

 and cooler, and give plenty of air, which 

 will soon cause flowers to appear ; then 

 select plants with best flowers, rub every 

 flower-bud off them, fresh pot, disen- 

 tangling the roots a little as you proceed, 

 and grow them on as advised above; and 

 what you lose in time you will make up 

 in selectness. 



BALSAHODE'NDRON. (From lalsamon, 

 balm, or balsam, and dendron, a tree. 

 Nat. ord., Amyrids [Arnyridacese]. Linn., 

 S-Oclandria 1-Hfonof/ynia.} 



According to Capt. Harris, Myrrh is obtained, 

 on the Abyssinian coast, from a species of this 

 genus ; and the Balcsson of JJruce, or Balm of 

 Mecca, is the produce of another species of this 

 Balsam-tree. It is a stove tree. Sandy loam, 

 and a little rotten dung ; cuttings of ripe young 

 wood in April, under a glass, and in heat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 B. Zeyla'nicum (Ceylon). 30. Ceylon. 



BALSAM OF CAPE'VI. Copai'fcra. 



BALSAM-TREE. Clu'sia. 



BAMBU'SA. Bamboo Cane. (From 

 7)mnl>os ) its Indian name. Nat. ord., 

 Grasses [Graminacese]. Linn., G-Hex- 

 andria \-Monogynia.} 



The very young shoots of the Bamboo nre 

 eaten in India as asparagus. Stove perennials. 

 Suckers, in spring or autumn ; rich loam. Sum- 

 mer temp,, 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to C5. 

 JB. am*a'te(awned). 20. Apetal. E. Ind. 1824. 



arundina'cea (reed-like). 40. Apetal. E. 



Ind. 1/30. 



glau'ca (milky-green), 20. Apetal. E. Ind. 



1826. 



ni'gra ( black). 20. Apetal. E. Ind. 1825. 



pube'scens (downy). 20. Apetal. E.Ind. 1820. 



spino'sa (spiny). 20. Apetal. E.Ind. 18-^0. 



stri'cta (upright). 20. Apetal. E.Ind. lH-2i. 



verticilla'ta (whorl-jtfoitfejvd). 20. Apetal. 



India. 1S03. 



.BANA'NA, or PLANTAIN. Mu'sa. 



BANE-BERRY. Acta'a. 



BANISTE'RIA. (Named after the Rev. 

 J. Banister, a zealous botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Jlfalpighiads [Malpighiacesej. Linn., 

 IQ-Decandria 8-Trigynia.) 



Stove plants. Sandy loam and peat ; cuttings 

 of half-ripened wood in heat, under glass. Sum- 

 mer temp., 6o c to 90; winter, 60 to C5. 



TWINERS. 

 B. chrysopliy'lla (golden-leaved). 



cilia' t a (fringed). 10. Yellow. Brazil. 1706. 



dicho'toma (twin-branched,). Yellow. June. 



S. Amer. 1814. 



emargina'ta (single-notched). Yellow. June. 



\V. Ind. 1826. 



sei-i'cea (silky). 6. Yellow. July. Braail, 1810. 



B. Sinemttrie'nsis (Guiana). Yellow. August. 

 Guiana. 1824. 



te'nuis (slender). Yellow. Buenos Ayres. 



tiUasfu'lia (lime-leaved). Purple. August. 



Java. J820. 



tomento'sa (soft-haired). 10. Yellow. July. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



Zanziliu'rica (Zanzibar). 10. Yellow. Zan- 



zibar. 1825. 



SHRUBS. 

 B.ferrugi'nea (rusty). JO. Yellow. Brazil. 1SSO. 



fu'lgens (shininz- fruited). 6. Yellow. \V. 



Ind. 1/59. 



Humboldtia'iia (Ilumboldt's). 19. Yellow. 



S. Amer. 1824. 



laurifo'lin (bay-leaved). 10. Yellow. Ja- 



maica. J733. 



ova'ta (egR-shape-/eawrf). 6. Yellow. July. 



St. Domingo. 1820. 



periplocaefo'lia (periploca-Ieaved). 10. Yel- 



low. July. Porto Rico. 1818. 



spli'ndens (shining). 10. Yellow. S. Amer. 



1812. 



BANKS (SLOPING) are very desirable 

 in a Idtchen-garden, not only because 

 they aid in forwarding the crops on their 

 south front, and retarding those on their 

 north front, but because they much in- 

 crease the cultivatuble surface. Suppos- 

 ing the banks to run east and west, the 

 south side, especially as respects all low- 

 growing things, such as French beans, 

 potatoes, &c., will produce eight days 

 earlier than when cultivated on a level ; 

 while the north side will retain lettuces, 

 &c., during summer, much longer fit for 

 the table. The surface of the ground is 

 also increased, notwithstanding learned 

 assertions to the contrary. In making 

 them, at first, in shallow soils, they should 

 not be wider than six feet at the base ; 

 but, as the soil becomes improved, they 

 may be from ten to twelve feet in width. 

 In deep soils, the banks may be formed 

 by trenching in the usual manner, only 

 throwing them into shape by a line and 

 stakes. > In thin soils, care should be 

 taken to have plenty of room in the first 

 opening to stir the sub-soil, and then re- 

 place again the surface-soil on the sur- 

 face. The accompanying sketch will 



give some idea as to how they are formed, 

 each ridge being twelve feet wide at the 

 base. A B is the ground level, c the 

 apex of the ridge, and d d paths between. 

 Of course they could not be raised so 

 high, at first, without impoverishing the 



