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Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, except where { 

 otherwise specified. Cuttings of young wood, 

 firm at the base ; loam and peat. 

 B. es'stuans (glowing). 12. Rose. Peru. 1846. 



cinnamo'mea (cinnamon). Peru. 1S47 



coarcta'ta (close-headed). 5. Purple. Peru. 



1847. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 3. Purple. June. New 



Granada. 1826, Stove evergreen. 



ledifo'lia (ledum-leaved). 5. May. 1847- 



racemo'sa (raceme- flowered). 4. Purple. June. 



Florida. 1810. 



BELLADONNA LILY. Amary'llls bella- 

 io'mm. 



BELLEISLE CBESS. Barla'rea prae'cox. 

 See AMERICAN CRESS. 



BELLEVA'LIA. (Named after P. R. 

 Believed, a French botanist. Nat. ore!,, 

 Lilyworts [Liliacese]. 'Lirm.^Q-Hexandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to the Squills.) 



Hardy bulbs ; offsets ; common garden-soil. 

 B. opercula'ta (lid- covered). 1. White. May. 

 Italy. 1596. 



Syri'aca( Syrian). Orange, blue. May. Syria. 



1844. 



BELL-FLOWER. Campanula. 



BELL-GLASS is so called from its usual 

 form being that of a bell. It is formed 

 of one entire piece, and of common 

 "bottle-glass, when intended for sheltering 

 cauliflowers, &c., in the open borders ; 

 but of white, or very pale-green glass, 

 for preserving moisture to cuttings. 

 Formerly they were made with a top 

 almost flat, whence, to prevent drip upon 

 the cuttings, &c., it became necessary to 

 wipe them frequently. They are now 

 much improved by being cone-topped, 

 because the moisture condensed conse- 

 quently trickles down into the soil. 



BELLIDIA'STRUM. (From bellis, a daisy, 

 and astrum, a star; being star-like. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [ Asteracese] . Linn., 19- 

 Synyenesia 2-Superflua. Allied to Aster.) 



A hardy herbaceous perennial ; divinions ; sandy 

 oam. 



'B.MicJie'lii (Micheli's). 1. White. June. 

 Austria. 1570. 



BE'LLIS. The Daisy. (From lellus, 

 retty; referring to the flowers. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [ Asteracese] . Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 2-Superflua.) 



All the cultivated kinds are hardy herbaceous 

 perennials. Seeds, but chiefly division of the 

 roots ; common soil. 



S. Jiy'brida (hybrid). $. White. April. Italy. 

 1824. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). . White, pink. 



July. Texas. 1801. 



pere'nnis (perennial). . White. June. 



Britain. This is the common Daisy. 



fistulo'sa (piped, double-quilled), i. Red. 



June. 



B. pere'nnis horte-'nsis (garden, large-double). 



Red. June. 

 proli'feru (proliferous). ^. Striped. June. 



Commonly called The Hen and Chickens. 



sylve'stris (wood), g. White. June. Por- 



tugal. 1797- 



It is curious that the daisy is not more cuiti- 

 vAted and crossed by florists and amateurs. It 

 is quite as capable of improvement as the chry- 

 santhemum. The continental florists have not 

 treated it with similar neglect; and M. Van 

 Houtte, of Ghent, has more than twerity disUnct 

 varieties in his catalogue white, pink, and varie- 

 gated ; quilled, red-disked, and double. 



BE'LLIUM. (From lell-is, a daisy; the 

 flowers being like the daisy. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceaj], Linn., 19-Syn- 

 yenesia 2-Superflun.) 



Seeds and divisions; sandy soil, and a little 

 peat. 



B. bellidioi'des (daisy-like). $. White. July. 

 Italy. 1796. Hardy annual. 



crassifo' Hum (thick-leaved). . Whitish- 



yellow. June. Sardinia. 1831. Half- 

 hardy perennial. 



intermedium (intermediate), . White. Au- 



gust. Hardy herbaceous perennial. 



minu'tum (minute). 1. White. August. 



Levant. 17/2. Hardy herbaceous peren 

 nial. 



BELLOWS are employed for fumigating 

 differing only from the common bellows 

 by having a receptacle for ignited to 

 bacco in the pipe of its nozzle, through 

 which the air, being gently forced in the 

 usual way, propels the smoke in any 

 desired direction, where the insects to be 

 destroyed appear. Brown's Fumiyator 

 is superior to any bellows for such pur- 

 poses. 



BELOPE'RONE. (From belos, an arrow, 

 and perone, a band, or strap; in reference 

 to the arrow-shaped connectivum. Nat 

 ord., Acanthads [Acanthaaese]. Linn., 

 2-Diandria \-Monogynia. Allied to Jus- 

 ticia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings ; light loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 70; -winter, 45 to 55. 

 B. oblonga'ta (oblong-leaved'). 3. Rosy-purple. 

 September. Brazil. J832. 



BENDING-DOWN. This term is chiefly 

 applied to the bending of the annual or 

 other shoots of fruit-trees, for the pur- 

 pose of making them fruitful, or to make 

 them assume some desired form. Balis 

 of clay have been fastened to the ex- 

 tremities of the shoots, to weigh them 

 down into the position required; but the 

 most desirable mode is by fastening them 

 by a string to pegs driven into the ground. 



BENGAL QUINCE. JE'gle ma'rmelos. 



BENJAMIN-TREE. Fi'cus Benjamvna 

 and Lau'rus Be'nzoin, 



BENTHA'MIA. (Named after Jfr.JBru- 



