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JB. VtUfra'ris purpu'rea (purple-fruited}. 10. Yel 

 low. May. Europe. 



viola'cea (violet-fruited). 10. Yellow 



May. Europe. 



BEBCHE'MIA. (Named after M. Ber 

 chem, a French botanist. Nat. ord. 

 JRhamnads [Rhamnacese]. Linn., o- 

 Pentandria I-Monogynia.) 



Seeds, cuttings, and divisions ; sandy loam anc 

 peat. All twiners. Greenhouse treatment for 

 the two species first named. B. volu'bilis is 

 hardy. 



B.floribu'nda (many-flowered). White. Nepaul 

 1827. 



linea'ta (lined). 8. Green. June. China. 1804 



volu'bilis (twining). 15. Green. June. Ca- 



rolina. 1714. 



BEBGE'BA. (Named after M. Berger, 

 a botanist at Kiel. Nat. ord., Citron- 

 worts [Aurantiaceae], Linn., I0-Decan- 

 dria I-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Layers and cuttincrs ; 

 sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 70} win- 

 ter, 55 to 60. 



B. intege'rrima (entire-leaved). 4. White. June. 

 W. Ind. 1823. 



Koni'gii (Konig's). 3. White. June. E. 



Ind. 1820. 



BE'KGIA. (Named after P. J. Bergins, 

 M.D. Nat. ord., Water-Peppers [Elati- 

 nacese]. Linn,, lO-Decandria k-Penta- 

 gynia.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds ; sandy soil. 

 B.verticilla'ta (whorled). 1. White and red. 

 June. Egypt. 1820. 



BEBKHE'YA. (Named after M. J. L. 

 de Berkhey, a Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., 

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

 genesia 3-Frustmnea. Allied to Gorteria.) 



All from the Cape of Good Hope, and green- 

 house evergreens, except where otherwise speci- 

 fied. Biennial species by seed, as a tender an- 

 nual ; herbaceous ones by seed, but chiefly divi- 

 sions, in spring ; evergreens by cuttings under a 

 glass, in sandy soil : sandy loam. Winter temp., 

 40 to 50. 



B.ce'rnua (drooping-flowered). 1. Yellow. 

 June. 17/4. Stove biennial. 



cunea'ta (wedge-teawed). 2. Yellow, June. 



1812. 



cynaroi'des (artichoke-like). 1. Yellow. June. 



1789. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 2. Yellow. July. 



1812. 



inca'na (hoary). 2. Yellow. July. 1793. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-teooed). 2. . Yellow. 



July. 1794. 



palma'ta (hand-leaved). 3. Yellow. July. 1800. 



pectina'ta (comb-leaved). 2. Yellow. Au- 



gust. 1818. 



spinosfssima (moat spiny). 2. Yellow. July. 



1821. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



unifto'ra (one-flowered). 3. Yellow. July, 



1815. 

 BERMUDA CEDAB. Juni'perus JBermu- 



BERXERO'A. (Named after V, /, Btr- 



L4 ] BES 



tero, a friend of Decandolle's. Nat. crd^ 

 Grucifers [Brassicacese], Linn., 15-Te- 

 tradynamia. Allied to Arabis.) 



Biennial and perennial from seed and cuttings ; 

 the shrubby and rather more tender species from 

 cuttings under a hand-glass, in summer ; loamy 

 soil. 



B. inca'na (hoary). 2. White. July. Europe. 

 1640. Hardy biennial. 



muta bills (changeable). 2. White, pink. 



July. Levant. 1802. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



obli'qua (unequal-sided-Jeawed). I. White. 



July. Sicily. 1823. 



BEBTHOLLE'TIA. Brazil Nut. (Named 

 after L. C. Berthollet, a distinguished 

 chemist. Nat. ord., Lecyths [Lecythi- 

 daceoe]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



The Brazilian nuts of the shops are the pro- 

 duce of this ornamental stove evergreen tree. 

 Cuttings, ripened wood, in sand, and in bottom- 

 heat; peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 7^;. 

 winter, 55 to 60. 

 B. exce'lsa (tall). 100. Para. 



BEBZE'LIA. (Named after Berzelius, 

 the celebrated chemist. Nat. ord., Bru- 

 niads [Bruniacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 \-J\Io nogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape 

 )f Good Hope. Cuttings of half-ripened wood 

 n sand, under a glass ; loam and peat. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 45. 



JB. abrotanoi'des (southernwood-like). l. White. 

 June. 1787. 



lanigino'sa (woolly). 3. White. July. 1774. 



BESLE'EIA. (Named after Besler, an 

 apothecary at Nuremberg. Nat. ord.,. 

 Oesnerworts [Gesneracese]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Gresnera.) 



Stove evergreen under-shrubs, except where 

 >therwise specified. Cuttings, slightly dried, and 

 placed in sweet bottom-heat, in rough, sandy 

 soil ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; 

 vinter, 50 to 60. 



B. cocci'nea (scarlet-Serried). 3. Yellow. Guiana. 

 1819. 



crista'ta (crested). 3. Yellow. June. W. 



Ind. 1739. Stove evergreen climber. 



grandifo'lia (large-leaved). 3. Yellow. Au- 



gust. Brazil. 1823. 



incarna'ta (flesh-coloured-iem'ed). 3. Yel- 



low. Guiana. 1820. Stove herbaceous 

 perennial. 



lu'tea (yellow-flowered). 3. Yellow. July. 



Guiana. 1739- 



mo'llis (soft). 3. Yellow. S. Amer. 1823. 



pulche'lla (neat). 3. Yellow. August. Tri- 



nidad. 1806. Stove evergreen climber. 



tigri'na (tiger-spotted). 4. White, crimson. 



December. Caraccas. 1853. 



viola'cea (purple-iemed). 6. Yellow. Guiana, 



1824. Stove evergreen climber, 



BESOM, or BBOOM, received its second 

 name from being often made of the broom- 



