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BONNE'TIA. (Named after G. Bonnet, 

 a distinguished naturalist. Nat. ord., 

 Theads [Ternsttb'niiace*]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria \-j\fonogynia.) 



Stove tree. Cuttings of firm young shoots in 

 sand, under a glass, in heat; loam and peat. 

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

 B. palu'stris (marsh). Red. Trinidad. 1S1Q. 



Stove evergreen shrub, requiring similar treat- 

 ment to Bonnetia. 



B. Daphnoi'des (Daphne-liko/. 6. Yellow, purple. 

 W.Jnd. 1690. 



(Bo'rayo ojficina'lis.) Its 



June. 

 BOIUGE. 



The bones must be applied to the crops 

 in very small pieces or powder ; and ten 

 pounds, at the -time of inserting the seed, 

 are enough for thirty square yards, if 

 sown broadcast; and a much smaller 

 quantity is sufficient, if sprinkled along 

 the drills in which the seed is sown. 

 There is no doubt that bone-dust may be 

 employed with advantage in ail gardens : BO'NTIA. (Named after J. Bont, a 

 and to all garden-crops ; but it has been i Dutch physician. Nat. ord., Myoporads 

 experimented on most extensively with .' [Myoporaceaa]. Linn., l^-Didynamia 2- 

 the turnip and potato, and with unfail- 

 ing benefit. Mixed with sulphur, and 

 drilled in with the turnip-seed, it has 

 been found to preserve the young plants 

 from the fly. Mr. Knight found it bene- 

 ficial when applied largely to stone- 

 fruit at the time of planting ; and it is 

 quite as good for the vine. To lawns, 

 the dust has been applied with great ad- 

 vantage when the grass was becoming 

 thin. As a manure for the shrubbery, 

 parterre, and greenhouse, it is also most 

 valuable ; and, crushed as well as ground, 

 is employed generally to mix with the 

 soil of potted plants. Mr. Maund finds 

 it promotes the luxuriance and beauty 

 of his flowers. One pound of bone-dust, 

 mixed with twelve ounces of sulphuric, 

 acid (oil of vitriol), and twelve ounces 

 of water, if left to act upon each other 

 for a day, form super-phosphate of 

 lime, a wineglassful of which has been 

 found beneficial to pelargoniums. Ap- 

 plied as a top-dressing, mixed with half 

 its weight of charcoal- dust, it is a good 

 manure for onions, and may be applied ! spring, in shallow drills, twelve inches 



young leaves, smelling somewhat like cu- 

 cumber, are sometimes used in salads, or 

 boiled as spinach. Being aromatic, its 

 spikes of flowers are put into negus and 

 cool tankards. 



Soil and Situation. For the spring and 

 summer sowing, any light soil and open 

 situation may be allotted, provided the 

 first is not particularly rich; for those 

 which have to withstand the winter, a 

 light, dry soil, and the shelter of a south 

 fence, are most suitable. A very fertile 

 soil renders it luxuriant, and injures the 

 flavour. 



Times and mode of solving. Sow in 

 March or April^and at the close of July, 

 for production in summer and autumn, 

 and again in August or September, for 

 the supply of winter and succeeding 



at the rate of nine pounds to the square 

 rod. There is little doubt of this super- 

 phosphate being good for all our kitchen- 

 garden crops, being more prompt in its 

 effects upon a crop than simple bone- 

 dust, because it is soluble in water, and 

 therefore more readily presented to the 

 roots in a state for them to imbibe. Bones 

 broken into small pieces are generally 

 used as drainage for pelargoniums and 

 other potted plants. 



BONNA'YA. (Named after the Ger- 

 man botanist, Bonuay. Nat. ord., Fiy- 

 worts [Scrophulariacese]. Linn., 2-Dian- 

 dria I-Monogynia. Related to Torenia.) 



Stove plants. Seeds for annuals; divisions, 

 and cuttings of creepers and trailers ; rich, sandy 

 loam. 



J3. brachyca'rpa (.short-seed-podded). Violet. 

 June. E. Ind. >829. Annual. 



rc'ptans (creeping). . Blue. July. E. Ind. 



1820. Perennial trailer 



veroniccefo'Iia (speedwell-leaved). $. Pink. 



August, E. Ind. 1798. Biennial trailer. 



asunder. When of about six weeks' 

 growth, the plants are to be thinned to 

 twelve inches apart, and the plants thus 

 removed of the spring and autumn sow- 

 ing may be transplanted at a similar dis- 

 tance ; but those of the summer sowing 

 seldom will endure the removal, and at 

 all times those left unmoved prosper 

 most. At the time of transplanting, if at 

 all dry weather, they must be watered 

 until established; water must also be 

 frequently applied to the seed-bed of the 

 summer sowing. 



To obtain Seed. Some of those plants 

 which have survived the winter must be 

 left ungathered from. They will begin 

 to flower about June ; and when their 

 seed is perfectly ripe the stalks must be 

 gathered, and dried completely before it 

 is rubbed out. 



BO'IUGO. Borage. (Altered from cor, 

 heart, and ago, to affect ; referring to the 



