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head begins to open, he cuts out its 

 centre, and leaves only four or fivo of 

 the outside shoots for bearing'. The 

 Sulphur - coloured he always finds the 

 most difficult to obtain saed from. As 

 the branches spread, four or six stakes 

 should be placed at equal distances 

 round each plant, and hooped round with 

 string, to support them, and prevent their 

 breaking. When the pods begin to form, 

 water should be given repeatedly, and 

 occasionally some thrown over the whole 

 plant, which tends to prevent mildew. 

 Before the pods begin to change colour, 

 those from the extremity of every shoot 

 must be taken away, as these yield seeds 

 which produce plants very apt to run to 

 seed without heading; and, by an early 

 removal, the others are benefited. The 

 branches ought to be gathered as soon 

 as the pods upon them ripen. Different 

 kinds must never be planted near each 

 other, or they will reciprocally be crossed. 

 The seed ripens in August or September, 

 and it is often recommended to preserve 

 it in the pod until wanted; but the 

 general practice is to beat it out, and 

 store it as soon as perfectly dry. 



BRODLK'A. (Named after J. J. Brodic, 

 a Scotch cryptogamist. Nat. ord., Lily- 

 worts [Liliaceee]. Linn., 3-Triandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Allium.) 



Frame or half-hardy small bulbs, requiring the 

 same treatment as Ixias. Offsets; sandy peat. 

 Summer temp., 50 to 70; winter, 40. 



B. Califo'rnica (Californian). Pale brown. July. 

 California. 1848. 



conge'sta (crowded). 1. Blue. July. Georgia. 



1806. 



grandijlo'ra (large-flowered). l. Blue. N. 



Amer. 1806. 



BROMK'LIA. (Named after Bromel, a 

 Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., Bromel- 

 ivorts [Bromeliacese]. Linn., 6-Hexan- 

 dria \-Monogynia. Belated to the Pine 

 Apple.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Suckers ; rich, 

 lumpy soil, well drained. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85, with moisture ; winter, 50 to 60, dryish. 

 JB. bractea'ta (rerf-bracted). 2. Pink. Sep- 

 tember. Jamaica. 1/85. 



chrysa'ntha (golden - flowered), 2. Blue. 



Caraccas. 1819. 



crue'nta (bloody). 2. Blue, white, August. 



Rio Janeiro. 1824. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). Pink. April. South 



Europe. 



fastuo'sa, (proud). 4. Purple. August. S. 

 Amer. 1815. 



iiu'milis (low), l. Pink. March. 176Q. 



Kara' tax (Karatiis). 2. Pink. W. Ind. 1/39. 

 ~ Kngvla'ta (tongue-feat'ea). i. Yellow. May. 



S. Amer. 1/5Q. 



B. Plnguin (Pinguin). 3. Red. March. W. 

 Ind. 1690. 



sylne'siris (wood). 3. Crimson. July. S. 



Amer. 1820. 



BROMHEA'DIA. (Named after Sir E. 

 F. Bromficad, Bart. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidacese]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria. Allied to Ausellia.) 



Stove orchid. Offsets ; broken pots, moss, and 

 sandy, fibry peat ; set the pot in a pan, and keep 

 this rilled with water. Summer temp., 60 to 

 90 ; winter, 55 to GO . 



B. palu'.-tris (marsh). 3. White, yellow, and 

 purple. June. Sumatra. 1640. 



BROKGNIA'RTIA. (Named after B ron 17- 

 niart, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 17-DiadeIphia 4^-Decandria.~) 



In relation with such plants as Colutea and 

 Clianthus. Greenhouse evergreen under-shrubs. 

 Cuttings in sand, under a bell-glass, of young 

 shoots, but firm at the base; sandy loam and 

 fibry peat. Summer temp., 50 to 00; winter, 

 40 to 45. 



B. Podalyrioi'des (Podalyria-like). 1. Flesh. 

 September. North of Spain. 1827. 



seri'cea (silky). Purple. Mexico. 1843. 



BROOM. See BESOM. 



BROOM. Spa'rtium and Cy'tisus spino'- 

 sus. 



BROOM (SPANISH). Geni'staHispa'mca. 



BROOM-CYPRESS. Ko'chia scopa'ria. 



BROOM-RAPE. Oroba'-nche. 



BRO'SIMUM. Bread-nut. (From Iro- 

 simos, edible, or good to eat; the fruit 

 being edible. Nat. ord., Atrocarpads 

 [Atrocarpaceae]. Linn., 23 - Poly garni a 

 2-Dicecia.) 



The far-famed Cow-tree of South America 

 (Oalactode'ndron'), whose milky juice is as rich 

 and wholesome as the milk of the cow, is Bro'si- 

 mum u'tile. Another species, B. alica'stnim, 

 produces nuts, which are roasted and eaten as 

 bread ; and a third species produces the beauti- 

 fully-marked wooii, called snake-wood. Its 

 gummy juice is also made into India rubber. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs and tree. Cuttings of ripe 

 wood, in a hotbed; rich, fibry loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75; winter, 50 to 55. 



B. alica' strum (alicastrum). 6. Apetal. Ja- 

 maica. 1/76. 



spu'rium (spurious-milkwood). 6. Apetal. 



Jamaica. 178Q. 



u'tile (useful. Cow-tree). 50. Caraccas. 182Q. 



BROUGHTO'NIA. (Named after Mr. 

 Rroughlon, an English botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria \-Monandria.} 



Stove orchids ; division. These maybe grown 

 in crocks and fibry peat, the plant raised above 

 the pot, but best on blocks without moss, being 

 near a roof; high, moist temperature in summer ; 

 cooler and drier in winter. Summer temp., <3U 

 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 65. 



