Liar j 



BfiU 



ZJ. ciu'rea (golden}. Yellow, reel. Uarch. Mexico. 

 lS3t>. 



ni'tida (glossy). l. Red. June. E.Ind. 182-4. 



sangui'nKii (bloo'l-ciiltiurcd). 14. Crimson. 



August. Jamaica- 179-T. 



BROUSSONE'TIA. ( Named after Brotts- 

 sonet, a French naturalist. Nat. ord., 

 illorads, or Mulberries [Moracea?-] . Linn., 

 22-Dicecia 4,-Tetrandria. ) 



In general aspect there is nothing to distinguish 

 it from a mulberry-tree ; but it is less hardy. 

 Hardy trees ; suckers and cuttings of ripened 

 wood, inserted in autumn, and seeds sown when 

 lipe, or kept over to the following April ; good, 

 conv.non soil. 

 . . papiiri'fera (paper-bearing). 12. June. 



Japan. 1/51. 

 cuculla'ta (cowl- leaved}. 12. February. 



French variety. 1824. 



disse'cta ( cut-lea ved) . 1 847. 



fru'ctu-a'lbo( white-fruited}. 12. August. 



macropky'Ua (large-leaved j. 



variegn'ta (var.egated-^ntvcZ). 1846. 



spatulaJta (spat-alate-&?a0f)' 12. June. 



Japan. 1 824. 



BBOWAUVU. (Named af t r J. Bm- 

 wallius, bishop of Abo. Nat. ord., Fi<j- 

 worls [Scrophulariacea;]. Linu., 1-i- 

 Didynamta 2-Anyio*p<!rin ia.} 



Greenhouse annuals; scads sown in a mild 

 heat, in March ; p >ueda:id re-potted, and kept in 

 the greenhouse during a immer; light, rich soil. 

 B. demi'ssa (low), f . Blue. August. S. Auicr. 

 1/35. 



elti'ta (tall), ij. Blue. August. Peru. 3768. 



elongn'ta (elongated). l. Blue, white. July. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 2. Light yellow. 



June. Peru. 1329. 



Jameso'ni (Jameson's). 4. Orange. June. 



New Grenada. 1850. 



specio'sa (showj-fiotvered). 'J.. Purple. Sep- 



tember. Quindiu. 1845. 

 BRO'WNEA. ^ Named after Dr. Brown. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. 

 Linn., 16-Monadelphia Q-Dccandria. Al- 

 lied to Csesalpinia and Amherstia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of ripe wood 

 in sand, under a glass, and placed in a strong 

 bottom-heat; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 4iO to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 33. Ari'za (Ariza). Red. Bogota. 1343. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 6. Scarlet. July. W. 



Ind. 1/93. 



gra'ndiceps (large-headed). 6. Red. Carac- 



cas. 1829. 



latif'i'lia (broad-leaved). 6. Scarlet. Trinidad. 



1824. 



racemo'sa (clustered). 6. Rose. Caraccas. 



1826. 



ro'sca (rosy). 8. Crimson. July. Trinidad. 



1828. 



BROWNLOW'IA. (Named after Lady 

 Broicnlow. Nat. ord., Lindcnlloorns [Ti- 

 liaceae]. Linn., IQ-Polyandria 1-Mono- 

 [jynia. Allied to Grewia.) 



Stove tree. -Cuttings of ripe shoots in heat ; 

 neb., leamy soil. Summer temp., 60 to 75; 

 Winter, 43 to 55. 



B. data ('tali:. 60. Yellow. E. Ind. 1820. 



BROW; TAILED MOTH. Porlhesia. 



Bmj'cjiA. (Named after Bruce, the 

 j African traveller. Nat. ord., Quassiads 

 J [Sknarubacete]. Linn., %2-Dicecia 4-Te- 

 j trundria.) 



I This genus possesses that intense bitter, for 



j vr'.iich Quassia, the head of this small order, has 



j li>n>j; been celebrated. Stove evergreen shrubs. 



i Ripened cuttings in sand, under a glass, in hot- 



I toai-heat. Summer ternp., 6oto 75; winter, 55. 



B. ferrugi'neu (r 'usty-osA- 1 caved). 5- Green. April. 



Abyssinia. " 1/75. 



gra'cilis (slender). 6. Yellow, green. E.Ind. 



1820. 



Sumatra'na (Sumatra). 6. Green. May. E. 



Ind. 1820. 



BRUCHUS. A genus of small beetles, 

 which confine their depredations chiefly 

 to the seeds of leguminous plants. 



Bruchus yranarius. The Grain Beetle. 

 ! Every one who is acquainted with the 

 i seeds of the pea and the bean must .have 

 ! noticed that in many of them were small v 



! 



round holes ; and these occasionally are 

 so numerous as to spoil the sample, and, 

 indeed, render the seeds totally valueless 

 for sowing; for not one of those thus 

 pierced but would produce either a weak, 

 unhealthy plant, or not vegetate at all. 

 Those holes in the " worm-eaten" peas 

 and beans are made by a small beetle 

 {Bruchus gnoiariits}, produced from a 

 grub, or caterpillar, which has eaten 

 away the vital parts of the seed; and, 

 when it has passed through the chrysalis 

 state, and given birth to this beetle, the 

 latter makes the hole in order to escape 

 into the open air, there to perpetrate 

 more mischief upon the growing crops. 

 The body of the beetle is a dull brown; 

 but the elytree, or wing-covers, are black, 

 dotted with white, but scarcely percepti- 

 bly so, unless magnified, as in our draw- 

 ing. Naturally it is the size of the smaller 

 figure; that is, scarcely two lines long. 

 The antenna?, or feelers, are eleven- 

 jointed, black, and thinnest near the 



