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S. longifo'lium (long-leaved). 3. Green, yellow. 

 June. Switzerland. 1713. 



multine'rve (many-nerved). 3. Yellowish. 



Altai. 



panicula'tum (panicled). l. Yellow. July. 



Spain. 1824. 



petree'um (rock). 1J. Green, yellow. June. 



Switzerland. 1768. 



polyphy' Hum (many-leaved). 1. Green, yellow. 



May. Caucasus. 1823. 



scontonerasfo'lium (scorzonera-leaved). Yel- 



low-streaked. June. Germany. 1818. 



spino'sum (spined). Yellow. July. Spain. 



1752. Evergreen shrub. 



GREENHOUSE. 



B. cane'scens (hoary). 5. Yellow. August. 

 Barbary. 1809. Evergreen shrub. 



frutico'sum (shrubby). 3. Yellow. July. 

 South Europe. 1596. Evergreen half- 

 hardy. 



GibraUa'ricti (Gibraltar). Yellow. June. 



Gibraltar. 1784. Evergreen half-hardy. 



plantagi'neum (plantain-leaved). 3. Yellow. 



July. Mount Atlas. 1810. Evergreen 

 half-hardy. 



BUPTHA'LMUM. Ox-eye. (From Ions, 

 an ox, and ophthalmos, eye ; the disk of 

 the flower ox-eye-like. Nat. ord., Com- 

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

 yenesia 2-Superflua.) 



Seed of annuals in border, in April ; division of 

 herbaceous perennials in March ; cuttings in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, of the greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs ; the latter require peat and loam, and the 

 usual greenhouse treatment. 



HAEDY. 



B. aqua'ticum (aquatic). . Yellow. July. 

 South Europe. 1731. Annual. 



grandifltf rum (large-flowered). l. Yellow. 



August. Austria. 1722. Herbaceous 

 perennial. 



salidfo'lium (willow-leaved). l. Yellow. 



September. Austria. 1759. Herbaceous 

 perennial. 



speciosi'ssimum (showiest). 2. Yellow. July. 



South Europe. 1826. Herbaceous per- 

 ennial. 



spino'sum (thorny). 3. Yellow. July. Spain. 



1570. Annual. 



GREENHOUSE. 



. IcEviga'tum (smooth-leaved). 4. Yellow. 

 July. Teneriife. 1800. Evergreen shrub. 



mari'timum (sea). 1. Yellow. August. 



Sicily. 1640. Half-hardy herbaceous 

 perennial. 



seri'ceum (silky). 4. Yellow. June. Canaries. 



1779. Evergreen shrub. 



stenophy' Hum (narrow-leaved). 3. Yellow. 



June. Canaries. 1818. Evergreen shrub. 



BURCHA'RDIA. (Named after H. Bnr- 

 chard, M.D. Nat. ord., Melanths [Me- 

 lanthaceae]. Linn., Q-Hexandria S-Tri- 

 yynia. Allied to Veratrum.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennial; offsets and 

 divisions ; sandy peat. Winter temp., 38 to 40. 

 3. umbcUa'ta (umbellate). 2. White, green. 

 August. N. Holland. 1820. 



BURCBE'LLIA. (Named after Burchell, 

 an African traveller. Nat. ord., Cincho- 

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nads [Cinch oniacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Gardenia.) 

 Stove evergreen shrubs, from Cape of Good 

 Hope. Cuttings of young shoots, getting firm at 

 the base, in April and May; fibryloam and sandv 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75; winter, 50" 

 to 55. 

 B. bubali'na (buffalo). 3. Scarlet. May. 1818 



Cape'nsis (Cape). 3. Scarlet. March. 



BURLINGTO'NIA. (Named after the 

 Countess of Burlington. Nat. ord., Or- 

 chids [OrchidaoeEB]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 

 l-Monoyynia.) 



Stove orchids. Divisions fastened to blocks of 

 wood, with a little moss attached. High tem- 

 perature and moist atmosphere when growing ; 

 cool and dry when in a state of rest. Summer 

 temp., 65 to 90; winter, 55. 

 B. ca'ndida (snow-white). 1. White. April. 

 Demeraru. 1834, 



de'cora (neat). Pink and white. November. 



Brazil. 



macula'ta (spotted). . Yellow and brown 



spots. May. Brazil. 1837. 



ri'gida (stiff-stemmed). l. Purplish-pink- 



spotted. April. Brazil. 1838. 



venu'sta (beautiful). White. March. Brazil. 



BURN ONION. See POTATO ONION. 



BURNET. (Pote'rium sanguiso'rba.) 

 Small, or Upland Burnet. Used in cool 

 tankards, soups, and salads. 



Soil and Situation. It delights in a 

 dry, unshaded, poor soil, abounding in 

 calcareous matter, with a dressing of 

 bricklayers' rubbish, or fragments of 

 chalk. A small bed will be sufficient 

 for the supply of a family. 



Propagation is either by seed or by slips 

 and partings of the roots. The seed 

 sown towards the close of February, if 

 open weather, and until the close of 

 May. But the best time is in autumn, 

 as soon as it is ripe ; for, if kept until the 

 spring, it will often fail entirely, or lie in 

 the ground until the same season of the 

 following year, without vegetating. Sow 

 in drills, six inches apart, thin, and not 

 buried more than half an inch. Keep 

 clear of weeds. When two or three 

 inches high, thin to six inches apart, and 

 those removed place in rows at the same 

 distance, in a poor, shady border, water 

 being given occasionally until they have 

 taken root, after which they will require 

 no further attention until the autumn, 

 when they must be removed to their final 

 station, in rows a foot apart. "When 

 established, the only attention requisite 

 is to cut down their stems occasionally in 

 summer, to promote the production of 

 young shoots, and, in autumn, to have the 

 decayed stems and shoots cleared away. 



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