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or other substance. If either chalk, or 

 sand, or clay, be in excess, the remedy is 

 found in adding one or both of the other 

 two. An excess of organic matter only 

 occurs in peat soils, and these are reclaim- 

 ed by draining, paring, and burning, and 

 the addition of earthy matter ; drainage 

 is also the cure for an excess of water. 



BARREN- WORT. Epime'dium. 



BARRINGTO'NIA. (Named after the 

 Hon. Daines Barrington. Nat. ord., 

 Barringtoniads [Barringtoniaceae]. Linn., 

 IQ-Monadelphia, 8-polyandria). Stove 

 evergreen trees and shrubs. B. echinata 

 and platyphytta were, until lately, sepa- 

 rated into a genus Commersonia ; cut- 

 tings of ripe shoots under a glass, in a 

 strong heat ; lumpy loam and peat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 70 to 90 ; winter, 60 to 65. 



B. echincfta (hedge-hog-/rwite<f). 20. White. 

 Moluccas. 1820. 



platyphtf Ha (broad-leaved). 3. June. White. 



Moluccas. 1806. 



racemo'sa (raceme-cowered). 30. Red. 



Moluccas. 1820. 



spccio'sa (showy). 30. Scarlet. Indian 



Archipelago. 1786. 



BARTHOLI'NA. (Named after BartJio- 

 lin, a Danish physiologist. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 2Q-Gymn- 

 dria, \-nwnogynia. Allied to Serapias). 

 One of those ground orchids from the 

 Cape which British gardeners have not 

 yet succeeded in cultivating easily. Green- 

 house orchid ; division of the root ; sandy 

 loam. Summer temp., 60 to 70 ; win- 

 ter, 45. 



B.pectina'ta (comb-leaved). 1. Lilac. No- 

 vember. Cape of Good Hope. 1787. 



BARTO'NIA. (Named after Dr. Barton, 

 an American botanist. Nat. ord., Loasads 

 [Loasaceoe]. Linn., \1-Icosandria, 1- 

 monogynia). Half-hardy plants ; seeds ; 

 the biennials should be sown in summer, 

 and protected in a cold pit during the 

 winter ; the annuals may be sown in the 

 open air in April, or in a slight hotbed, 

 and transplanted ; most of them delight 

 in a sandy soil, and a little peat ; B. au'rea 

 does best where the soil is peaty and 

 moist. 



ANNTJALS. 



B. albersccns (wMte-stalked). 2. White. Chili. 

 1831. 



au'rea (golden-flowered). 3. Yellow. June. 



California. 1831. 



BIENNIALS. 



B. nu'da (naked-seeded). 2. White. August 

 Missouri. 1811. 



orna' ta (ornamented). 2. White. August 



Missouri. 1811. 



BA'RTSIA. (Named after J. Bartch, 

 M. D. Nat. ord., Figworts [Scrophulari- 

 aceee]. Linn., l-Didynamia, 2-anffto- 

 spermia). Allied to Euphrasia. These 

 require the treatment of choice alpines ; 

 hardy annuals ; seeds in April, on rock- 

 work. 



B. alptna (Alpine). . Purple. August. 

 Britain. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 1. Purple. Au- 



gust. South of Europe. 



odonti'tes (odontites). J. Pink. August 



Britain. 



visco'sa (clammy), i. Yellow. July. Britain. 



BARWOOD. Baphia. 



BARYOSMA. See BAROSMA. 



BASE'LLA. Malabar Nightshade. Its 

 Malabar name. (Nat. ord., Basettads [Ba- 

 sellaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria, Z-trigy- 

 nia). B. alba and rubra are used as 

 spinach in the East Indies ; and B. rubra 

 yields a rich purple dye ; not easily fixed, 

 however. Stove biennials, except where 

 otherwise specified, and mostly climbers ; 

 if sown in good heat in February, and 

 treated as a border annual they will 

 blow freely the same season ; rich lumpy 

 soiL 



B. a'lba (white). 8. White. August. East 

 Indies. 1688. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 6. Pale purple. 



August. East Indies. 1802. 



Itfcldn (shining). 6. White. August. East 



Indies. 1802. 



margina'ta (bordered). 4. July. Mexico. 



wf^ro (black). 3. White. August. China. 



1822. 



ramo'sa (branch}'). 6. August. 



rtfbra (red). 8. Pink. August. East 



Indies. 1731. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). 6. Purple. September 



South America. 1824. 



BASIL. (Ocymum). There are two 

 kinds, the sweet-scented (0. bastKcum), 

 and the Dwarf-bush (0. minimum). The 

 young leaf-tops are the parts made use of 

 in soups and salads, their flavour resemb- 

 ling that of cloves. 



The supply is never-failing during 

 summer, as they shoot out rapidly for 

 successional supplies. 



Sow on a very gentle hotbed, under 

 glass, about the end of March or first of 

 April, to raise plants for the principal or 



