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to be peeled and eaten as asparagus. No 

 vegetable is more benefited by the ap- 

 plication of liquid manure, than the white 

 and Brazil beets. 



Taking tip the red beet. In October the 

 beet-root may be taken up for use as 

 wanted, but not entirely, for preserva- 

 tion during the winter, until November 

 or the beginning of December, if the 

 weather continues open ; then to be 

 buried in sand, in alternate layers, under 

 shelter. Before storing, the leaves and 

 fibrous roots must be trimmed off, but 

 the main root not wounded, and a dry day 

 selected for performing it. Beet-root 

 may be kept exceedingly well if stacked 

 up neatly, sloping to a point, against a 

 north wall or other cool place, upon a 

 dry bottom, and buried with sifted coal 

 ashes. The thickness of this covering 

 must depend upon the weather. 



Gathering from the green and white 

 Beet. In gathering from these, the 

 largest outside leaves should be first 

 taken, and the inner left to increase in 

 size, when the same selection must be 

 continued; but at the same time it must 

 be remembered that they are to be used 

 whilst perfectly green and vigorous, 

 otherwise they are tough and worthless. 



To obtain seed. Some roots must be 

 left where grown, giving them the pro- 

 tection of some litter in very severe 

 weather, if unaccompanied with snow; 

 or if this is neglected, some of the finest 

 roots that have been stored in sand and 

 have not had the leaves cut away close, 

 may be planted in February or March. 

 Each species and variety must be kept 

 as far away from others as possible, and 

 the plants set at least two feet from 

 each other. They flower in August, and 

 ripen their seed at the close of Septem- 

 ber. Seed of the previous year is always 

 to be preferred for sowing, but it will 

 succeed if carefully preserved when two 

 years old. 



BEGO'NIA. (After M. Begon, a French 

 patron of botany. Nat. Ord., Bignoniads 

 [Bignoniacea?]. Linn., ZI-Monoecia, 9- 

 Polyandria). Stove evergreen shrubs, 

 except where otherwise specified. 



Many freely by seeds, sown as soon as 

 ripe, or in the following spring; cuttings 

 in spring or summer, after drying their 

 base, inserted in sandy soil, in a little 



heat. The tuberous kinds are easily pro- 

 pagated in abundance by division, when 

 beginning to grow, and they will stand 

 more cold in winter by 5 or 10 than 

 the others; peat and sandy loam, and 

 thoroughly decayed dung. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 B. acerifo'lia (maple-leaved). 3. "Whitish. 

 Brazil. 1829. 



a'cida (acid). 1. White. Brazil. 1847. 



acumina'ta (long pointed-leaved) . 1. White. 



July. Jamaica, 1798. 



acutifo'lia (abrupt pointed-leaved). 1. 



White. August. West Indies. 1816. 

 a'lbo-cocci'nea (white and scarlet-flowered] . 

 1. White and scarlet. East Indies. 

 1844. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



a'ptera (wingless). 3. White. July. Stove 



herbaceous perennial. 



arayrosti'gma (silver-spotted). 3. White. 



August. Brazil. 1819. 



awanti'aca (orange coloured) .Orange. India. 



auriculcefo'rme (ear-shaped). White. Gua- 



temala 1850. 



BarMri (Barker's). 4. White. January. 



Mexico. 1837. Greenhouse herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



Userra'ta (saw tooth-leaved). 2. Pale pink. 



June. Guatemala. 1847. 



bulbili'fera (bulb-bearing). 1. Whitish 



pink. July. Peru. 1827. Green- 

 house herbaceous perennial. 



castancefo'lia (chesnut-leaved). 2. Pink. 



February. Brazil. 1838. 



cinnabari'na (vermillion-coloured). Orange 



scarlet. Bolivia. 1848. Stove herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



cocci' nea (scarlet-cowered). 3. Scarlet. 



April. Brazil. 1842. 



crassicatflis (thick-stalked). 3. Whitish 



pink. February. Guatemala. 1842. 



cucula' ta (hooded). 3. White. Brazil. 



digita'ta (finger-leaved). 3. White. June. 



Brazil. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



dipe'tala (two-petaled). 3. Pink. July. 



Bombay. 1827. 



di'ptera (two-winged). 1. White. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1822. 



di' scalar (two-coloured). 3. White. May. 



China. 1804. 



diversiftflia (various-leaved). 1. Pink. 



July. Mexico. 1829. Stove herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



JDre^ei (Drege's). 2. White. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1838. 



du'Ua (doubtful). 1. White. July. Brazil. 



1818. Stove herbaceous perennial. 



fagifo'lia (beech-leaved). 3. White. April. 



Brazil. 1838. 



Fische'ri (Fisher's). 2. June. South 



America. 1835. 



fuchsioi'des (fuschia-like). 5. Scarlet. De- 

 cember. North Grenada. 1844. 



geraniifo'lia (geranium-leaved). 2. Whitish 



red. September. Lima. 1833. Stove 



tuberous-rooted. 



to/o'/m fheracleum-leaved). 2. 1831. 



Stove tuberous-rooted. 



radiata (rayed). 2. Pale 

 pink. Mexico. 



