BEE 



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BES 



B. vulgaris purpu'rca (purple-/rwfc?d). 10. 

 Yellow. May. Europe. 



viola' cea (violet-fruited). 10. Yel- 

 low. May. Europe. 



BERCHE'MIA. (Named after M. Ber- 

 chetn, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Rhamnads [Ehamnaceael Linn., 5- 

 Pcntandria, \-monogynia). Seeds, cut- 

 tings and divisions ; sandy loam and 

 peat. All twiners. Greenhouse treat- 

 ment for the two species first named ; 

 B. volubilis is hardy, 



B.floribu'nda (many-flowered). "White. Ne- 

 paul. 1827. 



linea'ta (lined). 8. Green. June. China. 



1804. 



volu' bills (twining). 15. Green. June. 



Carolina, 1714. 



BERGE'RA. (Named after M. Bcrger, 

 a botanist at Kiel. Nat. ord., Citron- 

 worts [Aurantiaceae]. Linn., IQ-Decan- 

 dria, \-monogynia). Stove evergreen 

 shrubs. Layers and cuttings ; sandy 

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

 ter, 55 to 60. 



B. intege? rrima (entire-leaved). 4. White. 

 June. West Indies. 1823. 



Koni'gii (Konig's). 3, White. June. East 



Indies. 1820. 



BE'RGIA. (Named after P. J. Bergius, 

 M.D. Nat. ord., Water-Peppers [Elati- 

 nacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria, 4-Penta- 

 gynia). Hardy annual. Seeds ; sandy 

 soil. 



B. verticilla'ta (whorled). 1. White and red. 

 June. Egypt 1820. 



BERKHE'YA. (Named after M. J, L. 

 de Berkhey, a Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceae], Linn., 19-Syn- 

 genesia, 1-Frmtranea, Allied to GORTE- 

 RIA). All from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and greenhouse evergreens, except where 

 otherwise specified. Biennial species by 

 seed, as a tender annual ; herbaceous 

 ones by seed, but chiefly divisions in 

 spring ; evergreens by cuttings under a 

 glass in sandy soil ; sandy loam. Win- 

 ter temp., 40 to 50. 



B. ce'rnua (droopmg-/<wer<?d). 1. Yellow. 

 June. 1774. Stove biennial. 



cunea'ta (wedge-leaved). 2. Yellow. June. 



1812. 



cynaroi'des (artichoke-like). 1. Yellow. 



June. 1789. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



grandiflu'ra (large-flowered). 2. Yellow. 



July. 1812. 



inca'na (hoary). 2. Yellow. July. 1793. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg leaved) . 2. 'Yellow. 



July. 1794. 



B. palma'ta (hand-Zeafed). 3. Yellow. July. 

 1800. 



pectina'ta (comb-leaved) . 2. Yellow. Au- 



gust. 1818. 



spinosi' ssima (most thorny). 2. Yellow." 



July. 1821. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



uni/lo'ra (one-flowered). 3. Yellow. July. 



1815. 



BERMUDA CEDAR. Jumperus Bermu- 

 dia'na. 



BERTERO'A. (Named after C. J. Ber- 

 tero, a friend of Decandolle's. Nat. ord., 

 Crucifers [Brassicacese]. Linn., 15- 

 Tetradynamia. Allied to ARABIS). Bi- 

 ennial and perennial ; from seed and 

 cuttings. The shrubby and rather more 

 tender species from cuttings under a 

 hand-glass in summer ; loamy soil. 

 B, inca'na (hoary). 2. White, July. Europe, 

 1640. Hardy biennial. 



muta'bilis (changeable). 2. White pink. 



July. Levant. 1802. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perennial. 



obli'qua (unequal-sided leav ed). 1. White. 



July. Sicily. 1823. 



BERTHOLLE'TIA. Brazil Nut, (Named 

 after L. C. Berthollet, a distinguished 

 chemist. Nat. ord., Lecyths [Lecythi- 

 daceao]. Linn., \3-Polyandria, l-mono- 

 gynia}. The Brazilian nuts of the shops 

 are the produce of this ornamental stove 

 evergreen tree. Cuttings, ripened wood 

 in sand, and in bottom heat ; peat and 

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

 ter, 55 to 60. 

 B. exce-lsa (tall). 100. Para. 



BERZE'LIA. (Named after Berzetius, 

 the celebrated chemist. Nat, ord., Bru- 

 niads [Bruniacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria, 

 \-monogynia}. Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened wood in sand, 

 under a glass ; loam and peat. "Winter 

 temp., 40 to 45. 



B. abrotanoi' des (southernwood - like). li. 

 White. June. 1787. 



lanugino'sa (woolly). 3. White. July. 



1774. 



BESLE'RIA. (Named after Besler, an 

 apothecary at Nuremberg. Nat. ord., 

 Gesnerworts [Gesneracese]. Linn,, 14- 

 Didynamia^ l-A-ngiospermici. Allied to 

 GESNERA). Stove evergreen under- 

 shrubs, except where otherwise speci- 

 fied. Cuttings, slightly dried, and placed 

 in sweet bottom heat, in rough sandy 

 soil ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 60. 



