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5. cntci'gera (cross-stemmed). 20. Yellow scar- 

 let. South America. 1759. 



deci'piens( deceiving). 10. East Indies. 1823. 



diversify lia (various leaved) . 10. Mexico. 



1825. 



echina'ta (bristly fruited}. 20. Purple. 



Guiana. 1804. 



donga' ta (elongated). 8. Purple. South 



America. 1820. 



floribtfnda (many-flowered). 12. White. 

 Caraccas. 1816. 



gra'cilis (slender). 50. Yellow. April. 



South America. 1810. 



grandifo'lia (large-leaved). 60. Purple red. 



June. Caraccas. 1816. 



incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 4. White orange. 



Guiana. 1820. 



i'ndica (Indian). 40. Purple. India. 1775. 



jasminifo' lia (jasmine-leaved). 10. White. 



Orinoco. 1826. 

 jasminoi'des (jasmine-like). 30. Purple. 



Moreton Bay. 1830. 

 ~ lactiflo'ra (milk-flowered). 20. White. May. 



Santa Cruz. 1823. 



latifo'lla (broad-leaved). 10. Yellow. Cay- 



enne. 1823. 



laurifo'lia (laurel-leaved). 20. Guiana. 1804. 



leuco'xylon (white wooded). 12. Pink. West 



Indies. 1759. 



Uttora'lls (shore). 10. Pink red. Mexico. 



1824. 



ht'cida (shining). 10. East Indies. 1823. 



meona'ntha (smaller flowered). 20. Pink. 



June. New Holland, 



mo'llis (soft). 10. Guiana. 1818. 



molli'ssima (very soft). 10. Caraccas. 1820. 

 -multi' fida (many-cleft). 10. East Indies. 



1823. 



pa'llida (pale floirercd) . 15. White. July. 



West Indies. 1823. 



pi' eta (painted). 10. Variegated. South Ame- 



rica. 1823. 



pu'be'scens (downy). 15. Yellow. June. Cam- 



peachy. 1759. 



purputrea (purple). 6. Purple. South 



America. 1822. 



quadrangula'ris (four-angled). 10. East In- 



dies. 1823. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 10. Yellow. 



Trinidad. 1824. 



scrratlfo'lia (saw-leaved). 20. Yellow. West 



Indies. 1822. 



serrula'ta (fine-toothed). East Indies. 1832. 



specio'sa (handsome) . 20. Pink. May. Ura- 



guay. 1838. 



specta'bilis (showy). 10. Purple. West Indies. 



1820. 



spica'ta (spiked floivercd}. Trinidad. 1822. 



stami'nea (long stamened). 10. Yellow, 



Hispaniola. 1825. 



siibero' so, (cork barked) . 38. White. East 



Indies. 1820. 



tomentof sa (woolly). 10. Japan. 1820. 



triphy'lla (three-leaved). 10. White. South 



America. 1783. 

 > Tu-eedia'na (Mr.Tweedie's). 20. Yellow. 



June. Buenos Ayres. 1838. 

 varia'Mlis (variable). 10. Yellow white. 



West Indies. 1819. 



venu'sta (lovely). 4. Orange. September. 



South America. 1816. 



BILBERRY. Vacci'nium 



BILIMBI TREE. Averrho'a bili' m l{. 



BILL, a sharp-edged tool, employed 

 in cutting hedges, sharpening N 

 stakes, &c. It should never be 

 used in pruning ; but, where the 

 branch is too strong to be cut \ 

 with the knife, the saw ought j 

 always to be applied. An im- 

 plement well adapted for this 

 purpose is Dean's bill ; for it has 

 a -narrow blade with a keen cut- 

 ting edge, and a saw at the back, 

 made expressly for cutting green 

 wood, warranted not to buckle or stick 

 fast. 



BILLARDIE'RA. Apple Berry. (Named 

 after Labittardiere, a French botanist. 

 Nat. ord., Pittosporads [Pittosporacese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria, \-monogynia). 

 Greenhouse evergreen climbers. Seeds 

 sown in a little heat in April. From 

 cuttings in May or June, in sand under 

 a bell-glass; loam and peat. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 to 48. 

 B, angustifcflia (narrow-leaved). 2. Cream. 

 July. New Holland. 1820. 



dapJinoi'des (daphne-like). Yellow purple. 



May. New South Wales. 1840. 



longifltfra (long flowered). 20. Crimson. 



July. Van Diemen's Land. 1810. 



muta'bilis (changeable). 8. Crimson. August. 



New South Wales. 1795. 

 . ova' Us (oval-leaved). 20. Green yellow. 

 Van Diemen's Land. 1833. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 12. Blue. July. 



New Holland. 1825. 



sctfndens (climbing). 12. Purple. August. 



New South Wales. 1790. 



BILLBER'GIA. (Named after Bittberg, a 

 Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., Bromehoorts 

 [Bromeliacea?]. Linn., Q-Hexandria, 

 \-monogynia). Stove plants formerly 

 belonging to BROMELIA. Suckers and 

 divisions ; sandy loam, peat, and a little 

 rotten cow-dung. Summer temp., 60 to 

 75 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 B. amcefna (pleasing). 2. Yellow. June. South 

 America. 1817. 



bi' color (two-coloured). ?-. Rose blue. May. 



Rio Janeiro. 1829. 



clava'ta (club-shaped). 1A. Blue. February. 



Trinidad. 1824. 



cruefnta (bloody). 1. Blue red. August. 



Rio Janeiro. 1824. 



fascia' ta (banded). 1$. Blue red. August. 

 Rio Janeiro. 1825. 



iridifo'lia (Iris-leaved). 1. Scarlet yellow. 



March. Rio Janeiro. 1825. 



nudicau 1 Us (naked stemmed). 2. Crimson. 



May. Trinidad. 1822. 



purptfrea (purple). Rose purple, October. 



