BON 



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BOR 



B.r&ptans (creeping). |. Blue. July. East 



Indies. 1826. Perennial ti-ailer. 

 veronicaifo' lia (Speedwell-leaved). \. Pink. 



August. East Indies. 1798. Biennial 



trailer. 



BONNE' TIA. (Named after C. Bonnet, 

 a distinguished naturalist. Nat. ord., 

 Theads [Ternstromiaceae]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria, \-monogynia). Stove tree. 

 Cuttings of firm young shoots, in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat; loamandpeat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 B. paltf stris (marsh). Red. Trinidad. 1819. 

 BO'NTIA. ^Named after /. Bont, a 

 Dutch physician. Nat. ord., Myoporads 

 [Myoporacca?]. Linn., \t-Didynamia, 2- 

 Angiospermia). Stove evergreen shrub, 

 requiring similar treatment to Bonnetia. 

 B. daphnoi'des (Daphne - like). 6. Yellow 



purple. June. West Indies. 1690. 



BORAGE (Borago qfficinalis}. Its young 

 leaves, smelling somewhat like cucum- 

 ber, are sometimes used in salads, or 

 boiled as spinach. Being aromatic, its 

 spikes of flowers are put into negus and 

 cool tankards. 



Soil and Situation. For the spring 

 and summer sowing, any light soil and 

 open situation may be allotted, provided 

 the first is not particularly rich ; for 

 those which have to withstand the win- 

 ter, a light dry soil, and the shelter of a 

 south fence, is most suitable. A very 

 fertile soil renders it luxuriant, and in- 

 jures the flavour. 



Times and mode of sowing. Sow in 

 March or April, and at the close of July, 

 for production in summer and autumn, 

 and again in August or September, for 

 the supply of winter and succeeding 

 spring, in shallow drills, twelve inches 

 asunder. When of about six weeks' 

 growth, the plants are to be thinned to 

 twelve inches apart, and the plants thus 

 removed of the Spring and Autumn sow- 

 ing may be transplanted at a similar dis- 

 tance ; but those of the Summer sowing 

 seldom will endure the removal, and at all 

 times those left unmoved prosper most. 

 At the time of transplanting, if at all 

 dry weather, they must be watered until 

 established; water must also be fre- 

 quently applied to the seed-bed of the 

 summer sowing. 



To obtain seed. Some of those plants 

 which have survived the winter must be 

 left uugathered from. They will begin 



to flower about June ; and when their 

 seed is perfectly ripe, the stalks must bo 

 gathered, and dried completely before it 

 is rubbed out. 



BO'RAGO. Borage. (Altered from 

 cor, heart, and ago, to affect; referring 

 to the cordial qualities of the herbs. 

 Nat. ord., Borageworts [Boraginaceae]. 

 Linn., 5 - Pentandria, 1 - monogynia). 

 Hardy plants. 'Biennials and annuals 

 from seed; perennials by divisions ; com- 

 mon soil. 



B. crassifo'tia (thick-leaved). 2. Pink. June. 

 Persia. 1822. Herbaceous perennial. 



cre'tica (Cretan). 1. Blue. May. Crete. 



1823. Herbaceous perennial. 



laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered). 1. Blue. June. 



Corsica. 1813. Trailing biennial. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). 1. Blue. July. 

 South Europe. 1825. Annual. 



officina'lis (common). 3. Blue. August. 



England. Annual. 



albiflo'ra (white -flowered). 2. 



White. August. England. Annual. 



orienta'lis (oriental). 2. Blue. June. 



Turkey. 1752. Herbaceous perennial. 



BORA'SSUS. (One of the names applied 

 to the spatha of the date palm. Nat. 

 ord., Palms [Palmaccoe]. Linn., 22- 

 Dicecia, &-Hexandria). Palm -wine or 

 toddy, a grateful beverage, is the juice 

 which flows from the wounded spathe of 

 this and some other palms. Stove tree. 

 Seeds ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 90 ; winter, 60. 

 B. fldbellifo'rmis (fan-leaved). 30. White 

 green. East Indies. 1771. 



BORBO'NIA. (Named after one of the 

 Bourbon family. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [FabacesB]. Linn., IQ-Monadel- 

 phia, 6-Decandria. Related to SCOTTIA). 

 This genus, with its allies, Hovea, Lalage, 

 Templetonia, and others of that group 

 have always been great favourites with 

 gardeners. All greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Cuttings in sand, in April, under a bell- 



tlass, and in a close place, without arti- 

 cial heat ; peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 to 45. 

 B. barba'ta (bearded). 4. Yellow. July. 1823. 



cilia' 'ta (hair-fringed). 3., Yellow. July. 1816. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). 2. Yellow. Au- 



gust. 1759. 



crena'ta (round-notch-fcam2) . 6. Yellow. 



July. 1774. 



ericifo'lia (heath-leaved). 2. Pink. Ja- 



nuary. 1821. 



lanceola'to (lance-leaved). 5. Yellow. 



July. 1752. 



