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introduced a ruined stone bridge, of 

 which some arches may be still standing, 

 and the loss of those which are fallen 

 may be supplied by a few planks, with a 

 rail thrown over the vacancy. It is a 

 picturesque object it suits the situation 

 and the antiquity of the passage ; the 

 care taken to keep it still open, though 

 the original building is decayed, the ap- 

 parent necessity which thence results for 

 a communication, give it an imposing 

 air of reality. 



BRINING. See Steeping. 



BRI'ZA. (From brizo, to nod. Nat. 

 ord., Grasses [Graminaceoe]. Linn., 3- 

 Triandria, 2-jDigyma). This genus in- 

 cludes our quaking grass or lady's tres- 

 ses, B. maxima and minor. These, with 

 the two others we here enumerate, are 

 the only ones having any pretensions to 

 being ornamental. Seed in early spring ; 

 common soil. 



B. Clu'sii (Clusius's). 1J.' Apetal. June. 

 South Europe. 1820. 



ma'xima (greatest). 1^. Apetal. June. 



South Europe. 1633. 



mi' nor (smaller). . Apetal. July. Eng- 



land. 



ru'bra (red). 1. Apetal. June. South 



Europe. 1820. 



BROADCAST is a mode of sowing now 

 rapidly falling into disuse in the garden 

 as well as in the field. It has no one 

 advantage over sowing in drills, except 

 that the work of sowing is done more 

 expeditiously. Subsequently, the saving 

 is all on the side of the drill system. See 

 Drilling. We know of no sowing where 

 the broadcast mode is preferable, except 

 in the case of grass seeds upon lawns, 

 and small seed beds. The operation of 

 broadcast sowing is thus performed : 

 Take up the seed in portions in the 

 hand, and disperse it by a horizontal 

 movement of the arm to the extent of 

 a semicircle, opening the hand at the 

 same time, and scattering the seeds in 

 the air, so as they may fall as equally 

 as possible over the breadth taken in 

 by the sower at once, and which is 

 generally six feet, that being the dia- 

 meter of the circle in which the hand 

 moves through half the circumference. 

 In sowing- broadcast on the surface of 

 lu.s bods, and in narrow strips or borders, 

 t'io soeos are dispersed between the 

 thumb and fingers by horizontal move- 



ments of the hand in segments of smaller 

 circles. 



BROCOLI. (Bra ssicaolera' cea Botry'tis.) 

 Varieties. Mr. Thomson, of the Chis- 

 wick Gardens, has published the follow- 

 ing list of these, with their synonymes, 

 or other names, by which they are known. 

 Those marked with an * we consider 

 the most desirable : 



PURPLE OR GREEN BROCOLI. 



1. *Early Purple Cape. Synonymes, 

 Grange's Early Cape, Purple Silesian, 

 Purple Sicilian, Blue Cape, Violet, 

 Nain Hatif of the French ; comes into 

 use during September and until January. 

 Sow the first and third week in April, 

 and second week in June. 



2. *Green Cape. Syn., Hardy Cape, 

 Late Cape, Autumnal Cape, Improved 

 Cape, Maher's Hardy Cape ; comes into 

 use in October and November. This 

 may be sown about the middle of April 

 and the middle of June. 



3. Green close -headed. Syn., Late 

 Green, Late Hardy Green, Dwarf Ro- 

 man, Siberian, Late Green Siberian. 

 From November to the end of February. 

 Sow about the second or third week in 

 April. 



4. Sprouting. Syn., Italian Sprout- 

 ing, Grange's Early Purple Sprouting, 

 Early Branching, Lisbon Autumn Sprout- 

 ing, North's Early Purple. Very hardy, 

 and in use from November to April, if 

 sown at different periods from April to 

 the end of June. 



5. Danish, or Late Green. Sijn., 

 Dwarf Danish, Late Danish. Very 

 hardy ; produce in April and May ; best 

 suited for standing severe winters. Sow 

 about the second or third week in April. 



6. *Late Dwarf Purple. Syn., Dwarf 

 Danish, Purple Cockscomb, Dwarf Swe- 

 dish, Late Purple, Italian Purple, Dwarf 

 Hardy Siberian, Dwarf close -headed 

 Purple. Very hardy, coming into use 

 in May. Sow this and the next about 

 the same time as the preceding. 



7. Dwarf Brown. Syn., Late Da- 

 nish, Late Dantzic, Late Brown, Lewis- 

 ham Brown. Very hardy, from March 

 to May. 



SULPHUR. 



8. * Portsmouth. Syn., Cream-colour- 

 ed, Bolvidere, Southampton, Maher's Now 



