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B. bubali'na (buffalo). 3. Scarlet. May. 1818. 



capefnsis (Cape). 3. Scarlet. March. 



BURLINGTO'NIA. (Named after the 

 Countess of Burlington, Nat. ord., Or- 

 chids [Orchidacea?]. lA-an.^-Gynandria 

 \-Monogynia}. Stove orchids. Divi- 

 sions fastened to blocks of wood, with a 

 little moss attached. High temperature 

 and moist atmosphere when growing; 

 cool and dry when in a state of rest. 

 Summer temp., 65 to 90 ; winter, 55. 



. ca'ndida (snow-white). 1. White. April. 

 Demerara. 1834. 



macula' ta (spotted) . | . Yellow and brown 



spots. May. Brazil. 1837. 



ri'glda (stiS-stcmmed). 1. Purplish, pink 



spotted. April. Brazil. 1838. 



venu'sta (beautiful). White. March. Bra- 



zil. 



BURN ONION. See Potato Onion. 



BURNET, (Pote'rium Sanguiso'rba}. 

 Small, or Upland Burnet. Used in cool 

 tankards, soups, and salads. 



Soil and Situation, It delights in a 

 dry, unshaded poor soil, abounding in 

 calcareous matter, with a dressing of 

 bricklayers' rubbish or fragments of 

 chalk. A small bed will be sufficient for 

 the supply of a family. 



Propagation is either by seed or by 

 slips and partings of the roots. The seed 

 sown towards the close of February, if 

 open weather, and until the close of 

 May; but the best time is in autumn, as 

 soon as it is ripe ; for, if kept until the 

 spring, it will often fail entirely, or lie in 

 the ground until the same season of the 

 following year, without vegetating. Sow 

 in drills, six inches apart, thin, and not 

 buried more than half an inch. Keep 

 clear of weeds. "When two or three 

 inches high, thin to six inches apart, and 

 those removed place in rows at the same 

 distance, in a poor, shady border, water 

 being given occasionally until they have 

 taken root, after which they will require 

 no further attention until the autumn, 

 when they must be removed to their final 

 station, in rows a foot apart. When 

 established, the only attention requisite 

 is to cut down their stems occasionally in 

 summer, to promote the production of 

 young snoots, and in autumn to have the 

 decayed stems and shoots cleared away. 



If propagated by partings of the roots, 

 the best time is in September and Octo- 

 ber. They are planted at once where 



they are to remain, and only require 

 occasional watering until established. 



To obtain Seed some of the plants must 

 be left ungathered from, and allowed to 

 shoot up early in the summer ; they 

 flower in July, and ripen abundance of 

 seed in the autumn. 



BURNING BUSH. Euo'nymus Ameri- 

 ca' nus, 



BURSA'RIA. (Named from bursa, a 

 pouch. Nat. ord., Pittosporads [Pitto- 

 sporaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria, \-Mo- 

 nogynia]. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Cuttings of young shoots in sand, under 

 a bell-glass; sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 B, spino'sa thorny). 10. White. October 

 New South Wales. 1793. 



BU'RSERA. (Named after Burser, an 

 Italian botanist. Nat. ord., Amy rids 

 [Amyridaceae). Linn., 23-Polygamw, 2- 

 dioscia]. Stove trees ; cuttings under a 

 glass, with bottom heat; loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 

 to 55. 



B. gummi'fera (gum-bearing). 20. White, 

 green. West Indies. 1690. 



serra' ta (saw-edged-/eat>e^) . 30. East 



Indies. 1818. 



BURTO'NIA. (Named after D, Burton, 

 a collector for the Kew Gardens. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous plants [Fabaceoo]. Linn., 

 10-I)ecandria, \-monogynia. Allied to 

 Pultenaea). Greenhouse evergreen under 

 shrubs ; seeds in March and April in 

 sandy peat ; cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass ; fibry 

 peat, sandy loam, and pieces of charcoal, 

 mixed with soil and drainage. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 70 ; winter, 45 to 50. 

 B. brunioi'des (Brunia-like). 1. Yellow. June 



New Holland. 1844. 



confefrta (clustered-./?0(/we^). 2. Violet. 



July. New Holland. 1830. 



mi' nor (smaller). $. Yellow. May. New 



Holland. 1812. 



pulchc'lla (beautiful). 2. Purple. April. 



Swan River. 1846. 



sca'bralvough-leaved). 1. Yellow. June 



New Holland. 1803. 



sessiliflo'ra (stalklcss-flowered) . ^. Yellow. 



June. New Holland. 1824. 



villa' sa (long-haired). 2. Purple. May. 



Swan River. 1844. 



BUSHEL. See Basket. 



BUTCHER'S BROOM. Ruscus. 



BU'TEA. (Named after John Earl of 

 Bute, Nat. ord., Leguminous plants [Fa- 

 baceae]. Linn., ll-Liadelphia, \-pcntan- 

 dria. Allied to the Coral tree). Stove 



