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evergreen trees ; cuttings of shoots, 

 young, but firm : in sand, in a moist bot- 

 tom heat, under a glass, removed, or air 

 given during the night ; loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 

 to 55. 



B.f rondo' sa (leafy). 30. Scarlet. East Indies. 

 1796. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 20. Scarlet. 



Coromandel. 1818. 



suptfrba (superb). 30. Scaiiet. East 



Indies. 1798. 



BU'TOMUS. Flowering Rush. (From 

 bous, on ox, and temno, to cut ; in refer- 

 ence to its acrid juice, causing the mouth 

 to bleed. Nat. ord., Butomads [Buto- 

 macese]. Linn., ^-Enneaiidrea, 3-hexa- 

 gynia). Hardy perennial aquatics ; divi- 

 sions ; rich loam in water. 

 B. latifo'lius (broad-leaved). 1. White. June. 

 Nepaul. 1823. 



umbella'tus (umbeled). 2. Pink. June. 



Britain. 



BUTTER NUT. Caryo' car and Jit ' glans 

 clne'rea. 



BUTTER AND EGGS. Narci'sstts incom- 

 para'bilis. 



BUTTER AND TALLOW TREE. Penta- 

 do'sma. 



BUTTER TREE. Ba'ssia. 



BUTTERFLY PLANT. Onci'dktmpapi'lio. 



BUTTERWORT. Pingui'cula. 



BUTTON FLOWER. Go'mphia. 



BUTTON TREE. Conoca'rpus. 



BUTTON WEED. Spertnaco 'ce, 



BUTTON WOOD. Cephala'nthtts. 



BT/XUS. Box tree. (From pyknos, 

 dense ; referring to the hardness of the 

 wood. Nat. ord., Spurgeivorts [Euphor- 

 biacese]. Linn., 21-Monoecia, 4-tetran- 

 dria}. There is a weeping box tree in 

 the gardens at Shrubland Park, with 

 branches as pendulous as those of the 

 weeping ash. Hardy and greenhouse 

 shrubs and trees ; seed sown in light 

 well-drained soil, as soon as ripe ; cut- 

 tings from four to six inches in length of 

 the young shoots, inserted in a shady 

 place in August and September ; layers 

 of either old or young wood : division of 

 the variety suffruticosa, generally used as 

 edgings to walks ; cuttings of bakarica 

 will require protection in winter. Chinese 

 and New Holland species require a cold 

 pit or greenhouse in winter. 

 j?. austra'lis (southern). 6. New Holland. 

 1820. 



Ji.balea'rica (Balearic). 8. Yellow green. 

 July. Minorca. 1780. 



chine! nsis (Chinese). 3. Yellow green. 



October. China. 1802. 



semper vi' r ens (common evergreen). 8. Yel- 



low green. April. England. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 

 8. Yellow green. April. 



_ - arboref scens (tree-like) . 30. 

 Yellow green. May. Britain. 



arge'ntea (silver-variegated) . 

 30. Yellow green. May. Britain. 



au'rea (golden-variegated). 30 

 Yellow green. May. Britain. 



margina'ta (yellow-edged). 30. 

 Yellow green. April. Britain. 



- myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved) . 8. 



Yellow green. April. Britain. 

 -- = -- suffrutico'sa (sub-shrubby). 1. 



Yellow green. 

 -- -- variega'ta (variegated-fcm- ed. 



30. Yellow green. May. Britain. 



BY'BLIS. (A classical name, after 

 Syblis, daughter of Miletus. Nat. ord., 

 Sundews [Droceracese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria, 5-pentagynia) . Greenhouse aquatic ; 

 seeds ; fibry black peat, immersed in 

 water. Summer temp., 50 to 70 ; win- 

 ter, 45 to 55. 



B. liniflo'ra (flax-flowered). L Blue. May. 

 New Holland. 1800. 



BYRSO'NIMA. (From byrsa, a hide ; in 

 reference to the tanning properties of the 

 genus. Nat. ord., Malpighiads [Malpigh- 

 iaceae]. Linn., \Q-Decandria, 3-trigynia). 

 In Brazil the bark of these trees is in 

 common use by the tanners, under the 

 name of Murice, The fruit of some of 

 them is eaten in the West Indies. Stove 

 evergreens ; cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, in sandy peat, under a bell-glass, 

 and in a moist bottom heat ; loam and 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; win- 

 ter, 55 to 60. 



B. alti'ssima (tallest). 60. "White. July. 

 Guiana. 1820. 



chrysopliyf lla (golden-leaved). 10. Yellow, 



August. Orinoco. 1823. 



coria'cea (leathery-feaved). 30. White. 



June. Jamaica. 1814. 



crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 20. Yellow. 



July. Guiana. 1793. 



laurifo'lia (laurel-leaved). 10. Yellow. 



July. Cumana. 1824. 



litcida (shining-fcarerf). 6. Pink. July. 



West Indies. 1759. ' 



Mourei'la (Moureila). 20. Yellow. August. 



South America. 1823. 



nervofsa (full-nerved). 8. Yellow. July. 



Brazil. 1820. 



pa'llida (pale). 4. Pale. Cayenne. 1820. 



reticula'ta (netted). 10. Purple yellow. 



July. Cayenne. 1823. 



spica'tn (spiked). 6. Yellow. August. 



Antilles. 1810. 



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