SUPPLEMENT, 



A^ACA— A name given in the Philippine 

 Islands to Musa textilia, the plant which 

 yields the fibre known as Manilla Hepip. 



Ac^qii;— The seeds q{ the Arnptto— 4?ra 

 orellwna. 



AcH-BOOT— The root of Morinda tinctcfria, 

 flse4 in India as a dye. 



A'ciES— The edge of anything ; the jn;teles 

 of pertain stems. An edge fornie^^hy 

 the intersection of two planes. 



Apbamphi'bkya— Plants that gf-pw both at 

 the point and along the sicle% as 

 endogetia £|.n(} axogens, 



Aceo'beta— A terra used by Endlioher, 

 synonymous with "Acrogens." 



Ao'BospiRE, Ac^iOSPi'iiA — The first leaf 

 that appears when oprn sprouts. It is 

 a (^eveloped plumule. 



Albefao'tio^A condition of plantslndnced 

 by absence of light,, commonly called 

 blE^nching, in which little or nP chlo;ro- 

 phyll is formed ; iji\e peculiar secretions 

 are diminished, and the tissues are 

 tender and unnaturally drawn out ; and 

 ^hus plants which in a state of health 

 are tough, liuvholesome, and unfit for 

 food, become palatable and wholesome. 



Alpal'fa — The Spanish name of Lvioerne, 

 Medicago sativa. 



Afteemath — The grass which springs up 

 after mowing. 



An'BUSt — A gouty nodular condition of 

 certain roots, arising from the presence 

 of grubs. 



An'ime — A resin procured from Hymencea 

 CourbarU, The name is also applied to 

 other clear varnish resins. 



An'thooy'ane — The blue colouring matter 

 of plants. 



Antical — Placed in front of a flower, the 

 front being regarded as the part most 

 remote from the axis. Thus the label- 

 lum of an Orchid flower is antical. 



AQUoaua— Watery. 



Babool— The Indian name of Acacia 

 aratiea. The gum is known as 

 "Gattie." 



Bmng — Lasting twq years. 



Blads — The lamina or expanded part of a 

 leaf. 



Blastb'ma— The axis of an embryo, com- 

 prehending the radicle and pluwule, 

 with the intervening portion ; alsp the 

 thallns of a Lichen. 



Blastus— The plumule. 



B^KPHABIS— The eyelash, used tq denote 

 that 3f^ organ be^rs a fringe of fine hairs. 



BOMBTOINB— Silky, feeling like silk. 



Bordeaux Mixtue?,TheObigin OB— Great 

 discoveries are frequently ma^e by 

 accident, or, 3,t least, by indirect means- 

 It appe*"^? *bat the mixture of copper- 

 sulphate and lime which is proved to be 

 so valuable for the Vine-mAdew, Pero- 

 nospora, PatgrtQ-mjldew, qis .well as for 



insects, was i^rst of all used in the 

 vineyards near Bordeaux to keep off 

 thieves ! The outer rows of tj^e vines 

 were sprayed with thi^ substance to 

 yender the herries distasteful to 

 marauders. After ^ time it v^as dis- 

 covered that these outer rows did not 

 suffer from the mildewj whilst the inner 

 rows, which were not washed ^ith the 

 copper solution, suffered ; and this 

 particular mixtiire, sa,ys Professor 

 Bjley, has sinqe remained at the head 

 of the cheap remedies for many fvii]|gous 

 diseases. — Gard. C^ronicfe, August, 

 189p. The following is another estoet 

 from the same source. It is said jo be 

 easier to make than the oic^ri^axy 

 Bordeaux Mixture, and its effects more 

 lasting, and it does not injure the 

 foliage : — Sulphate of copper, 2 kUos ; 

 Water, 15 litires. Dissolve, and add — 

 Carbonate of soda, 3 kilos^ A preci- 

 pitate of oxide of copper results ; and 

 when this is effected, add — Treapla, 

 250 to .300 grammes^ Stir oocasipnall'y,' 

 and, after 12 hours, add — Water, 100 

 litres. The mixture may be applied 

 with a spray-pump. Bxperimeivts were 

 made with this mixture in the garden 

 of the National School of Horticulture, 

 Versailles. 

 Bbingall or EiBlNJAL-^The fruit of the 

 Egg Plant, Solarium mlcmg^Vta, 



Caicbolate — Haying the form of a slipper 

 or round-toed shqe, 



C.ABIBS — ^This wpr4 is viSfd in vegetable 

 pathojogy to denote decay of the wall of 

 the cells and vessels, whether attended 

 by a greater or less degree of moisture. 

 I4fe i^ necessarily limited in all organip 

 structure, and therefore the time must 

 come when the oldest parts of trees 

 must submit to decomposition ; and as 

 soon as this co^imeiices it acts as a 

 putrefactive feTvent,_ and involves 

 neighbouring sound tissue. Iq plants 

 of shorter dnratiou, decay taises place 

 from various causes, sometimes from 

 mere constitution:^! peculiarities, some- 

 time^ from a cessation of vita} {unc- 

 tions, sometimes again from atmos- 

 pheric or other outward pgents, and 

 sometimes frqjn parasitic Fungi._ The 

 rapidity with whiph the misph\ef 

 spreads when once set up is exempli- 

 fied by the PPtf^tq mu)rrain, and the 

 tlack spot of orchids ; a few days in 

 either case being sometimes sufficient 

 to induce complete decomppsitioii, The 

 decay of fruit' thpugh not 4^e, as is 

 sometimes supposed, to minute IFungi, 

 is certainly promoted by their presence, 

 the mere contaict of the tissues and 

 parasite being sufficient to set up putre-^ 

 factiye action,— ifev. M<J. PerkeUp, 



