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Garden varieties — These are too numerous to 

 name in a work like this, hut many are ex- 

 ceedingly fine, especially those of the A. indica, 

 a few of which may he named as, amaranthina, 

 dlba magnifidra, alba plbna, dlba SmUhii, 

 dlba striata, dlba supirba, dlba triflbra, Al- 

 berti, Apbllo, Arnamdtica, Aurbra, Audi- 

 birtii, barbdta, billa, Broughtbni, candidis- 

 sima m&xima, carlumbr&ta, carminata, Oleo- 

 pdl-ra, cocclnca supirba, cibprea violacea, De- 

 voniinsis, Diana, distlncta, Egertbnia, data, 

 ilegans, excillens, eaAmia, exquisita, Euginia, 

 Eualia, eteganllssima, fdscinans, f&lgens, Gled- 

 stanisii excilsa, glbria SmUhii, grandiflbra, 

 maculata, Uibe, Hendersbni, Hirstii, im- 

 prissa, Jenklnsii, Jinneri, Josephine, Lanei, 

 lilacina, macrdntha rubra, macrdntha supirba, 

 magnifldra, Minima, mirdbilis, multiflbra,^ 

 mundiila, optima, obtusa, phcenicea dlba, prce- 

 clpua, prcestantissimet,, Rawsbnii, Seddlngii, 

 Seine . des Bilges, refulgens, rosea, Rowhana, 

 rubra pllna, scmiditplex, Seymouri, SmUhii 



purpurea, speciosa, specioslssima, 

 splendidissima, Slandlshii, supirba, tricolor, tri- 

 timphans, ventricbsa, Vista, Vietbria, violdcea 

 ilegans, vivicans, Wellingtbnii, WUliamsii, 



AzAROLE. See Crataegus Azardlus. 



Azar6ltjs. See Crat&gus Azardlus. 



AzARA, Ruin el Pavon. In honour of Joseph 

 Nicolas Azara, a Spanish promoter of botany. 

 Linn. 13, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bixacece. Orna- 

 mental trees, growing about fifteen feet high, 

 which Mr. Don recommends to he grown in 

 loam and sand ; ripened cuttings rooireadily 

 if planted in sand, and placed under a glass, in 

 a moderate heat. 



dentata . . Yellow . 6, G. Ev. S. 10 Chili. . . 1880 

 Gilliesii . . Orange . 6, G. Ev. S. 15 Chili. . . 1S59 

 integrifblia . Yellow . 6, G. Ev, S. 15 Conception. 1832 



Azedarach. See Mblia. 

 AzIma. See Monitia. 

 AzijREA, sky-blue coloured. 



B. 



BABlANA, Ker. Derived by Mr. J. B. Ker, 

 from babianer, because the roots are the 

 favourite food of baboons. Linn. 3, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Iriddcece. Handsome species, suc- 

 ceeding well- in -a mixture of sand, loam, and 

 peat, freely watered when the plants are grow- 

 ing ; but "after flowering keep them dry till 

 October, when they require repotting. During 

 the suspension of water, keep them quite cool 

 till new roots are made in the pots, after which 

 a little more heat will cause them to flower 

 strong. Protected from frost they succeed 

 well in a south border, or the bulbs may be 

 planted in spring and taken up again in au- 

 tumn. Offsets or seeds. Bynonymes : 1, 1'xia 

 stricta; 2, /. villbsa ; 3, Gladiolus nanus. 

 angustifblia . Varieg. . 6, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1757 



. Blue wht. 6, «. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1843 



, Blue . . 6, G. Bl. P. 



, Purple . 5, G. Bl. P. 



. Blue . . 4, G. Bl. P. 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. 



bleolor . 

 dfsticha . 

 mucronata 

 nana . . 

 obtusifblia 2 . 

 plicata . . 

 multiplex 

 purpurea . 

 rmgens 

 rubrocyaneft . 

 sambucina 



H. 1774 



1825 

 1807 

 1825 

 1774 

 1834 

 1806 

 1752 



, Blue 

 . Purple 

 . Purple 

 . Purple 

 . Purple 

 . Blue red, 

 , Blue 

 . Lgt. blue 

 . Blue wht. 

 , Yellow 

 . Purple 

 . Wht red 

 . Yel. red 

 . Drk. red 

 . Purple 



Babeer. See Papyrus. 



•Babinqt6nia, Lindley. In compliment to 

 Charles Babington, Esq., Professor of Botany, 

 Cambridge, a skilful botanist. Linn. 12, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Myrtdcem, sect. Leptospirmecs. _ A 

 very pretty greenhouse shrub, flowering during 

 autumn and winter. It thrives in a mixture 



stricta 

 sulphurea . 

 tenuifldra . 

 Thunbergii 

 tubata . . 

 tubifl&ra . 

 villbsa . . 



. 5,' G. Bl. P 



. 6, G. Bl. P. \ C. G. H. 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. I C. G. H. 



4, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H., 1794 

 . 4, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1799 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1801 



5, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1757 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1795 

 , 5, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1825 

 . 4, G. Bl. P. 1 C. G. H. 1774 

 . 6, G. Bl. P. i C. G. H. 1774 

 . 5, G. Bl. P. * C. G. H. 1774 

 . 8, G. Bl. P. J C. G. H. 1778 



of rich brown loam, peat, ' and leaf-mould ; 

 and half ripened cuttings root readily in sand, 

 under a hand-glass, in heat. Synonyme : Bosc- 

 kia camphorbsmce. 

 camphor6am8B Pinkish . 6,,G. Ev. S. 7 Swan R 1841 



Babotjny. See Santolina fragrantissima. 



BacAzia, Flora Peru. In honour of George 

 Bacaz, a botanist at Carthagena. Linn. 19, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Aster&cece. An interesting 

 plant, growing well in peat and loam, and 

 increased by cuttings. 



. . . Pink . 6, G. Ev. S. 4 Peru . 1825 



Baccate, berried, fleshy. 



Baccatus, berry-bearing. 



Baccharis, Linn. By the Greeks, to a plant 

 dedicated to Bacchus. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. 

 Or. Aster&eeoz. This genus, called the Plough- 

 man's Spikenard, consists of ornamental spe- 

 cies, of easy culture and propagation. Loam 

 and peat ; cuttings in sand, uuder a glass. 

 Synmiymes : 1, Molina parviflbra; 2, Galea 



adnata . . Purple 8, S. Ev. S. 8 S. Amer. 1823 



alata . . .Pa. yel. 12, G. Ev. S. 3 1829 



angustifblia White 7, G. Ev. S. 2 N. Amer. 1812 



conferta . . White 6, S. Ev. S. 2 S. Mexico. 1826 



Diosc6ridis . White 9, F. Ev. S. 4 Levant, 



glomeruli- 1 ^^^ 8 H De s _ 4 N Amsr> 18ir 



flora . . J 



glutinbsa . White 7, S. Ev. S. 5 Peru. . ■ . 1824 



halimifolia . White 10, H. De. S. 6 N. Amer. 1683 



indica . . White 8 S. Ev. S. 4 E. Ind. . . 1819 



ivsefblia . . White 7, G. Ev. S. 3 America. . 1696 



neriifblia . White 7, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. . 1752 



parviflbra 1 . White 7, S. Ev. S. 3 Peru . . 1820 



scoparia 2 . Crm. cl. 7, S. Ev. S. 2 S. Jamaica. 1820 



BACKHotisiA, Hooker. In compliment to Mr. 

 James Backhouse, by whose travels in Aus- 

 tralia and South. Africa many interesting plants 

 have been added to collections in this country. 

 Linn. 12, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Myriacece. Ac- 



