Vll.] LIST or SlIKLBS. 1^.07 



VirgiPiia, not so high as the piecediiig one, and blows a white 

 flower ill May and June. Propagated by suckers planteLi in the 

 autumn. Any soil or situation suits these. 



333. BKAyiBlu^, flowering. — I^^lX. JRuhus odoratus. A hardy 

 shrub, originally from Canada, five or six feet high, and blows, in 

 June and August, a pinkish violet-coloured flower. Propagated 

 by suckers. It likes a moist, shaded situation. This plant is also 

 called the flowering Raspberry . 



334. BPtEAD-TREE^— Lat. Melia Azedarach. A green-house 

 shrub, of Asia, which grows ten or twelve feet high, and blows 

 a white flower tinted with purple, in July. Propagated by 

 sowing the seed, as soon as ripe, in the open earth ; but, in a 

 place sheltered from the frost. Orange-tree earth suits it best. 



335. BROOM.— See Genista. s 



336. BUCK-THORN, thecommon. — Lat. Wiamnus Alaternus . 

 A hardy shrub from the south of Europe, eight or ten feet high. 

 Blows a greenish yellow flower in April and May, and bears a red 

 berry. Propagated by seed, grafts, and layers. Not particular 

 as to soil, but should be in a sheltered situation. There are two 

 varieties of this plant, the common, and the jagged-leaved, and 

 they are very fit for shrubberies. 



337. BOX-TREE. — Lat. Buxus sempervirens. There are two 

 varieties common to us, the Tree and the Dwarf Box : the 

 former will grow in some places as high as twenty feet ; blow in 

 April a little pale yellow flower. Propagate by slips, cuttings, 

 layers, which root quickly. The dwarf is excellent as an edging, 

 and the tree excePent in evergreen shrubberies, where it will bear 

 being planted in the shade or under the drip of higher trees. 



338. CxlNDLE-BERRY MYRTLE.— Lat. 3Iyricagale. A 

 hardy shrub, common in the forest of Rambouillet, in France, 

 four feet in height, and has a small red blossom, which appears 

 in May and June. Propagated by sowing, or by dividing the 

 roots. Heath mould suits it best. — Candle-bekry Myrtle, 

 common American. — Lat. AT. cerifera. A hardy shrub of North 

 America, four or live feet high, and blows in May. The fruit is 

 small, and covered with a white dust. Propagated by suckers, 

 or by seed sowed in pots. 



339. CAPER BUSH. — Lat. Capparis spinosa. A climber, ori- 

 ginally of Provence and the environs of De Grasse and Toulon. 

 It grows three or four feet high, and blows white flowers in abund- 



