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SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. 



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pots will, of course, want some water, but not a great deal ; and 

 they should be kept from the scorching sun. Good garden soil 

 suits them best. 



438. BARREN-WORT. — Lat. Epimedium Alpiniim, A pe- 

 rennial plant, and an inhabitant of the mountains of the south of 

 Europe. It is a foot high, and in April and May blows a flower? 

 the exterior of which is red, and the interior yellow. It is easily 

 propagated by separating the roots, and it likes good moist earth 

 and a shady situation. 



439. BEAR'S EAR. — Lat. Cortusa matthioli. A perennial 

 frame plant of the Alps, five or six inches high, and blows a pink 

 flower, paitaking of the violet, in May. Propagated by dividing 

 the roots, and should be cultivated in heath mould. 



440. BIRTHWORT, the common. — Lat. AristolocUa cle- 

 matitis. A perennial plant very common in England. It is about 

 two feet high, the flower of a pale yellow, and blows in May and 



July. Propagated by separating the roots. ^ Birthwort, the 



long. — Lat. A. longa. A perennial plant which blows from June 

 till October. The flower is of a red brown at the top, and a 

 bluish violet at the bottom. It is a native of the south of France. 

 Propagated by separating the roots, which have a strong aromatic 

 odour. 



441. BLATTARIA.— Lat. Verhascum, A biennial plant, 

 hardy, its leaves growing close upon the ground, and sending up 

 one stalk two or three feet high in the spring, on which come a 

 multitude of flowers shaped like the primrose, and of a deep yellow, 

 reddish yellow, or white colour. A very pretty plant, propagated 

 by sowing the seeds. It is also called the moth mullien. Blows 

 in July, August, and September. 



442. BULBOCODIUM.— Lat.^.z;er?z?^m. A bulbous-rooted 

 plant from the Pyrenees, that blows a light purple flower in March. 

 Should be moved in July. Likes heath-mould, and rather a 

 shady situation. 



443. BROWALLIA.— Lat. B. elata. This is a tallish plant 

 of most beautiful blue colour. It is a stove or green-house plant; 

 but, being raised in a hot-bed in spring, may be turned out into 

 warm flower borders to blow. Annual. Flowers from June to 

 September, and grows two feet high. 



444. BUGLOSS, viper's. — 'L^U Echium violaceum . Tall, hand- 

 some, hardy, annual, growing four feet high, and blowing, in J uly and 



