. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BRINCKLE BEODI^A 181 Eu. âA hand- Plant G in. to spikelets tri- the acme of quality. He was for many years vice-presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and was regarded as a leader of American pomology. In raising pear seedlings, he was wont to graft and regraft annually, after the second or thir
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BRINCKLE BEODI^A 181 Eu. âA hand- Plant G in. to spikelets tri- the acme of quality. He was for many years vice-presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and was regarded as a leader of American pomology. In raising pear seedlings, he was wont to graft and regraft annually, after the second or third year from seed. He thus produced new fruits in half the time required by Van Mons, many of whose novelties did not fruit within twenty years from seed. Dr. Brinckl^ gave away thou- sands of grafts to amateurs and tradesmen everywhere, and always prepaid the carriage. In 1860 he edited "Hofify's North American Pomologist," a high-class peri- odical with colored plates, which, unfortunately, did not survive. Some sprightly anecdotes of Dr. BrinckW are reprinted from the Gardener's Monthly for 1863, in Bailey's "Evolution of Our Native ; -^ jj BRITISH COLUMBIA. See Ciiiadu. BEtZA (Greek name of a grain). Gi-aminem. Quak- ing Gkass. a genus of grasses cultivated for the graceful panicles, which tremble in the slightest breeze. Lvs. flat or convolute; panicles loosely flowered and open ; spikelets many-flowered, triangular or heart- shaped, nodding ; glumes membranaceous and rounded on the back; awnless. Species, 12 in Eu., N. Afr., S. Amer. About 5 are considered to be ornamental and useful for dry bouquets. genicuiata, Thunb. Pig. 269. Plant 12-18 in. high: culms geniculate at the base: lvs. 3-5 in. long, smooth above, slightly rough below: spikelets showy, nodding, oblong-cordate, |-in. long, 9-12-fld.,; with a striking ribbed appearance. mdxima, Linn. (B. mAjor, Presl.). Annual, 14-18 in. liigh : lvs. long and linear-acuminate : panicles nod- ding:
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