. 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. 1G4 BISMARCKIA BISMAECKIA (in honor of Prince Bismarck). Pal- vidceie, tribe Bordssece. A penus nearly related to La- tania and Borassus, distinguished by fruit characters. Forms a tree 200 ft. high, with a gigantic crown of pal- mate Ivs. with white streaked petioles and blades 10 ft. in diam.: fr. borne in la
. 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. 1G4 BISMARCKIA BISMAECKIA (in honor of Prince Bismarck). Pal- vidceie, tribe Bordssece. A penus nearly related to La- tania and Borassus, distinguished by fruit characters. Forms a tree 200 ft. high, with a gigantic crown of pal- mate Ivs. with white streaked petioles and blades 10 ft. in diam.: fr. borne in large, drooping clusters, dark brown, plum-like, IJ^in. in diara., with a thin outer one enclosing a rounded, ., n-tiiniliited likf a walnut (nil- L'. Cult. :i â fnr [.atania. shell and a fibroui wrinkled seed 1 in. in <1 and ruminated, as in thr & vex on the back, chaniu 1 ridges above, thinly clni i half as long as the blade segments 20, 2 BLACKBERRY wild fruit from the earliest times, the Blackberry has only recently made its appearance among the more orderly and promising garden fruits. The type species is liitbiis , although it has long been known under the name J,;ihâ.s r,ll.:<â.s (see Ji'iihiis). It is a indii ele l,lue-f,M, rr^id, 3 ft. ide, 1 ft. long, apex blunt, obtuse, with a long curved filament from the base of each sinus. Madagascar. 6:2-16. 2:257. Gt. 1221. j^KED G. Smith. BITTEE-SWEET. See Celaatrus and Solauum. BtXA (South American name). BixAcem. A genus of two species of tropical trees with large, entire Ivs. and showy fls. in terminal panicles. B. Orellana is cult. in the E. and W. Indies for the Annatto dye which is prepared from the orange-red pulp that covers the seeds. It is the coloring matter chiefly used in butter and cheese. It is also used in dyeing silks, and preparing chocolate. Orell&na, Linn. Height 30 ft.: Ivs. cordate : fls. pink- ish. 1456.âIt is rarely grown in north
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