. 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. 176 BRAHEA lar, green, the scarions villous margin at length de- ciduous; fr. edible. Mex. B. filamentbsa. fiUfera. fllifera.âB. i/latica. fllifera.â B. roblUta. Eazlii, , glanea, Hort.)=-Washingtonia fllifera. Jaeed G. Sm
. 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. 176 BRAHEA lar, green, the scarions villous margin at length de- ciduous; fr. edible. Mex. B. filamentbsa. fiUfera. fllifera.âB. i/latica. fllifera.â B. roblUta. Eazlii, , glanea, Hort.)=-Washingtonia fllifera. Jaeed G. Smith. BRAKE. A name applied to various coarse ferns, particu- larly to Pteris aquilina. BBAMBLE. Thorny plants of the genus Rubus. âraspber- ries, blackberries, dewberries. BBAS£NIA (meaning unex- plained). NympliwAcea. Water .Shield. One species of aquatic plant widely distributed (in N. Amer., Asia, Afr., Austral.). Lvs. oval and entire, floating, centrally peltate : fls. axillary near the summit of the stem, small, purple ; sepals 3 or 4 ; petals 3 or 4, linear ; stamens 12-18, on filiform filaments; pistils 4-18, forming indehis- cent follicles. B. peltita, Pursh, is not a showy plant, but is interesting for ponds. It is catalogued by dealers in native plants. Grows in 1-6 ft. of water. L. H. B. BEASSAVOLA ( Bras- savola, Venetian botanist). Or- chidHcew, tribe Epidindrece. About 20 Trop. Amer. epi- phytes, closely allied to Lselia, and demanding similar treat- ment. Suspend on blocks. The ceraose, the sep: narrow and greenish, the lip white: lvs. thick, solitary. For the cultivator, the treatment of Brassavola is identical that of the Mexican Lfel of be found to suit them. />'. /'(;/'â¢;/'»«â¢/, Li Digbyana; , Lindl., is Liella gh A. Flower solitary. CUCUllita, {B. cuspiildta, Hook.) and subulate, grooved alinvc: scapf very < ing a very long-tulir,l tt., thnt tlic ).^ be elevated on a stnn: sepals ci-rain-r. red; petal
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