The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . s). A sjTionym of Phaius synonym of Schomburghia B. Watsoniana (Watsons). Jl. about 2in. across, borne at theapex of a tall, slender spike; sepals and petals magenta; lipthree-lobed, varying from bluish-purple to magenta, with acentral white band and a golden disk. Pseudo-bulbs flattish,ridged, broad. 1894. 4. distinct species. B. Woodfordii (Woodfords). A synonym of Phaius macutatus. BLETILLA. Included under Bletia (which see). BLIGHT. See Apple and Fea
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . s). A sjTionym of Phaius synonym of Schomburghia B. Watsoniana (Watsons). Jl. about 2in. across, borne at theapex of a tall, slender spike; sepals and petals magenta; lipthree-lobed, varying from bluish-purple to magenta, with acentral white band and a golden disk. Pseudo-bulbs flattish,ridged, broad. 1894. 4. distinct species. B. Woodfordii (Woodfords). A synonym of Phaius macutatus. BLETILLA. Included under Bletia (which see). BLIGHT. See Apple and Fear Blight. BLISTER RUST. See Fine Bark BlisterRust. BLITUM. Included under Cheuopodium (whichsee). 154 The Dictionary of Gardening, BIiOOS is a manure usually rich in ammonia. It isbeneficial in the form of a powder as a top-dressing forplants requiring a stimulant to give size and colour to theflowers. In a cnide state it cannot be recommended forgeneral nse. Much injury has been done to Vines andfruit trees by heavy applications of fresh blood. SeeAnimal Manures. BLOODBERBY. See Bivina tnmilis. BLOOBWOBT. See Sanguinaria Fig. 178. hyacinth in*. BLOOMBBIA (named in honour of Mr. H. G. Bloomer, Botanical Curator of the Californian Academy of Sciences). Obd. Liliacese. A small genus (two species) of fine, half-hardy, bulbous plants, natives of CaJifomia. They differ from Brevoortia, StroplwUrion, and allied genera, in having the perianth segments free to the base, as in Allium (which see for culture). B. aurea (goldenl _tl. golden-yellow, disposed in a spieading, many-flowered umbel; perianth rotate, lin. in diameter, the segments linear-oblong; scape slender, about 1ft. long. July. I. solitary, 1ft. long, very narrow-linear. Bulb as large as a Hazel-nut. California, 1869. (G. C. 1896, xx., p. 687, f. 119) Sy.\. Nothoscordum aureum (B. M. 5896). B. Clevelandi (Clevelands). This resembles B. auna. but tlie flowers are smaller, the stamens are shorter in propor
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