. 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. 253. Bovriea volubilis. the divi' of I I ' X tho bulbs sho'uM repotted in ⢠Ml I, I -wil, and ki'pt wi'll \\.itLTed until the -fill- >' ,-1. 1 HI,irure, which u-ually cccurs in May, when wati-r should be gradually withheld, and the plants stored away in some shaded part of the green- house and
. 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. 253. Bovriea volubilis. the divi' of I I ' X tho bulbs sho'uM repotted in ⢠Ml I, I -wil, and ki'pt wi'll \\.itLTed until the -fill- >' ,-1. 1 HI,irure, which u-ually cccurs in May, when wati-r should be gradually withheld, and the plants stored away in some shaded part of the green- house and kept quite dry untU the season of growth begins again. Edward J. Canning. BOX. See Buxxis. BOX ELDEE [Acer Negundo, which see). Fig. 254. A very popular small native tree for planting on the prairies and in trying climates. It propagates most readily from seeds! It is an excellent nurse tree for other species. The wood is of inferior quality. It grows with great rapidity for a few years. BBACHYCniTA (Greek, s?iorf. bristle). Compdsitce. One species, growing in open woods from Ky. to N. C. and Ga. Closely allied to Solidago, from which it differs in the very short pappus (the bristles shorter than the akene), and the lower Ivs. cordate. B. cordita, Torr. & BEAHEA 175 Gray, which has been int. by dealers in native plants, is ft. high, soft-pubescent, with thin, serrate Ivs.: Hs. golden yellow, in small heads, which are borne on raceme-like secund branchlets. Recommended for the native border. BRACHYCOME (short hair, from the Greek, al- luding to the pappus). Compdsitw. Australian herbs, with membrana- ceous involucral bracts, naked receptacle, very short pappus bristles, anil diffuse leafy growth. One species in cult.: Swan River Daisy. Figs. 255, 256. A very graceful little annual(6-12 in. high) from Austral., suited to bor- ders, and also attractive in pots; seeds may be sown in the open or under glass. Fls. blue or white, an inch across: Ivs. sm
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