A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.

  • Joseph Paxton
Date:
1849
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Credit: A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' liKT BET HIA lllG Hn apothecary Ht Nurembertf. Linn. 14, Or. ij. Nat. Or GM»er/.irc(p. A pretty and interesting penus, deliphtinp in very light rich soil. Su-eet says, cuttings strike freely by merely sticking them, without protection, in the tan-bed. Syno- nymet 1. D. btevior. cocclnM . . . Vel'ow . S. Ev. S. Guiana . lRlf> criBiau. . . . Vcllow . 6, .S. Ev. Cl. W. Ind. . 17H!I dichril',1 . . Red y**!. • 7, Kv. S. Itrnzil . . 182f> Itrond fulid . . Vellnw . 8, S. Ev. S. Hntiil . . 18^3 hirtelLa .... Vellfuv • 7> Hrnzil . • lHl?4 inearndU . . . Yellow . S. Her. P. (oiinirn . 182U lule<i .... Yellow . 7, S. Ev. S. Gui.<na . 17311 melitlifOlIA . . . 6, S. Ev. $. Guiuna . 1731) mollla .... Yellow . S. Ev. S. S. Amer. . 13113 pulchella . . . Yellow . 8, S. Ev. 8. Trlni 'ad . iHlId sernilfltd . . . Put. yel. . S. Ev. Cl. W. Ind. . 1303 ' violficei . . . Yellow . S. Ev. Cl. Guiana . 1324 BJta, Limh. From the Celtic heft, signifying red ; alluding to the red colour of the roots. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. CAenopodiace*?. The beet-root is the type of this penus; the uses of which are well known ; the species succeed well in common garden 1 soil, treated as other culinary roots. B. putnla dots best kept in the greenhouse. B. cicla is u«ed as spinach; and in Germany and Switzerland the 1 midrib cf the leaf is boiled, aud eaten with gravy 1 or melted butter. etcU .... Green . . 8, H. B. Portnijal . 1370 crispA .... Green . . 8, H. B. S. Eur. . . IS'ld macrorhizH . . Green . 8, H. B. CaiuMSUs . 1320 mazltlmd . . . Or^en . 8,11. B. Britain . . trl^’nA .... White. 7, H. Her. P. Hunertry . ITl'O vuhiArls . . , Green . . h, H. B. Europe . . 1548 luteA .... Green * . 8, H. B. 8. Eur. . rubrt . . . Green . 8, H. B. S. Eur. . . vlrldls . . . Green . . 8, H. B. S. Eur. . . Bptlf xut, see Pipfr Belle. BetO.vIca, I.hin. From Aeu^onic, its Celtic name. Linn. 14, Or. IjNat. Or. Labiata. These handsome dwarf species are well adapted for ornamenting the margins of flower-borders, or rock-work. They grow in any' common soil, and increase plentifully from suckers. B. when fresh intoxicates, and the dried leaves excite sneezing, alop^curue . . . Red . . 7. H. Her. P. S. Eur. . . 175P ffraodiflura . . . Purple 5, H. Her. I*. Siberia . . 18'ti> oirzuU .... Purple . G, H. Her. P. lt«ly . . 171<) IncAna .... Fle-in . . 6, H. Her. P. Italy . . l7Ay macroura . . . Pa. red. . 7» H. Her. P. Europe . . 1820 DlveA .... Red . . 7, H. Her. P. CaiirHSUi, . 1320 ofEeinAlla . , . Purple . R, H. Her. P. Britain . . Alba .... While. . R, H. Her. P. Britnin . . orientfiUs . . . Lt. pur. . (i, H. Her. P. I.evant . . 17*37 atrii-u .... Ptirple , 6. H. Her. P. Denmark . 1502 Bktonv, see BetOniol. Hrtony, see Tencrium beltinlctlm. BetCta, Linn. From betu, its Celtic name, Linn. 21, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Betulacere. This is a popular genus, and best known by its common name, the beech. The species are for the most part lofty- growing trees, and very ornamental. B. pcndula nas a graceful and pleasing growth; the species pumilii Hud'nana are dwarier-growing kinds, but very pretty and interesting. They thrive in any soil, and are commonly increased bv grafting or budding ffn the largerand more jdentiful kind-, the latter being raised from seed ; the dwarfest species are be>l u l.en produced from layers. Synotiymc: 1. Alnut vlrlJls. Alba.^'p^tnl 4,*H. Dr. T. Britain . . dalrTTirHcjl . . Aprlul 5, H. De. T. Europe . . mitcriN-arpA . . Aprt-tl 6, H. De. '1'. Europe . ■ veriiic/izA . . Aprtiil 4, H. De. 1'. Bnt'nin . . esrpiitifOlla . . Apetal y. H. Ev. 8. N. Amer. . 17.58 daurSeA .... ApeUl 7> H. De. T. Siberia . . 1735 p^rvifOllA . . ApetNl 7> H- De. T. .Siberin . . ex'^lii.1 .... Apfial 7> H. De. T. S. Amer. . 1707 fruticboA . . . Apvtnl (i, H. De. H. Siberin . . 1313 UnuluMl . . . Apetal 7. H. De. 'F. N. Amer. . 1317 knta .... ApeUl 7, H. De. T. N. Amer. . 1751) lOtea .... ApeUl .5, H. De. T. N. Amer. . DAnA.Apetal b, H. Dc. H. N'. Amer. . tna/rnjdiy Ha .ApeUl 5, H. De. 8. fiwitzerl. . 1011) •trlctA . . . Apeial b, H. D**, H. Siberia . . nigra . . . .ApeUl . 7, H. De. T. N. Amer. . 1730 OvitA, 1 . . . .Apeliil 5, H. De. S. Hungary . D 2U papyrAced . . . A)>et.il 0, H. De. T. N. Amer. . l;5U pSiidblA . . . Apei! 0, H. De. T. Brilniii . . pflntfea .... Apet.ll 5. H. Ev. S, Turkey . . populifoila . . . ApeUl 7, H. Ev. T. N. Amer. . 17.50 1 43 1 pubCsci-na . . . Ape'nl . 0, H. De, 1'. GeriiMnv • 1M12 pumll.t .... A})ci«I , 5, H. De. 8. N. Amer. . 1702 rubra .... Apeinl , 7i H, De. T. Ciiuiilii . trltttis .... Apetal . 5, H. Dl>. T- Kuuitsch. . Biai,.\ta, two-tvinged. Biceps, having two heads. BicornIs, t^vo-h(u-ned. Bidestate, having twin, or a double row of, teeih. B1E.VMAI,, of the continuance of ttvo years. A plant is said to be biennial which lakes two years li> mature its fruit, and then dies. Bikariocs. disposed in two rows. Bifid, opening with a cleft nearly divided in two. BIdens, so called froth bia, twice, and dena, a tooth ; alluding to the seed. Linn. ID, Or. 1, Nat. Or Cnrnpnsita. These species are mostly uninterc't- ing; a few, however are worth culiivating. 'J'hey grow readily in common soil, and increase from seeds, suckers, or divisions, according to their habits and duration. Sijnont/mea: Coreopsia coro- nala. 2. B. odorala. 3. D. tripartita. BerteriAn.!, 1 . . Yellow . 5*8. Her. P. Porto Rico 1787 bipinn.ltA . . * Yellow . 7, H- A. N. Amer.. 1<>(;7 crithmifoITil . . Yellow . 6, G. Her. >’. Mexico . 1324 cynapirblia . . Yellow . G. A. Cuba . . 1327 CTauiiiflurit, 2 . . Yellow . 6, H. A. 8. Amer. . 1300 bcterophylli . . Yellow . 8, G. Her. P. Mexico . 1BU3 leucantbA . . . ^\'hite . 7> H. A. 8. Amer. . macrospermA . . Y-llow . 3,11. A. Sibeiia . lOlD odoratA .... White . O', H. A. Mexico . 132.5 procerA .... Yellow . 11, M. Her. P. Mexico . 1322 ri'pC-DS, 3 . . . Ye low . 7- H. De. f r. .Nep.1l . 1319 Bnmbuciftilrd . . Yrllow . 7, H. Her. P. S. Amer. . IHUl Ani'uatifTiHil, biilliltil, c?nifiii, chinSnsJa, coniu'itu, chry- aiinthii, chryaiinthcyrwliica, JoliOau, frondnail, helian- tholdPa, hirlCllu, luxurhlna, nudijlonl, pnrvUiOru, pilfisu, procrindiena, r^Sni, atriCitd, tripartita. BIporIs, Sprcn^el. The name is compounded from bia, double, or two, and foria, a flap; in reference to the shape of the fruit. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. UmheUiferiv. Uninteresting species, cf the simplest culture. Syuonyinea: 1. Coriandrnvt teaticulutum. 2. C. testiculatiivi—radicilna 1, teaticuldlnm 2. BifrkxarIa, Liivlley. So named from bia, twice, and frienum ; in allusion to the double strap or fnenum that connects the pollen ma.'»ses with their gland. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orc’iidacece. A genus of very pretty plants when in flower, especially B. atirauliaea, the flotvers of which are dee|i orange yellow, mottled with deep brown spots. For I'lil- ture and propaLiation .see Mnxillariu, to vvliich the genus is near akin. Synonjjmv: 1. Maxillaria atro- pit rpurea. «lrop\irpr.r6it, 1. . Drk. pnv. . 8. Epi. Itio.T'm. . 1828 auraut.Acu . . . Or. o])ut. . 9, S. Epi. Demerura . BIfrun.s, two-faced. Bif.El-oviA, see BorrCrln. Biokminate, twin, each division bearing a pair of leaflets. Bioi-ANi)fi.An, having two or double glands. Bioi-OmIs, having two husks, or chaffy si-ales. BiosOnIA, Linn. In memory of Abh^ Bignon, libra¬ rian to Louis XIV. Lltln. 14, Or. 2, .Nut. Or. Bi^noniaceif'. 7'he species are trees or shrubs, in¬ habitants of hot climates. The leaves are opposite, pinnate, ternate, or conjugEte; the ffower.s in ]>anicles, l.irge and handsome, of various colours, red, blue, yellow, or white, and eminently beau¬ tiful. 'I'he stove sorts grow freely in loam and peat, and young emtiugs root in sand under a hand¬ glass. 'I'he species grow in any soil, but will mil flower well unless the situation be warm ; they are increased by cuttings of the root-, by layers, or by young cuttings in a gentle heat, under a hand¬ glass or frame. B. radicana is a well-known much- admired species, capable of living in the open air in this country againet a wall.—Loud. Ency. of Elanta. The young shoots of B Chirere are sonie- timc.Hmanufiu'turcd into wickor-woi k. Synonymva : 1. Jacarunda iiUni, 2. B. belerophylln. H. Jacaramla ecfiinata. 4 Tonieutoan. 6. MiUin^tonia horleuais. ii. ImarvHlca—tunientbad. mill. 1 . . , .Whifo. . 8. Ev. ri. Oiib.t-1 . .1323 Mlliacl'A . . . . 't’vlldw . 8. Ev. (1. W. Iiiil. . 1793 miuu'iiA .... Yi'lbiw . 8. Kv. 1’. E. Inii. • . 1323 npiirC'iiAlB . . . ^'<■ll(lW . K. Kv I I. Oiiiinvo . . 1324 A;<|uiiiocti&bi . . Yclluw . C, 8. Ev. Cl. Guiana • • 1733
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