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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![UOK liOR 1 BOR BOC Boraoo, T.hitt. So called from the nouri'ihinj; quali¬ ties of the herb. Linu.OjOr. 1, Nat. Or. Dnr(if'inace<e. I’rettv dwarf species^ su«•c■eedin^ in any common soil, and are increased by divisions or seeds. Tlie leaves of D. uffidntilis may be used as a salad, and has been much reputed as a cordial. coi»ifi»hi • • • • • 6. H. Her. P. Perda. . 1B22 creticA .... Blue , . 5, M. Her. P. Crete . . 1R2B UxiOirrit . . . Bloc . . ti, H. Tr. U. Corsica . IJH.B lonirifiiUA . . . Blue . . 7. H. A. S. Kur. . lU2o officinalis . . . Blue . . R, H. A. Eughind . albirtura. . .Wldte. , B, H. A. KngUnd . otienialu . . . Blue . . C, H. Her. P. Turkey . 17o2 BorassDs, LhiJU The immortal Linnreus applied this name to the spaiha of the date. Liuii. 22, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Palnuice.r. This tine species f^rows up¬ wards of thirty feet hi^ih, and yields a fruit the size and shime ot a child’s head ; it thrives well in a mixture of loatn and peat, and prop.'igates from seeds. From the sap of the trunk a sugar and wine is made of considerable value, flubellifornils . . Wht. grn. . Palm. E. Inil. . . 1771 BobbusTa, Wil-Ifnow. Dedicated to Gaston de Bour¬ bon, Duke of Orleans, son of Henry IV. of France. Linn. 10, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Le^uminosie. The species are very showy when in dower, and thrive-well in peat and loam ; and cuttings of the voting wood in sand, placed under a glass, root freely, harhati .... \i‘llcnr . 7» C. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1B23 ciliftti .... Yellow . 7. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . IBHi co.daw . . . . Yvlliiw . 8, G. Ec. S. C.G. H. .1759 crpnAtA .... YvlliiW . 7, G. Ev. S. C. O. H. .1,7;! pricifi'llA ... Pink • . 1, G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1821 laiicpnluiTi . . . Yellow . 7. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1752 rui^ciful.i . . .Yellow . 7. G. Ev. S. C. G. H. .ITl'U irincrviA . . . Yellow . 7» G. Ev. S. C.G. H. . 17.59 undulAUt . . • Yellow • 7» G. Ev. S. C.G. H. . 1812 BorkhaCsIa, Dohmer. Dedicated to Moritz^ Bork- hausen, a German professor of botany. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Comvositce. Species of no beauty except li. aljiina, which is rather pretty and in¬ teresting; they are all easily cultivated. S.yno- tnpnes: ]. Crepis alpina. 2. Hierucinm itipilotum. 3. Ln^oierh linrsij'vlio- 4. Crepis j'evlida. < . Ltifjo- teris inlyhacea. C. L. leontoJonfoides. 7- Crepis uiaeensis. H. Latjoseris raphanij'olia. 9. Crepis rubra. 10. C. seiiecwides. \l. L. Kcr»iCo/or. , alpina, 1 . . . Yellow . 7. H. A. lu'y . . 1730 apargtoFc/^a 2, ilspfra, helliilifutid, bursifidid 3, Can- doi/^1, caroliuiund, ftt-tiiht 4, grarf0l?u8, bJsphhl, 1 intyhucfd .5, Icanlodofituldfs 0, mu. rophfjUd, uicuSus^s 7, raphiiniffdld B, ritbrd 9, seneciddis. St{Jj'renidnd, tarajracifidld, verticblur. \ BoronTa, Sims. In memory of Francis Horoni, an 1 Italian attendant of Dr. Isibthorp. Linn. «, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Proteacetr. A very pretty and interesting genus of New Holland plants The specie.s dower remarkably free,and some maybe seen in bloom ;it almost any time of the year. They grow be&l in sandy peat mixed with a few broken shreds, and the pots, which should not be large, must be judiciously drained, as the plants ate very liable to sutfer from over watering. Cuttings tal<eu at a joint, planted in sand, and placed under a ghi.sa in a frame, ob.serving to dry up tlie damp now and then, will, if carentlly tended, make roots. 1 slfita . . . .Red . . 5. G. Ec. .S. N. Ih.n. .102.5 ; «iirrr...n!Bfellfi. .U-U . . .5. G. Ev. S. N. Iloll. .1H24 1 creuuUU . . .Ked . • 7i G. Ev. .S. Kg-Geo’e. .Sd. 1 denliculftU . . Red . . G. Kv. S. N. Hull. . .1 ledifrtlia , . ..R-d . . .'1, (/. Kv. S. N. S. W- . lUU parA-ioxA . . .Red . . 3, G. Kv. .«<. N. Hull. .1825 , [.ilommi . . .Red . . G. Ev. S. N. Hull. .1820 I piiuiftlA. . . . Purple . .1. G. i-.v. S. N.S. U. . l/.i-l tK.Uc-lwfOlU . .Red . . .5, G. Ev. N. Hull. .1»24 fterrul&t.i . . • Scnflet . 8, G. Kv. .M. N.S. W. . 1818 1 teUAiidrA . . . Red . . 5, G. Ev. S. N. lloll. . 1824 BoRRnnA, Ach. In honour of J. \V. Borrer, F.L.S., 1 a British r-ryptogatnist. fjinn. 24, Or. H, Nat. Or. Lichenacett. An exceedingly interesting genus to 1 the cryptogamisl, on account of the natural habit i <,f the species_nthinilcd, chryMopIdhulmd, cUidrlt jlavtcdus, i'lirfitrilrfd, /<«cfl»n*/d, tcuSUd. BouiirarX, illrt/rr. Dcrivaiiou same as/lorrcru, Linn. \ 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinchonaceie. Pretty little plants, tif easy culture, in any coiiiinon soil; and cuttings ol the perennial and shrubby kinds root readily in 1 47 ] J sand under a glass. D. stricta must be treated as a tender biennial. Hymnii/mcs: 1. Spermacuee vrrticiUata, Bige/oci/i corawia/d. 2. S’, stricta, U. stricta. 3. S. x'erticiUata, li. verticillata. commutAtA, 1 . . Wlnte . « (5, S. Her. P. W. Iiid. • IBIB htricu, 2 . . .White . 7i G. B. E. Ind. . .1820 vertictnut.'i. 3 . « White. . 7iB. Ev. B. Aftica . . 1/32 BoRifA, Willdenotv. Dedicated to Colonel Bory de St. Vincent, a French traveller and promoter of natural history. Linn. 22, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Litiacetr. 7'he species are uninteresting, and easily culti¬ vated—ucnmvnUd, liffustrlnd, nltidd, porulbsd, pri- xinJdSs, retnsu. BCscia. Lamarck. Dedicated to Louis Bosc,a French professor of agriculture. Linn. 11, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cappnridiiceie. The species is ornamental, and may be referred to Craheva for culture, &c. Sijno- nijtne : i. Podoria Senef'alensis. eeuet'al^nais . . S. Ev. S. Senegal . 1B24 BosEa, Linn. In compliment to Ernest Gottlieb Bose, a professor of botany in Germany. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Phytolaccaceo’. Anomamenlal species, succeeding in loam and peat mixed ; and cuttings in sand, under aglass, placed in heat, strike readily. YervamOri . . Rufous. . G. Ev. .S. Canaries . 17-8 Bosweli.ja, Roxburgh. Dedicated to Dr. John Bos¬ well, of Edinburgh. Linn. Id, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bnrseraceiv. Ornamental trees of easy culture, thriving best in loam and peat, and are propagated with facility from cuttings in sand, under a glass. The genus is called the Olibanum Tree. B. serrata yields a resin called olibanum, which yields a grateful incense, and possesses stimulant, astrin¬ gent, and diaphoretic qualities. B. glabra fur¬ nishes a coarse resin, used for pitching tlie bottom of sliips. The resin of both species is used in India as a frankincense and as pitch, glftbril .... Pa. yvl. , S. Ev. T. Command.. 1823 serrulA .... Pa. yel. . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. , 1820 Botany Bay trkb, see Smllux gluci/vhplld. BotrvcEras, iCilhlenotv. So called from bolnjs, a raceme, and Arenw, a horn; the horn-like raceme. Linn. 4, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Aiiuifoliacefr. An interest¬ ing species; for culture, ixc., see Banksta. Inuriiiiim ... G. Ev. S. N. Holl. . 1823 Botr?chTDm, Srvarlz. The derivation is from bofri/s, a bunch ; in reference to the form of the fructifica¬ tion, which is much like a bunch of grapes. Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. <>r. Ophif)glos8iace(r. The genus is well known by the name of Moonworl. The spe¬ cies are curious and interesting plants; see Adian- imn for i-ulture, &c. B. tu’rginicam is the largest of the American ferns, and is named the rattle¬ snake, on account of its generally being found grou ing where those reptiles abound. Stjnoinjyncs: 1. Gracilis. 2. Oamunda Luuilrld. fliistrAle . . . Brown . 6, F. Her. I*. N. Holl. . 1B2.3 1 . .Blown . 7, H. Hvr. P. N. Ainer. . 1B(I6 fuiiiaiiuldi’* . . Brown . 7. H. Hi*r. 1*. rnrolinA . lOUd LiirArli'i, 2 . . . Brown . 5, H. Her. I'. Rritoin . oMl(|oiim , . . Brown . B, H. Her. 1*. N. Amor. . 1821 virginifum . .Brown . 8, 11. Her. I*. N. Amer. . 1790 Botr^tTs, Michaux. Name alludes to tlie little round seeds, or seed-vessels, resembling a bunch of gt apes, and derived trom botri/s, a cluster of grapes. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nal. Or. I'n'ngi. IMinute produc¬ tions. B. parasitica is found on that plant called the Shepherd’.s I’ursc, viz. Iltusd pdst/iris —agariclnd, dSnsd, il^Jftiad, effDsd, Iciicosjinrd, ma- crospOrd, tnniind, nigra, parasUicd, judijspnril. Boi.iiukulj, Gitrtner. Named in memory of Bourrer, an apothecary of Nuremberg. fi, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cardiaceic. Ornainentfil trees of easy cul¬ tivation; for the mode of which, see the genus Kluctia. Synnniime: 1. i?/ireG‘a /hinrr^r/d. sxBflcf.l . . . White. . S. Kv. 1’. W. Iml. . 1804 BiicculCntA, 1 . . White. . S. Ev. T. W. lud. . 1758 BoCshTnuaPi-tTa, H. B. and Kunth named tills genus ill honour of .1, B. llou.s.HingauIt, n celebrated natu- ralisi and tiaveller. Linn, il, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Chrniipoiliacra-. 'riiin is described as a most de¬ sirable ^tovc plant, of nipiil groutli, and bearing copious and gracehil racemes of tlelli'iou.xly fr.'igranl tluuers. 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