Botany, (from a Greek word, signifying an herb,) a knowledge of plants; the science which treats of plants.
Brazil wood, the central part, or heart, of a large tree which grows in Brazil, called the Cæsalpinia echinata. It produces very lively and beautiful red tints, but they are not permanent.
Bronze, a metallic composition, consisting of copper and tin.
Brûlure, a French term, denoting a burning or scalding; a blasting of plants.
Brussels, (carpet,) a kind of carpeting, so called from the city of Brussels, in Europe. Its basis is composed of a warp and woof of strong linen threads, with the warp of which are intermixed about five times the quantity of woollen threads, of different colors.
Bulb, a root with a round body, like the onion, turnip, or hyacinth. Bulbous, having a bulb.
Byron, (George Gordon,) Lord, a celebrated Poet, who was born in London, January 22, 1788, and died in Missolonghi, in Greece, April 18, 1824.
Calisthenics, see page [56], note.
Camwood, a dyewood, procured from a leguminous (or pod-bearing) tree, growing on the Western Coast of Africa, and called Baphia nitida.
Cankerworm, a worm which is very destructive to trees and plants. It springs from an egg deposited by a miller that issues from the ground, and in some years destroys the leaves and fruit of apple and other trees.