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Botrychium – Bow Bells

Botrychium

a genus of ferns belonging to the order ophioglossaceæ (adders' tongues). B. lunaria, or common moonwort, occurs in dry mountain pastures in Europe. B. virginicum, an American species, is called the rattlesnake fern, from its growing in such places as those venomous reptiles frequent.

Botrytis

a genus of fungi, with clusters of minute globular seeds or seed vessels. They grow on rotten herbaceous stems, decaying fungi, living leaves, and similar localities. The muscadine disease which destroys so many silk worms is caused by one species, B. bassi- B. infectans, which causes the potato disease, is now removed to the genus peronospora. ana.

Bottle Gourd

a gourd, lagenaria vulgaris, called also the white pumpkin.

The Hindus cultivated it largely as an article of food. There are several varieties. One is the sweet bottle gourd; another is used as a buoy in swimming across Indian rivers, transporting baggage, etc.

Bottle Nose

a cetacean, the bottle nosed whale (hyperoödon bidens), very destructive to food fishes, and of comparatively little economic value itself. It is the prime aversion of fishermen.

BOTTLE TREE (delabechea rupestris), a tree of northeastern Australia, order sterculiacex, with a stem that bulges out into a huge, rounded mass. It abounds in a nutritious mucilaginous substance.

Boulak

a town of Lower Egypt, a suburb and port of Cairo. It has cotton, sugar, and paper factories. Pop. 10,00).

Boulder

a large, rounded block of

Boulogne-Sur-Mer

a fortified seademolished in the reign of Louis XVI.; and only a small part now remains of the Château de la Muette, some time 000. occupied by Louis XV. Pop. about 57,-

Bourbon

LOUIS HENRI, DUC DE, a French courier; Prince of Condé, born in Versailles, in 1692. As Chief of the Council of Regency and superintendent of the King's education, he robbed the public treasury and extorted huge bribes. He was made Prime Minister in 1723, and persecuted the Protestants.

He died in Chantilly, Jan. 27, 1740.

Bourbon Whisky

a term applied to Kentucky whisky, made from a mixture of corn, rye, and malt. In its distillation some of the oils and acids are allowed to remain. These, with age, undergo chemical action, and are converted into aromatic ethers.

Bourgeois

a size of printing type long primer, used in books and newspapers; now supplanted by 9-point type.

Bourne

HUGH, founder of the sect of Primitive Methodists or Ranters, born in Staffordshire, England, April 3, 1772.

In the course of his life he visited Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States, where his ministrations were attended with great success. He died in Bemersly, Oct. 11, 1852.

Bow Bells

the peal of bells belonging to the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London, and celebrated for centuries. One who is born within the sound of Bow Bells is considered a genuine cockney.