The Garden Under Glass

348 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS depth should be 3 or 4 inches. Boxes should be dried and stored away after use. Bract.—The decorative top of a plant whose leaves sur-rounding the flower are highly coloured. We have a familiar example in the greenhouse in the poinsettia (Euphorbia pul-cherrima), where the flowers themselves are insignificant but are surrounded by leaves of a brilliant red. Break.—A term denoting movement into growth. Thus a plant is said to make a break into growth. The terms first break and natural break are often used in connection with the culture of Chrysanthemums. The first break is when the plant has been topped and several of the side buds develop into growth. If topping is not done it will usually be found that at some time in spring, or before June has far advanced, the top growth will form a flower bud and the side growths will commence to develop. This bud is termed the break bud and the growth of the side growths is described as a natural break. Bud—The incipient growths usually found at the base of the leaves, which eventually develop into leaves or flowers. In the question of buds for Chrysanthemums I would refer readers to page 64, where the terms break bud, crown bud and terminal are explained. Bunks.—A name applied to pieces of broad bean stems used for the purpose of trapping earwigs among peaches, Chrysanthemums, etc. Hollow pieces about four inches in length are chosen and placed among the leaves and branches. Each morning these are taken out and the earwigs are expelled into a jar of salt water by biowing. Bush.—A form of growth where the branches grow out in great numbers and the plant takes the form, for instance, of a thorn bush. Bush Chrysanthemums are those which are allowed to develop a lot of side growths and produce a lot of flowers. They are so called to distinguish them from the large-flowering section when only three or four large flowers are allowed on each plant.