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BRAVOA. [Amaryllidaceae.] A pretty greenhouse or 

 half-hardy bulb. Soil, light rich loam. Propagated by 

 offsets. 



BREAD TREE. See Melia. 



BRISTLE FERN. See Trichomanes. 



BRIZA. Quaking Grass. [Gramineae.] One of the few 

 grasses which are admissible to the flower garden, bearing 

 roundish, drooping, dangling, chaffy-like clusters of flowers. 

 Hardy annuals. The seeds may be sown in common soil in 

 March or April. 



BRODI^A. [Liliaceae.] Pretty, slender, half-hardy 

 bulbs. Light rich soil. Propagated by offsets. The chief 

 are B. Californica, B. conr/esta, and B. grandiflora, all of 

 which flower bluish. 



BROWALLIA. [Scrophulariaceee.] Pretty greenhouse 

 annuals or shrubs. The annuals grow in light rich soil, 

 and are increased by seeds sown in March in a hotbed, with 

 other tender annuals. The shrubs grow in peat and loam in 

 equal proportions, and are propagated by cuttings placed in 

 a gentle heat. The best are B. grandiflora, annual ; B. 

 Jcmiesoni, greenhouse sub-shrub ; and B. speciosa, annual. 



BRUGMANSIA. See Datura. 



BRUNIA. [Bruniaceae.l Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 with heath-like leaves. Their habit is elegant, but they 

 possess no other beauty. Soil, sandy peat and loam. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttir^s. There are several species introduced, 

 all of similar habit. 



BRUNONIA. [Brunoniaceee.] A very pretty green- 

 house perennial. Soil, sandy loam, two parts, with one part 

 each of peat and leaf-mould ; the pots well drained. Propa- 

 gated bv division or seeds. 



BRUNO'S LILY. See Czackia. 



BRUNSFELSIA. [Scrophulariaceae.] Showy stove ever- 

 green shrubs. Soil, turfy peat and loam in equal proportions, 

 with sand. Propagated by cuttings planted in sandy soil, and 

 put in a moist heat. The only two cared for are B. Americana, 

 pale yellow, and B. nitida Jamaicensis, yellow. 



BRUNSVIGIA. [Amaryllidaceae.] Showy greenhouse 

 bulbs. They require much pot room, and a yery rich, well- 

 drained, loamy soil. The culture of these and other bulbs 



