BRAVOA—BRODLZA—BULBOCODIUM, 45 
BLOOD-ROOT. 
See Sanguinaria. 
BRAVOA. 
This genus contains but a solitary species, B. gem- 
iniflora, a very beautiful and graceful little pseudo- 
bulb, a native of Mexico. It is half hardy, flowering 
freely in the borders, but requiring protection during 
winter. The numerous flowers are bright red, or crim- 
son, borne on slender stalks about one foot high, in 
clusters. The leaves are narrow, produced in a tuft, 
from the center of which the flower-stalk arises. It is 
rarely seen in cultivation, although well deserving it. 
The plant is propagated by division. 
BRODLAHA. 
A genus of very pretty half-hardy bulbs, with small, 
tubular flowers, mostly blue, borne in large clusters or 
umbels. The leaves are rush-like, from two to four in 
number; the flower stem proceeds from the root, usually 
straight, slender but strong. ‘The species are of easy 
culture, either in pots or in the border. Increased 
freely by offsets, which should be left undisturbed with 
the parent bulbs till they reach a flowering state, when 
there will be a natural division, then separate and 
replant in autumn. 
BRUNSVIGIA. 
See Page 18. 
BULBOCODIUM. 
These are very pretty bulbous plants, somewhat 
resembling the crocus. There are, in the genus, two 
distinct classes, one flowering in the spring, the other 
in autumn. 
B. vernum.—Among the earliest of spring-flower- 
ing plants, the flowers preceding the foliage; and, like 
