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Azara. Bixinece. 



Propagated by cuttings. 

 Babiana. Iridece. 



Propagated quickly by seeds sown in pans, placed in a 

 gentle heat. These will grow at almost any time. The 

 young plants will require to be carefully transplanted each 

 season until they develop into blooming corms. By offsets 

 grown in boxes or planted out in light rich soil until large 

 enough for flowering. 



Babingtonia. Myrtacece. 



Increased by cuttings of the young sterile shoots, which 

 may be planted in sand under a bell-glass, and kept in a 

 moderate heat until rooted, when they should be placed 

 singly in small pots, in a compost of equal parts loam and 

 peat, with a little sand. 



Baccharis (Ploughman's Spikenard). Composite?, 



Propagated by seeds and by cuttings. 

 Backhousia. Myrtacece. 



Increased by half-ripened cuttings, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, in a cool house, during spring 



Bactris. Palme ce. 



Increased by suckers, which are very easily produced. 

 Badamea. See Terminalia. 

 Baea, Dorcoceras. Gesneracece. 

 Propagated easily by seeds. 

 Baeckea. Myrtacece. 



Increased by cuttings of young wood, which will root free- 

 ly if placed in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass over them, in 

 a cool house. 



Baeria. Compositce. 



Propagated by seeds sown in spring. 

 Bahia, Phialis. Compositce. 



Increased by seeds, or by divisions. 

 Balbisia, Ledocarpum. Geraniacece. 



Propagated by seeds, or by cuttings made from the half- 

 ripened wood, placed in sand, under a hand-glass. 



Baldingera. See Premna. 



