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Barnardia. See Scilla. 



Barosma, Parapetalifera. Rulacece. 



Increased by cuttings, which root readily if taken from 



ripened wood and placed in a pot of sand, in a shady place 



in a cool house, with a bell-glass over them. 



Barrenwort. See Epimedium. 



Barringtonia. Myrtacece. 



Increased by cuttings taken from the lateral shoots, at a 

 joint, when the wood is ripe ; place in sand and cover with a 

 hand-glass. The cuttings should not be stripped of any of 

 their leaves. 



Bartonia. Loasece. 



Increased by seeds in spring, in gentle heat. The seed- 

 lings should be potted singly into small, well-drained pots. 

 In winter they should be placed on a dry shelf in a green- 

 house or frame. ' 



Barwood. See Baphia. 



Basil (^Ocymum JZasilicum and O. minimum}. Labiabce. 



Seeds, sown in a hot-bed or out-doors. 

 Bassia. Sapotacea. 



Increased by cuttings taken from ripened wood ; place in 

 sand, under a hand-glass, in a strong, moist heat. 



Basswood. See Tilia. 



Bastard Balm. See Melittis. 



Bastard Cedar See Cedrela. 



Bastard Indigo. See Amorpha. 



Batatas. See Ipomaea and Sweet Potato. 



Batemannia. Orchidece. 



Increased by divisions and offsets. 



Batschia. See Lithospermum 



Bauera. Saxifragecc 



Propagated by cuttings placed in sandy soil under a glass 



Bauhinia (Mountain Ebony). Leguminosce. 



Propagated by cuttings, which should be taken when the 

 wood is neither very ripe nor very young. The leaves must 

 be dressed off, and the cuttings planted in sand under a glass 

 in moist heat. Also by seeds 



