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thickly into pots about five inches across A good watering 

 must be given without wetting and thereby injuring the foli- 

 age. Plunge the pots in bottom heat of about 70 or 80, and 

 cover with a bell-glass. Keep moist and shady during sun- 

 shine, till rooted. They are also readily and more easily in- 

 creased by root cuttings. 



Bowiea. Liliacece. 



Propagated by seeds or offsets. 

 Bowstring Hemp. See Sanseviera. 

 Box Elder. See Negundo. 

 Box Thorn. See Lycium. 

 Box Tree. See Buxus. 

 Brachy chiton. Sterculiacece. 



Increased by young cuttings planted in sandy soil in gen- 

 tle heat. 

 Brachycome (Swan River Daisy). Composite. 



Propagated by seeds sown in early spring in a gentle hot- 

 bed, or they may be sown thinly out-doors, late in spring. 



Brachylaena. Composite. 



Propagated by cuttings from the half-ripened shoots, placed 

 in a well-drained pot of sandy soil, under a bell-glass. 



Brachyrhynchos. See Senecio. 

 Brachysema. Leguminosce. 



By seeds sown in spring in heat. By layers. In summer 



by cuttings from the half-ripened shoots, placed in sandy soil 



under a bell-glass, in a gentle bottom heat. 



Brachy stelma. Asclepiadece 



Propagated by divisions of the root, and by cuttings in 

 a sandy soil, in heat. 



Bradleia. See Phyllanthus. 

 Brahea Palmce 



Propagated by seeds in heat. 

 Brassia. Orchidece. 



Increased by dividing the plant when growth has com- 

 menced. (See under Orchids.) 

 Bravoa. Amaryllidece. 



Propagated by seeds sown as soon as ripe, and by offsets 

 in autumn. 



