THE NURSERY LIST. I 4 I 



Bread Fruit. See Artocarpus. 

 Bread Nut. See Brosimum. 

 Breakstone. See Saxifraga. 

 Bredia. Melaslomacece. 



Increased by seeds, and by cuttings from the ripened shoots 

 placed in sandy loam, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



Brexia. Saxifrages. 



Increased by cuttings, the leaves of which should not be 

 shortened. Place in sand under a hand-glass, in heat ; or a 

 leaf taken off with a bud attached will grow. 



Briza (Quaking Grass). Graminece. 



Propagated by seeds, which may be sown in spring or in 

 autumn. 



Broccoli. See Cabbage. 

 Brodisea, Hookera. Liliacece. 



Increased by offsets, which should be left undisturbed with 



the parent bulbs till they reach a flowering state, when they 



may be divided and planted in autumn. 



Bromelia. Bromeliacece. 



Some are propagated by seeds. All by cuttings inserted 

 in sand, in heat. 



Bromus. Graminece. 



Increased by seeds sown outside in late summer or in 

 spring, thinning out when necessary. 



Brongniartia. Leguminosce. 



Increased by cuttings of the young shoots, which, if firm 

 at the base, will root in sand under a bell-glass, in a cool 

 house. 



Brosimum (Bread Nut). Urticacece. 



Propagated by cuttings of ripe wood with tbeir leaves on. 

 Place in sand in moist heat. 



Broughtonia. Orchidece. 



Increased by dividing the plant. (See under Orchids.) 

 Broussonetia (Paper Mulberry). Urticacece. 



Propagated by seeds, sown when ripe or kept till the fol- 

 lowing spring ; and by suckers and cuttings of ripened wood, 

 inserted in autumn in a cool house. 



