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Barter ia. Acanthacece. 



Propagated by cuttings made of the young wood, and 

 placed in a compost of loam and peat with a little rotten 

 dung, under a bell glass, in stove temperature with bottom 

 heat. 



Barrenwort. See Epimedium. 

 Bartonia aurea. See Mentzelia. 



Basil (Ocymum Basilicum and O. minimum}. Labiate. 

 Seeds, sown in a hotbed or outdoors. 



Basswood. See Tilia. 



Batatas. See Ipomaea and Sweet Potato. 



Batemannia. Orchidacetz. 



Increased by divisions and offsets. 

 Bauhinia (Mountain Ebony). Leguminosa. 



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. 



Bayberry. See Myrica. 



Bean. Leguminosce. 



Seeds ; sow only after the weather is thoroughly settled 

 for outdoor culture. Lima beans should not be sown till 

 a week or ten days after it is safe to sow the common 

 kinds. 



Bean Caper. See Zygophyllum. 



Bean, Sacred or Water. See Nelumbo and Nymphsea. 



Bear's Grass. See Yucca. 



Beaucarnea. Liliacecz. 



Increased chiefly by seeds, which have been imported 

 from their native country. By cuttings, when obtainable. 



Beaufortia. Myrtacece. 



Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots ; place in 

 a sandy soil under a glass, with very little heat, 



Beech. See Fagus. 

 Beefwood. See Casuarina, 



