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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. 



Backhousia. Myrtacece. 



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

 bell-glass, in a cool house, during spring. 



Bactris. Palmacece. 



Increased by suckers, which are very easily produced. 



Bcea, Dorcoceras. Gesneracece. 

 Propagated easily by seeds. 



Bseckea. Myrtacete. 



Increased by cuttings of young wood, which will root 

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

 them, in a cool house. 



Bald-Cypress. See Taxodium. 



Balm (Melissa officinalis^. Labiates. 



Seeds sown outdoors in spring. Division. 



Balsam (Impatiens Balsamina, I. Sultani, etc.). Gera- 



niacece. 



Increased by seeds sown in early spring, in pans of rich, 

 sandy soil, and placed in a gentle bottom heat of about 

 65. Or the seeds may be sown directly in the garden 

 when the weather becomes warm. Varieties increased by- 

 layers in late summer, under glass, or by veneer-grafting ; 

 also by cuttings. / Sultani is better raised from seeds 

 than from cuttings. The stove species are multiplied by 

 seeds, or cuttings in close frames. 



Balsamodendron. Burseracece. 



Increased by cuttings taken from the ripe young wood, 

 in spring, and placed under a hand-glass, in bottom heat. 



Balsam-tree. See Clusia. 



Bambusa (Bamboo). Graminece. 



Propagated by careful division of well-developed plants, 

 in early spring, just as new growth is commencing ; estab- 

 lish the divisions in pots. If young shoots are layered, 

 leave only the end exposed. 

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