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are sufficient for a plant at a time ; what others arise should be 

 transplanted or destroyed. The suckers should be set deep, as 

 low as 2 feet for best results. In fifteen or eighteen months the 

 plants will bloom, if they have had good care. The stem bears 

 fruit but once, but new stems arise to take its place. The orna- 

 mental species, as M. Ensete, and others, are propagated by seeds 

 in heat, or by suckers. See Musa. 



Barkeria : Epidendrwn. 



Basella. Basellacece. 



Propagated by seeds, sown either under glass or in the open. 



Basil (Ocimum basilicwn and 0. minimum). Labiatce. 



Grown from seeds, sown in a hotbed or outdoors, as soon as the 

 weather is settled ; easily managed. 



Bauera. Saxifragaceoe. 



Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood in spring; cut 

 into lengths of about 2 inches, insert in equal parts of finely sifted 

 peat and sharp sand in 3-inch pots, cover with a bell-glass in a green- 

 house with temperature from 55 to 60. 



Bauhinia (Mountain Ebony). Leguminosos. 



Propagated by suckers, and also by seeds when obtainable. 

 Cuttings usually root with difficulty. Wood of intermediate age 

 is taken, and the cuttings placed in sand in heat. 



Bean. Leguminosoe. 



Grown from seeds ; sow only after the weather is thoroughly 

 settled for outdoor culture, as the plants are very tender. Lima 

 beans should not be sown till a week or ten days after it is safe to 

 sow the common kinds. The broad or Windsor bean (Vicia Faba) 

 is a hardy plant and the seeds may be sown early, as for peas. 

 Soybean (Glycine Soja) is tender, and seeds are sown when weather 

 is warm where plants are to stand ; plants usually stand in hills 

 18 to 20 inches apart, the rows being 2 to 3 feet apart. 



Beaucarnea : Nolina. 

 Beaumontia. Apocynaceos. 



Handled by cuttings, as for allamanda. 



Beet (Beta tulgaris). Chcnopodiacece. 



Grown from seeds, sown very early, for the early crop before 

 frosts cease. The " seeds " are really fruits usually containing 



