BROMELIA BRUNFELSIA. IQl 



Bromelia. BromeliacecB. 



Some are propagated by seeds. All by cuttings in- 

 serted in sand, in heat, 



Bromus. GraminecB. 



Increased by seeds sown outside in late summer or in 

 spring, thinning out when necessary. 



Brongniartia. Leguminosa. 



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 their leaves 

 on. Place in sand in moist heat. 



Broughtonia. Orchidacecs. 



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



Broussonetia (Paper Mulberry). Urticacece. 



Propagated by seeds, sown when ripe or kept till the 

 following spring ; and by suckers and cuttings of ripened 

 wood, in a cool house. 



Browallia. Scrophulariacecs . 



Seeds. To have blooming plants for the holidays, they 

 are propagated by seeds sown in late summer in pans or 

 pots of light, rich, sandy soil, and kept in a close frame or 

 hand-Kght, where they can be shaded till germination 

 takes place. 



Brownea. Leguminosee. 



Increased by cuttings from the ripened wood ; place in 

 sand under a hand-glass, in moist heat. 



Brucea. Simarubacecs. 



Increased by cuttings from ripened wood, which will 

 root freely in a pot of sand under a hand-glass, in mod- 

 erate heat. 



Brugmansia. See Datura. , 



Brunfelsia, Franciscea. Scrophulariacece. • 



Propagated by cuttings placed in sand under a bell-glass 

 in moderate heat. When rooted, place in pots with a 

 compost of loam, leaf-soil, peat and sand. 



