ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
Banksia (Australian Honeysuckle). — Ord. Protacew.  Green- 
house shrubs. Orn. foliage. Evergreen. Nat. Australia. First 
introduced 1788. Leaves, large, dark green, downy beneath. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, & sand. Pot in 
March in well-drained pots. Water moderately in winter, freely in 
summer. Temp., Sept. to March 60° to 55°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. 
7 Fopagete by cuttings of firm shoots in well-drained pots of sandy soil 
in July under bell-glass in temp. 55° to 65°. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. collina, 6 ft.; roi 3 i 
die seen Boe collina, 6 ; dryandroides, 6 ft.; grandis, 30 to 
Banksian Rose (Rosa Banksia).—See Rosa. 
Ban-Nut (Juglaus regia) —See Juglans. 
Banyan Tree (Ficus indica).—See Ficus. 
Baptisia (False-indigo)—Ord. Leguminose. Hardy herbaceous 
perennials. First introduced 1724, 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny, well-drained border. 
Plant, Oct. to April. Propagate by seeds sown } in. deep in sandy soil 
in shallow boxes in cold frame in April, or in sunny border outdoors 
in May; division of old pau in March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. alba, white, June, 2 ft.. N. America; australis, 
blue, June, 3 to 4 ft., N. America; australis minor, blue, 18 in.; tinctoria, 
yellow, July, 2 ft., N. America. 
Barbados Gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata).—See Pereskia. 
Barbados Lily (Hippeastrum equestre)See Hippeastrum. 
Barbados Pride.—See Adenanthera. 
Barbarea (Winter or American Cress; Double Yellow Rocket). 
—Ord. Cruciferae. Hardy perennial herbs and salad vegetables. 
CULTURE OF FLOWERING SPECIES.—Soil, ordinary. Position, 
open garden; edgings to beds or sunny rockeries for variegated kind. 
Propagate Double Rocket by division of roots in March; Golden-leaved 
variety by seed sown outdoors in March. z 
CULTURE OF WINTER CRESS:*Soil, ordinary. Position, moist, 
partially shaded border. Sow seeds in shallow drills Qin, apart in 
Sept. for winter use; in March & June for summer use. Gather tops 
or young leaves for salading. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. preecox (Winter.or Land Cress), Britain; B. vulgaria 
flore-pleno (Double Yellow Rocket), yellow, summer, 1 to 2 ft. 
Barberry.—See Berberis. 
Barberton Daisy (Gerbera Jamesoni).—See Gerbera. 
Barkeria.—See Epidendrum. 
Barleria.—Ord. Acanthacee. Stove flowering shrubs. Ever- 
reen. First introduced 1759. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat & loam, one part decayed 
manure & sand. Pjant in March in well-drained pots. Temp., Sept. 
to March 55 to 65°; March to Sept. 70° to 85°. Water moderately in 
winter, freely insummer. Prune shoots back after flowering. Syringe 
daily during spring & summer. Propagate by cuttings of young shoots 
inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 85°, March to July. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. cristata, purple, white, July, 2 ft., India; flava, 
yellow, winter, 18 in., Trop. Africa; involucrata, blue, winter, 1 to 2 ft., Ceylon; 
lupulina, yellow, Aug. 2 ft., Mauritius. i 
Barnardia.—Ord. Liliacee. Hardy bulbous perennial. First 
introduced 1826. 
CULTURE: Soil, equal parts peat & loam. Position, warm, sunny 
rockery or border. Plant, Sept. or Oct. Depth to plant, 3 to 4in. 
Leave bulbs undisturbed in ground. Mulch in well-decayed manure 
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