ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
temp. of 65° to 75°, or insert cuttings in pots in a similar aE in 
spring. Grow the seedlings or rooted cuttings on first in small & then 
larger pots in temp. 55° to 65°. Water moderately. Syringe daily. 
Shade from sun. Apply weak liquid manure when flowers form. Ven- 
tilate freely when in flower. May be planted out in beds in garden 
end of May. Fresh stock best reared annually from seed or cuttings. 
CULTURE -OF WINTER-FLOWERING SPECIES: Compost, two 
parts loam & one of equal proportions of leaf-mould, dried cow manure, 
& silver sand. Insert cuttings in sandy compost in temp. 65° to 70 
in Feb. or March. When rooted grow on in small pots, then gradually 
transfer to larger ones. Nip off points of shoots occasionally to induce 
sturdy growth. Water moderately. Keep moist during earlier stages 
of growth. In autumn keep air drier & maintain temp. of 55°. Feed 
occasionally with liquid manure. After flowering gradually withhold 
water, & keep rather dry till March, when begin to give water & 
repot to grow & make larger plants. Increased also by seeds. 
CULTURE OF ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED KINDS: Compost as 
advised in previous case. Pot in spring. Grow in shady position. 
Water freely in spring & summer, moderately in winter. Winter temp. 
45° to 55°; summer temp. 55° to 65°. Feed with weak liquid manure 
in summer. Increased by leaf cuttings in spring or summer. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. bolivensis, scarlet, Bolivia; 
Davisi1, red, Peru; Clarkii, red, Peru; Pearceii, red, Bolivia; roseflora, rose, 
Teru; Veitchii, carmine, Peru. The foregoing were the original parents of the 
present race of single and double-flowered tuberous-rooted begonias grown in 
gardens. For names of varieties of latter see trade lists. 
FIBROUS-ROOTED SPECIES CULTIVATHKD: B. ascoticnsis (hybrid), white, 
Aug., 2 ft.; Dreigei, white, July, 2 ft., 8. Africa; Freebellii incomparabilis, 
scarlet, July, 2 ft., Keuador; semperflorens and its varicties rosea and rubra, and 
numerous other hybrids and varieties mentioned in trade lists. 
WINTER-FLOWERING SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. albo-coccinea, scarlet and 
white, winter, 18 in., India; coccinea, scarlet, April, 3 ft., Brazil; evansiana, 
pink, Sept., China; fuchsioides, scarlet, winter, 4 to 6 ft., Mexico; incarnata, 
pink, Sept., 2 ft., Mexico; haageana, rose, autumn, 4 ft., Brazil; manicata, pink, 
April, 3 ft., Mexico; nitida, pink, Sept., 18 in., Jamaica; socotrana, rose, Nov., 
1 ft., Socotra; weltoniensis, pink, Dec., 18 in. (hybrid), and numerous other 
hybrids and varieties as Gloire de Lorraine, etc. 
ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED SPECIES CULTIVATED: B. Rex, a native of the 
Himalayas, and a number of varietics to te found in trade lists. 
Belamacanda (Leopard-flower)—Ord. Iridacew. Half-hardy 
bulbous plant. First introduced 1823. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, light, rich, sandy. Position, sunny, 
well-drained border. Plant, Sept. to Jan., placing tubers 4in. deep & 
2in, apart. Lift & replant tubers annually. Mulch surface of bed in 
March with cow manure. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf- 
ee or decayed cow manure. Pots, 44in. in diameter, well drained. 
lace five tubers 3 in. deep in each pot in Nov., & cover with cocoanut. 
fibre refuse in cold frame or under cool greenhouse stage until growth 
begins. Water moderately from time growth begins until flowers 
fade, then gradually cease, keeping dry till Jan. Temp., Sept. to 
March 40° to 50°; other times 50° to 60°, Propagate by offsets treated 
as advised for tubers. 
SPECIE : B. P A as 
fee oe ek B. punctata (Syn. Pardanthus sinensis), yellow and 
Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis belladonna).—Se i 
See Amaryllis, 
Bellflower.—Sce Campanula. : 
Bell Heather (Erica tetralix).—See Erica, 
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