ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
Resting period, winter Flowers appear at base of new pseudo-bulb. 
Propagate by division of pseudo-bulbs after flowering. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Compost, equal parts leaf-mould, 
loam, & sand. Position, sunny, sheltered rockery in S. of England 
only; in other parts in cool greenhouse (winter temp. 40° to 50°). 
Plant or pot, March. Water freely whilst growing. Keep dry when 
error SPECIES CULTIVATED: Sherrattiana, rosy red and purple and yellow, 
spring, Colombia; verecunda, purple, March, West Indies. y r é 
HARDY SPECIES OULTIVATED: B. hyacinthina, rosy crimson, April, 1 ft.; 
Japan. 
Biood Berry (Rivina humilis) —See Rivina. 
Blood Elder (Sambucus ebulus).—See Sambucus. 
Blood Flower (Hzmanthus coccineus).—_See Hemanthus. 
Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis).—See Sanguinaria. 
Bloomeria.—Ord. Liliacew. Half-hardy bulbous plant. First 
introduced 1869. Ht., 12in. Flowers, golden-yellow. 
CULTURE: Soil, light, sandy. Position, warm border or rockery. 
Plant bulbs 2 to 3in. deep, & 3 in. apart, Sept. to Nov. Propagate by 
offsets planted as directed for bulbs. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: B. aurea (Syn. Nothoscordum aureum), yellow, July, 
1 ft.; Clevelandii, yellow, July, 1 ft. Natives of California. 
Blooming Sally (Epilobium angustifolium).—See Epilobium. 
Blue African Lily (Agapanthus umbellatus).—See Agapanthus. 
Blue Alpine Daisy (Aster alpinus).—See Aster. 
Blue Amaryllis (Griffinia hyacinthina).—See Griffinia. 
Blue Bell (Scilla festalis & Campanula rotundifolia). — See Scilla 
and Campanula. 
Blue Cowslip (Pulmonaria angustifolia)—See Pulmonaria. 
Blue Cupidone (Catananche cerulea).—See Catananche. 
Blue Daisy (Aster a poling ae Aster. 
Blue-eyed Peacock Iris (Iris pavonia).—See Iris. 
Biue-flowered Bindweed lage cxrulea).—See Ipomea. 
Blue-fliowered Fleabane (Erigeron acris).—See Erigeron. 
Biue-flowered Red-root (Ceanothus azureus). — See 
Ceanothus. 
Blue Gum-tree (Eucalyptus globulus).—See Eucalyptus. 
Blue Marguerite (Agatha cowlestis)—See Agathma. 
Blue Moonwort (Soldanella alpina).—See Soldanella. 
Blue Rock Bindweed (Convolvulus mauritanicus).—See Con- 
volvulus. 
Blue Spider-wort (Commelina cclestis).—See Commelina. 
Blue Spruce (Picea pungens).—See Picea. 
Blue Throat-wort (Trachelium ceruleum).—See Trachelium. 
Bluets (Houstonia cx#rulea).—See Houstonia. 
Blumenbachia.—Ord. Loasacew. Half-hardy annual & peren- 
nial twiners & trailers. First introduced 1826. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, south bed, border, or wall. 
Plant perennials in April. Propagate annuals by seeds sown 1-16 in. 
deep in shallow boxes of light soil in temp. 65° March, transplanting 
seedlings outdoors in June; perennials by seed as advised for annuals, 
or division of roots in April. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: B. insignia, white, July, trailing annual, Monte 
Video; lateritia (Syn. Loasa lateritia), red, Ma erennial, T ; i 
red, July, annual, Buenos Ayres. Ms : pees i a a 
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