BACKHOUSIA — BAMBUSA. lOI 



young; plants will require to be carefully transplanted 

 each season until they develop into blooming; corms. By 

 offsets grown in boxes or planted out in light, rich soil 

 until large enough for flowering. 



Backhousia. Myrtacca:. 



Increased by half-ripened cuttings, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in a cool house, during spring. 



Bactris. Palinaceir. 



Increased by suckers, which are very easily produced. 



Basa, Dorcoceras. Gesncracca:. 

 Propagated easily by seeds. 



Bffickea. Myrtacecr. 



Increased by cuttings of young wood, which will root 

 freely if placed in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass over 

 them, in a cool house. 



Bald-Cypress. See Taxodium. 



Balm {Melissa officinalis). Labiata:. 



Seeds sown outdoors in spring. Division. 



Balsam [ Iinpaticns Balsamina, I. Siiltani, etc.). Gcra- 

 niacca'. 

 Increased by seeds sown in early spring, in pans of rich, 

 sandy soil, and placed in a gentle Ijottom heat of about 

 65°. Or the seeds may be sown directly in the garden 

 when the weather becomes warm. Varieties increased by 

 layers in late summer, under .glass, or by veneer-grafting ; 

 also by cuttings. / Sultani is better raised from seeds 

 than from cuttings. The stove species are multiplied by 

 seeds, or cuttings in close frames. 



Balsamodendron . Btirscracecr. 



Increased by cuttings taken from the ripe young wood, 

 in spring, and placed under a hand-glass, in bottom heat. 



Balsam-tree. See Clusia. 



Bambusa (Bamboo). Graminea:. 



Propagated by careful division of well-developed plants, 

 in early spring, just as new growth is commencing ; estab- 

 lish the divisions in pots. If young shoots are layered, 

 leave only the end exposed. 



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