182 THE NURSERY LIST. 



Banana and Plantain { Miisa sapitntiiui. J/ paradisiaca and 

 others). Sii/aininciT. 

 Edible bananas rarely produce seed.^. The young: 

 plants are obtained from suckers, which sprinsr from the 

 main rootstock. These suckers are transplanted when 

 2 or 3 feet hio;h. These plants themsehes do not produce 

 so o;ood crops as the suckers wliich arise from them, and 

 are not transplanted. Two or three suckers are sufficient 

 for a plant at a time ; what others arise should be trans- 

 planted or destroyed. The suckers should be set deep, 

 as Ion' as two feet for best results. In fifteen or ei.a;hteen 

 months the plants will bloom, if they have had ijood care. 

 The stem bears fruii but once, but new stems arise to take 

 its place. See INIusa, 



Baneberry. See Actrea, 



Banksia. Pro/cact-u-. 



Seeds are \"ery unsatisfactory. Propagated by well- 

 ripened cuttin_L;s taken off at a joint, and placed in pots of 

 sand without shortening any of the leaves, except on the 

 p.irt that is |5lanted in the sand, where they should be 

 t ik;n olT quite close. The less depth the better, so hm;; 

 as they stand firm. Place them under hand-.a:lasses in a 

 propagating house, but do not plunge them in heat. 



Baptisia. Lrginiiinoscr. 



Increased by seeds, which shoukl be sown in sand and 

 leaf mold in the open, or in pots placed in a coldlrame. 

 By divisions, 



Barbadoes Gooseberry. See Pereskia, 



Barbarea i Winter Cress, -A.nierican Cress, Upland Cress), 

 Criici/ti'cc 

 Increased by seeds ( chiefly ', divisions, suckers and cut- 



tiiv.::s. 



Barberry \Berbcris vtilgaris. etcV Bcrbt'iidacccT. 



Propagated by stratified seeds, or \>\ suckers, layers and 

 cuttings of inature wood. Layers are usually allowed to 

 remain two years. Rare sorts are sometimes grafted on 

 common stocks. 



Jarkeria species of Epidcudrum). OrchiJaiar . 



Prop.igated by divisions made just before new growth 

 coinmences. See under Orchids. 



