BRAVO A — BRODIiEA — BULBOCUDIOI. 45 



BLOOD-KOOT. 

 See Sanguinaria. 



BRAVOA. 



This genus contains but a solitary species, B. gem- 

 iniflora, a very beautiful and graceful little pseudo- 

 bulb, a native of Mexico. It is half hardy, flowering 

 freely in the borders, but requiring protection during 

 winter. The numerous flowers are bright red, or crim- 

 son, borne on slender stalks about one foot high, in 

 clusters. The leaves are narrow, produced in a tuft, 

 from the center of which the flower-stalk arises. It is 

 rarely seen in cultivation, although well deserving it. 

 The plant is propagated by division. 



BRODIiEA. 



A genus of very pretty half-hardy bulbs, with small, 

 tubular flowers, mostly blue, borne in large clusters or 

 umbels. The leaves are rush-like, from two to four in 

 number ; the flower stem proceeds from the root, usually 

 straight, slender but strong. The species are of easy 

 culture, either in pots or in the border. Increased 

 freely by offsets, which should be left undisturbed with 

 the parent bulbs till they reach a flowering state, when 

 there will be a natural division, then separate and 

 replant in autumn. 



BRUNSVIGIA. 



See Page 18. 



BULBOC ODIUM. 



These are very pretty bulbous plants, somewhat 

 resembling the crocus. There are, in the genus, two 

 distinct classes, one flowering in the spring, the other 

 in autumn. 



B. vernum. — Among the earliest of spring-flower- 

 ing plants, the flowers preceding the foliage ; and, like 



