Bachelor’s Button. — Hardy Annual. Sow in open ground, in 
May or first of June; transplant to six inches apart. 
Beans, Scarlet Runner. Tender Annual Climber, Do not 
plant until sottlcd warm weather and the ground is in good condition, 
they require same treatment as common garden beans. In planting, he 
careful to place the eye of the bean DOWN. 
Begonia. — (Tuberous Rooted Varieties.) These magnificent varie- 
ties lmvo become exceedingly popular and can be grown from seed. They 
germinate well and it only requires a little care to grow the plants. Sow 
seed in February or March in pots on a surface of fine soil and cover with 
glass. Take great car® not to wash out the young plants in watering; 
they will give an adundanco of bloom the first, year. At the end of the 
season the plants may be dried off by withholding water, the tubers gath- 
ered and kept in a dry place, free from frost, and planted the following 
spring, when they will bloom more freely than ever. Tubers are offered 
for sale l>y some, but they are very expensive, and a single packet of seed, 
if properly handled, will furnish what would cost muny dollars. 
Begonia. (Fibrous Rooted.) From seed sown in February or 
March, and with generous treatment, plants may be flowered within six 
months. Sow again in July or August for spring and early summer flow- 
ering. A temperature of about 05 degrees is necessary, well drained pots, 
und a good mixture of soil. Prick off the seedlings while quite small, 
and shift on as the pots become filled with roots. As Begonia seed Is slow 
and irregular in germinating, the sowing should be thin, so that seed- 
lings can be lifted without disturbing the adjacent seed. 
Beilis — (Double Daisy.) Half Hardy Perennial. Sow in May and 
transplant eight inches apart. 
Bird Of Paradise.— (Poinciuna Glllosi .) Ornamental Shrub. — 
Seed being lurgo and hard, should he soaked for a few hours in lukewarm 
water before planting in box In house. Give gentle bottom heat If pos- 
sible. A mixture of loam and leaf mould suits it best. Cuttings are some- 
what difficult to root, lmt will succeed if taken off the mother plant In a 
growing state and planted in sand, with a hand glass placed over them 
in heat. 
Blue Daisy. — (Agatliaca Coelestls.) Perennial. Allied to Cineraria, 
and requiring the same treatment. Young cuttings root freely In a gentle 
heat, ut all times; and the plant may be had in flower all the year ’round. 
Bryonia.— Half Hardy Annual. A rapid grower and of easy culture; 
should be planted and treated the same as Gourds, of which it is a 
species. Rich loam is the soil most suitable for their cultivation. 
Butterfly Tulip.— Bulbous plant, from the banks of the Cimar- 
ron River, Oklahoma, called by the Indians who gather them during tho 
summer season, “Indian Tulips.” They grow 12 to 18 inches high and 
continue to bloom from middle of June to October loth, ouch stalk having 
from Id to 50 blossoms which uro purple and white. Succeed best iu 
light, sandy soil. 
Cacalia.— Hardy Perennial. (For culture, see “Senecio.”) 
Calceolaria.— Skkds op GnKBimousE Plants, especially Calceolaria, 
require extra care iu sowing, as the seeds uro very fine and delicate. The 
pans must he well drained, say half filled with crocks, and on this u 
layer of rough fibrous peat or turf, and fill up with a compost of the fol- 
lowing proportions: Two-thirds light, rich loam, one-third peat, silver 
sand and thoroughly decayed cow manure, the whole thoroughly well 
mixed together. Make the surfuce as smooth as possible and sprinkle a 
little silver sand over it; water with a fine hose; after the pans have 
thoroughly drained, the seed must be very evenly and thoroughly sown — 
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