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and in autumn feathery plumes of sweet-scented 
golden-yellow blossoms appear. There is a variety 
called albicaulis, dwarfer in habit, and having wliitish 
stems. The culture and propagation is exactly the 
same as for the Michaelmas Daisies (see p. 40). 
BOLTONIA. — These plants, sometimes called False 
Asters, are very closely related to the true Asters or 
Michaelmas Daisies, and require precisely the same 
treatment. They flourish in ordinary soil, and are 
easily increased by division or seed. The best known 
kinds are: asteroicles, 3 to 6 feet high, with large trusses 
of blusli-white blossoms, and its variety decurrens 
with larger pink flowers and winged stems ; incisa, 4 
feet high, with white flowers ; and latisquama, 3 to 4 
feet high, with bright lilac blossoms. All the kinds 
are excellent plants for cutting, and may be had in 
bloom from July to September, or later. 
BRACHYCOME iberidifolia ( Swan River Daisy ). — A 
pretty Australian annual, 8 to 12 inches high, having 
finely-divided leaves and loose clusters of bright blue 
flower-lieads, each an inch across. The variety alba 
has white blossoms, and closely related to it is the 
dwarfer kind called Sinclairi. These plants are best 
treated as half-hardy annuals, and may be raised from 
seed in spring as recommended at p. 8. 
BRYONIA dioica ( Common Bryony ). — This British 
weed is remarkable for its enormous fleshy roots — 
almost as long and as thick as a man’s arm — and for 
the ornamental appearance of its heart-shaped, lobed 
leaves when the stems clamber over old hedges, fences, 
or trellises. The female plants are stdl further beauti- 
fied in autumn, when they are covered with bright 
