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in sand, and plunged into a brisk bottom 
beat. 
BANK SI A (Robert Brown.) Nat. 
Ord. Protectees. Noble ornaments of 
the conservatory, remarkable for the 
beauty of their foliage; they require to 
have the pots well drained, and to be 
grown in sandy peat: a cool part of the 
house in winter, and a shaded situation 
out of doors through the summer, are 
most proper for them; propagation is 
usually effected by seeds sown in a sandy 
peat on a gentle heat, though not plung¬ 
ed, and cuttings may be struck in the 
same manner; in either case the young 
plants should be potted separately as 
soon as it is known they have roots, and 
afterwards receive the cool treatment 
necessary to the mature specimens. The 
whole of them are derived from New 
Holland or New South Wales. 
BAPTISIA (R. Brown.) Nat. Ord. 
Leguminous. Rather pretty border plants,^ 
with white, blue, or yellow flowers, grow¬ 
ing rapidly in common soil, and increased 
by division. Natives of North America. 
BARKERIA (Knowles and Wes- 
cot.) Nat. Ord. Orchidaces. One of 
the most beautiful of recently introduced 
Orchidaceous plants; the species thrive 
best when fastened to billets of wood 
suspended from the roof of a stove; they 
require abundance of moisture while 
growing, and should have plenty of air 
admitted to them when about three parfs 
grown, to mature the new parts and in¬ 
duce an abundant flowering; less water 
and a comparatively low temperature will 
preserve them best through the winter. 
BARLERIA (Linn.) Nat. Order 
Acanthaces. Interesting dwarf stove 
plants, which grow best hi peat and 
loam enriched with rotten manure; the 
flowers, which are copiously produced 
in healthy specimens, are very pretty; the 
species are easily propagated by cuttings 
of the young wood planted in sand, and 
plunged in a gentle bottom heat. 
BARTONIA (Pursh.) Nat. Order 
Loasaces. B. aurea , large yellow, and 
B. albescens, white, are well known beau¬ 
tiful annuals, deserving of culture in 
every garden, provision being made for 
their somewhat straggling habit, either 
by sowing where space can be allowed, 
or by correcting it by tyeing, pegging, 
&c.; the other species B. nuda and B. 
ornata , are biennials, which require to be 
protected in a frame through the winter;, 
their flowers are white, expanding at 
night, and possessing a very agreeable 
perfume. 
BATATUS (G. Don.) Nat. Order 
Convolmdaces. Handsome stove climb¬ 
ers, displaying numerous large flowers, 
the prevailing colour of which is purple; 
the species have all tuberous roots, and 
should be grown in rich earth and trained 
over the pillars or roof of the house, re¬ 
ceiving plenty of air and water through 
the summer, and may be kept quite dry 
in winter; increase is easily obtained by 
cuttings taken off in spring, and struck 
in sandy peat on a gentle hot-bed. 
BAUHINIA (Pltjmier.) Nat. Ord. 
Leguminoss. Handsome stove plants, at¬ 
taining a considerable size, and produc¬ 
ing large white flowers on most of the 
species; the whole of them grow well in 
fibrous peat, if placed in a temperature 
of about 65°. The climbing species are 
very ornamental, but require a consider¬ 
able space to develop themselves pro¬ 
perly in. 
BEAUEORTIA (R, Brown.) Nat. 
Order Myrtaces. A small genus of very 
desirable greenhouse plants, from New 
Holland; should be grown in peat loam 
and silver sand, in equal quantities, and 
in a cool part of the greenhouse will 
flower splendidly: the flowers are scarlet, 
pink, or red; propagated by cuttings of 
the half ripened wood, planted in a pot 
of sandy peat, and covered with a small 
glass without the aid of bottom heat. 
BEGONIA (Linn.) Nat. Order Be- 
goniaces. All the species of Begonia 
are interesting and beautiful winter or¬ 
naments of the stove or warm green¬ 
house, of the simplest culture in any rich 
soil if allowed an abundant supply of 
water: cuttings may be struck without 
trouble. The following are a few of the 
most beautiful: argyrostigma, coccinea , 
heracleifulia, Inmilis, lucida, manicata, 
Martianm picta, reniformis , sanguinea. 
BELLIS (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Compo¬ 
st ts. The common daisy and its varieties 
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