Bromelia

Fifteen species. Chiefly stove herbaceous perennials. B. discolor is an evergreen shrub; B. exudans, an epiphyte. Suckers. Rich loamy soil.

Bromheadia

Bromheadia palustri\s. Stove epiphyte. Offsets. Peal and potsherds.

Brongniartia

Brongniartia, podalyrioides. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Broom

See Besom.

Brosimum

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loamy soil.

Brotera

Brotera, corymbosa. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Loam and peat.

Broughtonia

Two species. Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood.

Broussonetia

Two species. Hardy deciduous trees. Cuttings. Light open soil.

Browallia

Four species. Greenhouse annuals. Seeds. Rather sandy soil.

Brownea

Five species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Brownlowia

Brownlowia elata. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loamy soil.

Brugmansia

Four species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. B. Way-manii is a stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Rich soil.

Bruise

See Canker.

Brunia

Eighteen species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Rrunnichia

Rrunnichia cirrhosa. Green-house evergreen climber. Cuttings. Loamy soil.

Brunonia

Brunonia australis. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Loamy soil. A frame or cool green-house is suited for its growth.

Brunsfelsia

Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Good rich soil.

Brya

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings or seed. Very rich soil.

Bryophyllum

Bryophyllum calicinum. Stove evergreen shrub. Leaves. Rich loamy soil.

Bucida

Bucida buceras. Stove evergreen tree. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.

Buds

The buds are organized parts of a plant, of an ovate or conical form, and containing the rudiments of future branches, leaves, and flowers, which remain latent until circumstances favour their development. The same buds accordingly, as circumstances vary, produce either flowers or leaves. Buds spring from the alburnum, to which they are always connected by central vessels.

Buddlea

Twelve species. Stove or green-house evergreen shrubs. B. globosa is hardy. Layers or cuttings. Loam and peat.

Buff-Tip Moth

See Bombyx.

Buginvilljea

Buginvilljea spectabilis. Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings. Loamy soil.

Bugle

See Ajuga.

Buisson

Buisson, is a fruit tree on a very low stem, and with a head closely pruned.

Bulbine

Twenty-one species. Chiefly green-house herbaceous perennials. B. frutescens, B. rostrata, B. suavis are evergreen shrubs; B. bisul-cata, is a hardy bulb. Cuttings, offsets, sinkers. Sandy loam or rich mould.

Bulbocodium

Two species. Hardy bulbous perennials. Offsets. Sandy loam and peat.

Bullace Tree

Prunus insititia.

Bull Grape

Vitis rotundifolia.

Bulliarda

Bulliarda vaillanti. Hardy aquatic annual. Seeds. Loam and peat.

Bumelia

Fourteen species. Stove evergreen trees, or hardy deciduous shrubs or trees. Cuttings. Loamy soil, or loam and peat.

Bunchosia

Eleven species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Loam, sand and peat.