Green-House

Aloes, propagate by slips, suckers, etc, b. - Budding, finish, b. - Dress every plant as occasion offers. - Earth, give to Oranges, etc.; stir the surface frequently.- Oranges, Lemons, etc, bud, b. - Peat-mould plants, especially heaths, keep assiduously supplied with water. - Potted Plants, continue outside the house until the end of the month. - Seedlings, transplant singly. - Shifting into larger pots, finish. - Succulent Plants, as Aloes, etc, propagate by slips, etc, b. - Water freely and daily in dry weather.

Aulax

Two species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sand and a little loam.

Averrhoa

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam.

Aviary

This building, devoted to the rearing of birds distinguished for the beauty either of their notes or plumage, is rarely admitted within a garden, and still more rarely are they sufficiently ornamental or sufficiently free from disagreeables to be a source of pleasure.

Ayenia

Two species. Stove evergreens. Cuttings. Rich loam.

Azara

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. - Sandy loam.

Azorean Fennel

See Fino-chio.

Babiana

Eighteen species. Green-house bulbs. Offsets or seeds. Sand, loam and peat.

Bacazia

Bacazia spinosa. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Baccharis

Ploughman's Spikenard. Twelve species. Chiefly stove and green-house evergreen shrubs. B. glomeriflora and halimifolia are hardy deciduous. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Bactris

Seven species. Palms. Stove. Seed. Sandy loam.

Badger's Bane

Badger's Bane, Aconitum meloc-tonum.

Baeckia

Nine species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. - Loam and peat.

Baking

Baking is a term descriptive of the hard impervious state of clayey soils, long exposed to drought. It can be prevented only by altering the staple of the soil, by the admixture of sand, chalk, coal-ashes, and other less cohesive matters than clay.

Balantium

Balantium culcita. Stove fern. Division. Peat and loam.

Balsam Or Ladies' Slippers

Balsam Or Ladies' Slippers (Impatiens triflora). The cultivation of this common yet beautiful half hardy annual is so thoroughly understood, as not to require remark farther than "we believe it to be true, that old seeds produce finer balsams under equal circumstances than new seeds; and the reason is thought to be, that the plants raised from old seeds are not so vigorous as others." - Gard. Chron.

Balsam Apple

Momordica balsaminea.

Balsamina

Balsam. Eleven species. Green-house annuals. Seeds. Light rich loamy soil.

Balsamodendron

Balsamodendron zeylanicum. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Balsam-Tree

Clusia.

Banana-Tree

Musa Sa-pientum.

Bane-Berry

Actaea.

Banntsteria

Thirteen species. Chiefly stove evergreen twining plants. Cuttings. Loam and sandy peat.

Banksia

Forty-two species. Green-house evergreen shrubs, except B. verticillata, which is a tree. Ripe , cuttings or seeds. Sandy peat.

Baobab-Tree

Adansonia.