Increased by cuttings of the young sterile shoots, which may be planted in sand under a bell-glass, and kept in a moderate heat until rooted, when they should be placed singly in small pots, in a compost of equal parts loam and peat, with a little sand.

Baccharis (Ploughman’s Spikenard). Compositæ.

Propagated by seeds and by cuttings.

Backhousia. Myrtaceæ.

Increased by half-ripened cuttings, in sand, under a bell-glass, in a cool house, during spring.

Bactris. Palmæ.

Increased by suckers, which are very easily produced.

Badamea. See [Terminalia].

Bæa, Dorcoceras. Gesneraceæ.

Propagated easily by seeds.