Increased by layers or by ripened cuttings, which should be taken off at a joint and placed in sand under a hand-glass in bottom heat.

Berkheya. Compositæ.

The herbaceous perennials usually by divisions of the plant in spring; the other species by cuttings placed under a glass.

Bertolonia. Melastomaceæ.

Propagated by seeds and cuttings.

Berzelia. Bruniaceæ.

Increased by young cuttings inserted in sand under a bell-glass, in gentle heat.

Besleria, Eriphia. Gesneraceæ.

Increased by cuttings placed in heat.

Bessera. Liliaceæ.