Increased by cuttings taken from ripened wood; place in sand, under a hand-glass, in a strong, moist heat. =Basswood.= See Tilia. =Bastard Balm.= See Melittis. =Bastard Cedar.= See Cedrela. =Bastard Indigo.= See Amorpha. =Batatas.= See Ipomæa and Sweet Potato. =Batemannia.= _Orchideæ._ Increased by divisions and offsets. =Batschia.= See Lithospermum. =Bauera.= _Saxifrageæ._ Propagated by cuttings placed in sandy soil under a glass. =Bauhinia= (Mountain Ebony). _Leguminosæ._ Propagated by cuttings, which should be taken when the wood is neither very ripe nor very young. The leaves must be dressed off, and the cuttings planted in sand under a glass in moist heat. Also by seeds. =Bayberry.= See Myrica. =Bean.= _Leguminosæ._ Seeds; sow only after the weather is thoroughly settled for out-door culture. =Bean Caper.= See Zygophyllum. =Bean, Sacred, or Water.= See Nelumbium. =Beard-tongue.= See Pentstemon. =Bear's Breech.= See Acanthus. =Bear's Grass.= See Yucca. =Beaucarnea.= _Liliaceæ._ Increased chiefly by seeds which have been imported from their native country. By cuttings, when obtainable. =Beaufortia=, including Schizopleura. _Myrtaceæ._ Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots; place in a sandy soil under a glass, with very little heat. =Beaumontia.= _Apocynaceæ._ Increased by cuttings placed in sand in bottom heat. =Bedfordia.= _Compositæ._ Increased by cuttings, which should be dried a little before inserting them in a light soil. =Beech.= See Fagus. =Beefwood.= See Casuarina. =Beet= (_Beta vulgaris_). _Chenopodiaceæ._ Seeds, sown very early. =Befaria=, Bejaria. _Ericaceæ._ Propagated by cuttings of young wood, placed in sandy soil, in gentle heat. =Begonia.= _Begoniaceæ._