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Apple (Pyrus). The whole apple family is here meant 

 see FRUIT-BLOSSOMS. 



Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca), California. 



Archas sapota, sapodilla ; fruit-tree of the tropics ; Florida. 



Ash (Fraxinus ornus) or flowering or manna ash; planted 

 south for its beauty. 



Asters (Aster) of many species almost everywhere see 

 ASTERS. 



Asparagus (Asparagus offirinalis), cultivated. 



Artichoke, true or globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus). 



Avocada pear (Per sea gratissima), Florida. 



Banana (Musa sapientum and M. Cavendishii), Florida 

 and the tropics generally. 



Berberry (Berberis vulgaris). 



Basil, or mountain mint (Pycnanthemum lanceolatum). 



Basswood, or American linden (Tilia Americana, also 

 T. heterophylla), Southern Kentucky, and Allegheny Moun- 

 tains see BASSWOOD. 



Beans (Phaseolus lunatus), lima beans in California; 

 horse beans (P. nanus) in British Isles and Holland. 



Bee-balm (Melissa officinalis), garden flower. 



Beggar- tick, or burr marigold (Bidens frondosa), United 

 States see SPANISH NEEDLE. 



Bellflower, Christmas bells, Christmas pop, aguinaldo, 

 campanilla, etc. (Ipomea sidcefolia), of Cuba, Jamaica, and 

 other West India islands and Mexico. 



Bergamot (Monarda fatulosa), a kind of mint; United 

 States. 



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