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BUFFALO BERRY 



by greenwood-cuttings under glass, or by hardwood cut- 

 tings taken off in fall and kept during the winter in a 

 frost-proof room. 



A. Flu. in panicles. 



B. Corolla small, with long, narrow tube, }4~^ '"• long. 



0. Color violet or lilac. 



Jap6nica, Hemsl. {B. cnrviflora, Hort., not Hook. & 

 Am.)- Three to 6 ft., with quadrangular, winged 

 branches : Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, remotely 

 denticulate, slightly tomentose or nearly glabrous be- 

 neath, 3-6 in. long : lis. in dense, terminal, pendulous 

 racemes, 4-8 in. long ; corolla slightly curved, lilac 

 outside, with grayish tomentum. Japan. I. H. 17:25. 

 R. H. 1870, p. 337, and 1878, p. 330. 



Lindley&na, Fort. Three to 6 ft. : Ivs, ovate or oblong- 

 lauceolate, acuminate, remotely denticulate, pale green 

 beneath, and slightly pube.scent or glabrous, 2-4 in. long: 

 racemes dense, erect, 3-.t in. long ; corolla purplish 

 violet, slightly curved, pubescent outside. China. B.R. 

 32: i. F. 8.2:112. P.M. 14:5. 



intermedia, Carr. {B. JnpdnicaX Lindleydna). Hy- 

 brid of garden origin, similar in habit to B. Japonica. 

 Lvs. ovate-oblong, dark green above, 4-5 in. long : fls. 

 violet, in slender, arching or pendulous racemes, 10-20 

 in. long. R. H. 1873: 151. Var. insii^niB, Hort. {B. in- 

 slgnis, Carr.), has the upright habit of B. Lindleyana. 

 Branches distinctly winged : lvs. oblong-lanceolate, of- 

 ten in 3's : racemes erect, rather dense, 4-6 in. long, 

 usually panicled at the end of the branches, with rosy 

 violet fls. B.H. 1878: 330. 



variibilis, Hemsl. Three to 8 ft.: lvs. nearly sessile, 

 ovate-lauceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely ser- 

 rate, whitish-tomentose beneath, 4-10 in. long : fis. in 

 dense, terminal, erect panicles, 4-6 in. long : corolla 

 lilac, with orange-yellow mouth, glabrous outside. 

 China. B.M. 7609. R.H. 1898: 132. G.C. IH, 24: 139.- 

 A newly introduced, very handsome species, with showy 

 and fragrant fls. 



00. Color yellow. 



Madagascaritosis, Lam. Shrub, 6-12 ft., with densely 

 tomentose branchlets : lvs. ovate-oblong, rounded or 

 slightly cordate at the base, acuminate, entire, dark 

 green and lustrous above, whitish or yellowish tomen- 

 tose beneath : fls. tomentose outside, in large terminal 

 panicles, appearing during the winter. Madagascar. 

 B.R. 15:1259. B. M. 2824. -Hardy only in subtropical 

 regions. 



BB. Corolla with broad cylindrical tube, limb over 

 1 in. broad. 



C61yillei, Hook. & Thorns. Shrub, occasionally tree, 

 to 30 ft. : lvs. elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, serrate, 

 pubescent, and pale or grayish green beneath, 5-7 in. 

 long : panicles broad, pendulous, 12-18 in. long ; corolla 

 purple or crimson, with white mouth. B. M. 7449. R.H. 

 1893:520. I. H. 41:10. F.S. 14:1487. J. H. Ill, 31: 85.- 

 The most beautiful of all Buddleias, and a very desirable 

 shrub for warmer temperate regions ; only older plants 

 flower freely. 



AA. Fl.f. in globular heads. 



globdsa, Lam. Three to 10 ft., with the branches and 

 lvs. beneath yellowish-tomentose : lvs. ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, crenate, rugose above, 3-7 in. 

 long : fls. orange-yellow, in dense, long-peduncled, 

 axillary heads at the ends of the branches ; fragrant. 

 Chile. B.M. 174. — A graceful and very distinct shrub, 

 standing some degrees of frost. 



B. Americana, Linn. Eight to 12 ft. : fls. in globular clusters, 

 forming terminal panicles. Pern. Tender.— B. Asidtica. Lour. 

 Three to 15 ft.: fls. white, in long, usually panicled spikes, fi 

 grant. S.Asia. B. M. 6323.— J?. cai^i(dia, Jacq.=B. globosa.— 

 B. crispa, Benth.= B. panieulata.— .B. heterophylla, Lindl.= B 

 Madagascariensis.— .ff. Ne^mda, Roxb.= B. Asiatica.—B. i>amc 

 ulata. Wall. (B. crispa. Bentli.), 6-15 ft.: fls. lilac, in rather 

 dense panicles; branches and lvs. tomentose. B.M. 4793. F.S 

 !): 958.— if. salicifblia, Jacq.= Chilianthus arlinreus.— iJ. salici 

 fblia, Hort.= B. Lindleyana.— iJ. saligna, Willd.= Cliilianthus 

 arboreus. Alfred Rehdek. 



BUEL, JESSE. American agriculturist and editor, 

 was iHirn at Coventry, Conn., Jan. 4, 1778, and died at 

 Danbui\ . Conn., (Jet. 6, 1839. He lived at Albany from 

 1813 until 1821, when he retired to his farm near by. He 

 was one of the founders, in 1834, of The Cultivator, a 

 monthly, "to improve the soil and the mind," the sub- 

 scription price of which was fifty cents a year. In 1866, 

 The Cultivator was merged with The Country Gentle- 

 man, a weekly founded in 1853, and The Cultivator and 

 Country Gentleman is, therefore, the oldest surviving 

 American agricultural paper. 



BUFFALO BEERY. Fig. 282. Shephirdia arghitea, 

 Nutt. {lyepargifnpa argentea . Greene) . Fliragndceip. The 



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282. Buffalo berry (X %) 



Buffalo Berry has been long before the public, but it is 

 only within the last few years that it has attained any 

 prominence as a fruit plant. In Hovey's Magazine of 

 Horticulture for 1841, page 251, it is mentioned as fre- 

 quently cultivated, indicating that it found its way into 

 our gardens earlier than the blackberry. Its position to- 

 day bears evidence that no such place was awaiting it 

 as stood ready for tlif Idai-kberrv. cir tliat if thrre were, 

 it has lamentably tail.-.l in attc'itii.tin- to till it. The 

 plant did not tind its iilarc as a mltivafi-d slirub until 

 the settlement of the West created a demand for hardy 

 and drought-resisting fruits. The plant belongs to the 

 Oleaster family, and now bears the name of. Le pa rgyrcpa 

 argentea (Nutt.), though more commonly known as 

 Shepherdia argentea. It occurs commonly throughout 

 the Rocky Mountain region and the dry plains to the 

 eastward, from Saskatchewan to Colorado, and even 

 New Mexico. Its fruit is frequently used for .ielly, and 

 is sprightly and agreeable, but small, with a single large 

 seed, and borne among numerous thorns, so that it is 

 far less promising than most of our other garden fruits. 

 Apparently its chief value lies in its adaptability to 

 regions where more desirable bush-fruits can not be 

 grown. Where the currant thrives, there is little need 

 for the Buffalo Berry, except as a novelty or for orna- 

 ment. It possfsscs 4)rnanK'ntal <iualitii's of value, and 

 may well be j)huit(d for tliat iturposc. It is often recom- 

 mended as a h.-<lgt' idant for the Northwest. There are 

 two forms, one bearing bright red and the other yellow 

 fruit. The plant propagates readily, either by seeds or 

 cuttings, and also by the suckers which sometimes 

 spring up about the base of the plants. It is dioecious, 

 and ]»otli staiiiiuati- :ni<l pistiUate plants must be grown 

 together, or no fruit will result. These may be distin- 

 guished by the buds in winter, those of the pistillate 



