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Broussonetia papyrifera, Ventenat. 



The " Paper Mulberry-tree." Islands of the Pacific Ocean, China, 

 Japan, perhaps only truly indigenous in the last-named country. The 

 bark of this tree or shrub can be converted into very strong paper. 

 It can also be used for textile fabrics; furthermore, the cloth made 

 from it can be dressed with linseed-oil for waterproof coverings. In 

 cultivation the plant is kept like an osier. The leaves cannot be 

 used for silkworms. European fabrics have largely superseded the 

 clothing made of this plant in the South-Sea-Islands. 



Buchloe dactyloides, Engelmann.* 



The true Buffalo-grass of Kansas, also known as one of the mes- 

 quite-grasses, naturally extending from Canada to Texas, forming a 

 large proportion of the food of the buffaloes on the prairies (Engel- 

 mann). Dioecious, creeping, only rising to half a foot or less, but 

 overpowering the Boutelouas. It is extremely fattening, but apt to 

 be suppressed by coarser grasses on ground, where these are not 

 trampled out or kept down by pasture-animals. One of the best of 

 summer-grasses, resisting also some frost. 



Buddlea Asiatica, Loureiro. 



Continental and .insular India up to 7,000 feet, thence to China, 

 the Philippines and New Guinea. Shrub, attaining to 15 feet; 

 eligible for ornamental copses; flowers produced in profusion, sweet- 

 scented. 



Buddlea Colvillei, J. Hooker and Thomson. 



Himalayan mountains at elevations of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. One 

 of the hardiest of all species, attaining a height of 20 feet, but not so 

 quick of growth as some other kinds. Extremely handsome, with its 

 masses of dark-crimson flowers (Gamble). 



Buddlea globosa, Lamarck. 



Andes of Chili and Peru. Withstands the winter-cold of Arran. 

 The author has in this as in a very few other instances broke 

 through the rule, adopted for this work, not to accept into it any 

 plant on ornamental value alone; but on the present species almost 

 all the praise of B. Madagascariensis can also be bestowed, and it is 

 really useful likewise for screening unsightly fences quickly and also 

 for other kinds of hedgings. A similar species from the same geo- 

 graphic region is B. connata (Ruiz and Pavon). 



Buddlea macrostachya, Bentham. 



Mountains of India from 3,000 to 7,000 feet. Shrub with 

 fragrant spikes; flowers with yellowish tube, bluish limb and orange- 

 colored throat. Highly desirable for sesthetic culture with several 

 ' congeners. 



