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STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



Balm of heaven, 583 



Balsam-root, 81 



Bamboo, 82, 290; sacred, 38a 



Banana, 372, 373; Abyssinian, 372; Chinese dwarf, 



372 

 Banyan, 268 

 Baobab, 24 

 Barbadoes pride, 24 

 Barbary-gum, 19 

 Barbe de Capuchin, 167 



Barberry, 86, 88; American, 87; Asiatic, 87; blue, 

 88; Darwin's, 87; Fuegian, 88; hairy, 88; Indian, 

 88; Magellan, 87; Nepal, 87; Siberian, 88 

 Barley, 306; battledore, 308; big, 307; maned, 307; 

 Nepal, 307; Red Sea, 306; six-lined, 307; sprat, 

 308; squirrel- tail, 307; winter, 307 

 Basil, sweet, 390 

 Basswood, 571 

 Bay, 329; sweet, 329 

 Beam tree, white, 472 



Bean: Algaroba, 156; asparagus, 246; bona vista, 

 245; broad, 593; caffir, 526; civet, 418; coffee, 291 ; 

 common, 422; Dutch caseknife, 421 ; English, 593; 

 European, 593; goa, 468; horse, 131, 593; horse- 

 eye, 371; hyacinth, 245; kidney, 422; lima, 418; 

 locust, 156; moth, 418; mung, 422; negro, 371; 

 pishurim, 79; potato, 404; prairie, 422; rice, 418; 

 screw, 455; sieva, 418; soja, 291 ; soy, 291 ; sword, 

 131, 254; wild, 46, 54; Windsor, 593; yard-long, 

 246 

 Bean tree, 358 



Bearberry, 63, 489 ; alpine, 63 

 Bear's-foot, 23 

 Bedstraw, 285; yellow, 285 

 Beech, American, 266; European, 267 

 Beef-wood, 63 

 Beet, 89; Chilian, 89; sea, 89; sea-kale, 89; Sicilian, 



89; spinach, 89; sugar, 89 

 Beggar's buttons, 62 

 Begonia, 85 

 Bela tree, 25 



Bellflower, 129; creeping, 129 

 Belwort, 585 

 Benjamin bush, 337 

 Bennels, 43b 

 Benzoin, 560; false, 567 

 Bere, 307 

 Bergamont, 174 

 Bergamot, 173, 174 

 Betel nut, 63 

 Bilberry, 586; bog, 587; dwarf, 585; Jamaica, 586; 



Kamchatka, 587 

 Bilimbi, 79 



Bindweed, 127; field, 188; sea, 127 

 Bine, 308 



Birch, black, 95; canoe, 95; cherry, 95; Indian, 123; 

 lady, 95; mahogany, 95; paper, 95; red, 95; river, 

 95; sweet, 95; white, 95 

 Bird of paradise flower, 559 

 Biscuitroot, 415 

 Bishop's leaves, 529 



Bishop's-weed, 25 



Bistort, 449 



Bitter sweet, 155 



Bitterwood, 606 



Blackberry, 511; cut-leaved, 508; European, 507; 



evergreen, 508; low, 506; parsley-leaved, 508; 



running, 507; sand, 506; swamp, 507; trailing, 



506; western, 511 

 Blackcap, 509 



Blackthorn, 465; West Indian, 19 

 Blackwood, 20 



Bladder nut, American, 557; European, 557 

 Blaeberry, 586 

 Blimbing, 79 



Blito, 161; strawberry, 161; wild, 43 

 Bloodwort, 514 

 Blueberry, early, 587; high, 585; low, 588; low sweet, 



587; sour-top, 585; swamp, 585; velvet-leaf, 585 

 Blue- wood, 188 

 Bobbins, 70 

 Bolbonac, 341 

 Boldu, 418 

 Boneset, 560 

 Borage, 97; country, 185 

 Borecole, 100 

 Bottle tree, 558 

 Bottle-brush tree, 83 

 Box, 123; Chinese, 372; marmalade, 289; mountain, 



63 

 Bracken, 470 

 Brake, 470 

 Bramble, 507; Arctic, 505; Australian, 510; crimson, 



505; dog, 495; stone, 510 

 Brank, 266 

 Brawlins, 63 

 Brazil nut, 89 

 Bread root, 469 

 Bread tree, 318 



Breadfruit, 67, 404, 405; Hottentot, 253 

 Breadfruit tree, 574 

 Breadnut, 121 

 Bread-plant, tartar, 196 

 Breadroot, 415 

 Briar, green, 538 

 Broccoli, 100 

 Brooklime, 591 



Broom, 231 ; butcher's, 515; Scotch, 231; sweet, 528 

 Broom-weed, 189 

 Brownwort, 529 

 Brussels sprouts, 100 

 Bryony, black, 563; red, 122; white, 121 

 Buckbean, 361 

 Buckeye, 26 

 Buckrams, 40 



Buckthorn, 489; false, 122; sea, 305; western, 122 

 Buckwheat, 266; notch-seeded, 266; perennial, 266; 



Tartarian, 266 

 Buffalo berry, 533 

 Buffalo-nut, 472 

 Bugloss, 50 

 Bullace, 461, 602 



