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BLUEliEUKY 



BOCCONIA 



iiig of mature ago, bi-licvoil to bo tho only cominoroial 

 plantation in oxistonce, which sots forward our kiiowl- 

 <\l(to of yields by at lojist a dooado. Tho plantation is a 

 little less than two and a half acres in oxtonl. It was 

 stnrtt^l in ISS!) in a natural bluoborry bon. which was 

 first drainotl and then sot with unsoloctod wild liluo- 

 berry bushes. Exact records of yield and receipts are 

 available only for the years 1910 to 1912. They are 

 as follows: 



The annual expenses for weeding, cultivation, and 

 irrigation were about $50. The cost of picking was 5 

 cents a quart. The general cost of maintenance of the 

 equipment was about .So per year, the crates and boxes 

 being used repeatedly. 



Estimating an annual charge of $30 for interest, $5 

 for taxes, and $10 for depreciation, the profits for these 

 three j'ears are computed as follows: 



Year Profita per acre 



1910 $10 



1911 139 



1912 147 



It must be borne in mind that these figures are based 

 on the yields from wild bushes transplanted without 

 selection as to individual productiveness or the size 

 of the berries. \\'ith bushes propagated from selected 

 stocks, the yield should be greater and the berries much 

 larger, this greater size probably effecting a reduction 

 in the cost of picking and certainly an increase in the 

 selling price. Frederick V. Coville. 



BLOE FLAG: Iri,. 

 BLUETS: Houitonia. 



BLUMENBACHIA (after Dr. J. F. Blumenbach, pro- 

 fessor at (iottingcn, 17.52-1840). Loasacese. S. Amer- 

 ican plants allied to Lfjasa and Mentzeha (prairie 

 lilies), not cult, in Amer. because of their covering 

 of stinging hairs. The fls. are odd and pretty, axillary, 

 solitary and bracteate: Ivs. opposite, lobed. The 

 garden forms are mostly treated as tender annuals. 

 Prop, by seeds, to be .sown in pots in spring. Trans- 

 plant only when danger from frost is over. 



B. chwpiUinais, Hook. f. Lvs. 8-10 in. long: fla. 1 ^-2 in. long, 

 brick-red, tipped yellow without, and yellow within; petals 5-10, 

 boat-nhaped. Peru, Ecuador. F.S. 22 : 2;j.58. B.M. 6143.— B. 

 em-oruiUt, Haage & Schmidt. 1 J-2 ft.: Ivs. narrow, bi-pinnatifid: 

 &.I. half hidden by the Ivs., 2 in. diain., pure white. R.H. 1874, 



6 58. F.M. 1874. 139.— B. graruiijldra. Don (B. contorta, 

 ook. f. B.M. 61.34). Lv8. 4-6 in. long: flii. 1^-2 in. long, wholly 

 red; scales J^iin. long, cup-shaped, green; stamens in 5 bundles, with 

 long filaments. Peru. B. inirtgnin, Sohrad. 8t. climbing, 4-sided: 

 petals white, unguiculate. B.M. 2865. — li. Utleritia, Brit. (Cajo- 

 pbora lateritia. IV;nth.) Lvs. pinnate, with roundish lobed Ifts; fl.- 

 Htallu, twin, stngle-fld.: fls. orange-red. 8. Amer. B.M. 3632. B.R. 



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BOCCONIA rafter Dr. PatAo Bocconi, Sicilian hotan- 

 i.st and author). I'apaveracea;. Ph;me P(jpi'Y. Thek 

 Cela.vdine. Tall garden herbs, suitable to the hardy 

 Ix^rder. 



Herbs, but sometimes almost ahnibby, glaucous: 

 lvs. lobed: fls. small, many, in terminal panicles; sepals 

 2, colored; petals wanting; stamens many: fr. a .stalked 

 cajw., few-M^ede'i. — Four or 5 species in American trop- 

 ics, and China and Japan. The well-known China-,Iap- 

 anese speci(«t, B. cordata, is by some recent authors 

 referre^i to .Macleya, li. frulencenn and li. inlegrijoli'i 



(!:itter apparently not cult.) representing Bocconia as 

 limited. 



The large, handsome loaves remind one, by their tex- 

 ture and lobing, of bloodroot and Stylophorum, which 

 b(>long to allied gs'noni. The flowers are very unlike 

 our common |)oppios, being small and without petals, 

 but they :ire borne in gro;it feathery or plumy masses, 

 in terminal panicles raised high above the heavy fohage, 

 making the plant unique in its picturesque general 

 appearance. Hence, it is much used for isolated lawn 

 specimens, or for very bold and striking effects, being 

 especially adapted to be viewed at long distances. It 

 is also placed in shrubberies, wild gardens, and at the 

 back of wide borders. It spreads rapidly by suckers, 

 any of which, if detached, will make a strong plant in 

 a single season. The plume poppy seems to be much 

 hardier in America than in the Old World. It was 

 popular early in the century, but was neglected, 



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587. Bocconia cordata. 



probably because it spread so rapidly. Lately it has 

 become popular again. It deserves to be permanently 

 naturalized in the American landscape. To produce 

 the largest specimens, it is well to plant in very rich 

 soil, give the old clumps liquid manure in spring, 

 and cut off the suckers. Propagation chiefly by 

 suckers. See Pflanzenreich, hft. 40, p. 217 for the latest 

 monograph. 



cordata, Willd. (fi. iapdreico, Hort.). Fig. 587. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial: height 5-8 ft.: Ivs. large, glau- 

 cous, heart-shaped, much lobed, deeply veined: fls. 

 pinkish; stamens about 30. China, Japan. B.M. 1905. 

 Gn. .54, p. 279. Gng. 5::342. 



microcarpa, Maxim. Perennial, 9 ft.: fls. golden 

 brown or bronzy, in immense panicles, summer: lvs. 

 much as in B. cordata. N. China. R.H. 1898, p. 362, f. 

 125. 



frutescens, Linn. Perennial, somewhat shrubby, 

 4-9 ft.: lvs. pinnittifid, pale green, often glaucescent 

 beneath, ovate-oblong, cuneate at the base, 6-12 in. 

 long: fls. greenish, the panicle often a foot long. Oct 

 Mex. and Peru. L. B.C.: 83. — Intro, by Franceschi 

 in 1895. 



B. intefjHfdlia. Humb. & Bonpl. 9 ft.: fls. greenish: lvs. nearly 

 entire. Peru. Is sometimes cult. — B. macrocdrpa, B. GirAUia and 

 B. Thu7iht:ro\i are trade names, tlie first two referable to B. cordata. 

 the last probably to B. microcarpa. pr TaYLOR t 



