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A. i/i'S. simple : fh. yellow. 

 simpUcifdlia, Croom. Branchy, 2-3 ft. : Ivs. 2-4 

 loug. sessile, broadly orate and obtuse : fls. in i 

 terminal racemes. Fla. — Int. 1891. 



perloUita, R. Br., of S. Car. and Ga., with small axil- 

 lary fls. and broad perfoliate Ivs., is occasionally planted, 

 and is hardy as far N. as Washington, but is evidently 

 not in the trade. B.M. 3121. 



AA. l/vs. compmtnfl, S-foliolate. 



B. F!,. n.n..,r. 



tinctdria, R. Br. Wii.i' I I i iy branched. 2-4 



ft., glabrous: Ivs. stulkr,:, i ,. )ii,ill. obovate or 



oblanceolate. and nearlv c,r ,|uiir , 1 1- and entire : fls. 

 Kin. long, bright yellow, ni num. r.-u- i. w tld. r.'i.cim s. 

 Common in E. States. B.JI. luUK. .Mr..:i:,sl. 



lanoeolita, Ell. About 2ft., pub. -rmr wh.n y.iunL.-. 



but becoming nearly glabrous : Ivs. sli..ii -stalk. .1. ih.- 



Ifts. thick, lanceolate to obovate and uljtuse : lis. I;iryi-, 



axillary and solitary. Pine barrens, N. Car. S. 



EB. Fls. blue. 



auBtrilis, R. Br. {B.cmrulea, E&t. &Wr. B.exaltata, 

 Sweet). Stout, 4-6 ft., glabrous: Ivs. short-stalked; 

 Ifts. oblanceolate to oval, entire, obtuse : fls. lupine-like, 

 nearly or quite an in. long, in loose-fld., long terminal 

 racemes. Penn. W. and S. J. H. III. 29: 64 ; 34: 511.— 

 Handsome. Probably the best species for cultivation. 

 BBB. Fls. wliite or whitish. 



Alba, R. Br. Wide-branching, 1-3 ft., glabrous : ivs. 

 stalked ; Ifts. oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, thin, dry- 

 ing green : fls. white, Kin. long, in long-peduncled, 

 elongated lateral racemes. N. Car.W. and S. B.M. 1177. 



leuc4ntha,Torr. & Gray. Branching, more or less suc- 

 culent, 2-4 ft., glabrous : Ivs. stalked ; Ifts. obovate to 



B.M. 5H0U. mil. :i: 111. t .>.:i.i: 2-iM. L. H. B. 



BARBAC£;NIA (Barbacena, a Brazilian governor). 

 Amari/llidAeew. About 20 Brazilian plants, with scape 

 bearing a single large purple flower. Grown mostly in 

 baskets, after the manner of many orchids. B. purpiJrea, 

 Hook., is occasionally seen in fine collections, but does 

 not appear to be in tlie Amer. trade. Grown in a warm, 

 moist house. It has many scapes and long, grass-like, 

 toothed Ivs. B.M. 2777. 



BAEBADOES LILY. See Uippeastrum. 



BARBAEfiA (from the old name. Herb of Saint Bar- 

 bara). Crueifene. Hardy biennials, with yellow fls. ; 

 allied to water cress and horseradish. 



vulgaris, R. Br. Common Winter Cbess. Upland 

 Cress. Yellow Rocket. Height 10-18 in.: lower Ivs. 

 lyrate, the terminal lobe round, tin- bifirnl iisiuilly 1-4 

 pairs : upper Ivs. obovate, cut-toutln-i] ;iT tlif t.:t^.'. I'.ti. 

 Asia. —Cult, for salad. Var. variegata, il..it., l\s. 

 splashed and mottled with yellow, is cult. :ts n. Ii.u-.lcr 

 plant, and grows freely in rich soil. If the fls. are picked 

 off, stem and all, before they open, the plant will be 

 practically perennial. A common native. 



prcecoz, R. Br. Early Winter, or Bell Isle Cress. 

 Distinguished by the more numerous divisions of the 

 Ivs. (4-8 pairs). Slightly cult, as a. salad, and known S. as 

 Scurvy Grass. Naturalized from Eu. j_ b_ Keller. 



BAEBE DE CAPUCIN. See Chieory. 



BAEBEEEY. See Berheris. 



BAEBI£;EIA (after J. B. G. Barbier, French physi- 

 cian). Legumindsm. A genus of only two species, one 

 from Porto Rico and one from Peru. Its nearest allies 

 familiar to the horticulturist are Indigophera and Te- 



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phrosia. It is distinguished from allied genera by the 

 long fls. Tender ever;;reen shrubs, with odd-pinnate 

 Ivs., iniTii.i-..iis ( iitin- Ifts.. and awl-shaped stipules : fls. 

 hii'L'i-. I :i.-. iiM'-e 1. .1. I'l-.'p. by seed. 



polyphylla, DC. tChi.'.riii pohjphf/lla, Poir.). Lfts. 

 9-11 i';iii->. .Ilii-tic-obliiiiLr, nuicronate, pubescent with 

 age : racemes fewfld,. shorter than the Ivs.: fls. 2 in. 

 long. Porto Rico. — jS. glabella, Hort., Peter Henderson 

 & Co., 18B9, is probably a variety. 



designate 



BAEK. Is often uswl in .-, ^-rnnrr 

 the softer outer iiiv. I..]"' ..f ;i -t.i 

 sense, it includes all tli.it |„ , N i . ,i.hl\ . ;,s i|,.- bark of the 

 hemlock and oak, tis. .1 iwr taiuiiu:.' 1. aili.r. lu astricter 

 sens,., it is applied t.j IUl- c.jrky hiy.jrs formed on the 

 out. r surface of woody plants. It is fonned from an 

 a. In.' layer of tissue,— the phellogen. The bark is de' 

 \ . l..]. .1 in different ways upon different trees. So dis- 

 titi.t at-.- the resulting tissues that species of trees may 

 lie retidily recognized by their bark alone. Cork of com- 

 merce is the bark of the cork oak, a native of south- 

 western Europe. -w. •^y. Rowlee. 



BAEKfiEIA. fic-eFpicleHdriim. 



PARLfiRIA I.I. Barrelier,lG0G-1673, French botanist). 

 Acai'fln't> , ,1 . .Many species of tropical shrubs, mostly 

 Afrii'aij, s..niitiines seen in fine collections of stove 

 plants, but not offered in the Amer. trade. They have 

 large fls. (yellow, purple or white), often in clusters. 

 Prop, oy softwood cuttings. B. cristita, Linn., E. Ind., 

 is a good blue-fld. bedder. 



BABLEY. Various kinds of Hm-deum of the Giamln- 

 ew. Common Barley is H. satlvmn, Jess. According 

 to Hackel, it "undoubtedly originated from H. spoyifd- 

 ■}teum, C. Koch, which grows wild from Asia Miri'-r and 



Caucasian countries to Persia and Hi-I ■Iii--i:iii. a- w.-II 



as in Syria, Palestine, and Arabia I'.iraa. I'll, .■.nii- 

 mon Barley has a 4-rowed ear or hea.l. 'Di. r. ai.' also 

 2-rowed and 6-rowed races, and other \v. II maikiil Linus. 

 They are probably all domestic forms of one parent stock. 



BAEOSMA (heavy scent). ButAcea. Some 25 to 30 

 South African heath-like shrubs. They are evergreens, 

 iiiiil in till- X. iiiiist be grown under glass. Prop, by 



iiiatnr. u i .nttings. B. pulchMla, Bart. & Wendl., is 



n.iw hail. Ill cl liy lliirists from imported stock. It grows 

 ;j ft. Ill- i.'^s IiiL'li, and has axillary purplish fls., with 5 

 .si|ials, ."i pitals tiiid 10 stamens. 



BAERY, PATEICK. Pl.ite II. Nurseryman, editor 

 ami aiithi.i-: was lu.rn near Belftist, Ireland, in Mav, 1816, 

 atiil ili.al ill Ki.ilii stiT. X. Y.. .luiie 23, 1890. He came 



III ,\i!i.ri.:. a I ill' a: \ I .\ . 1 1 1 \ , ami after four years of 



siiihi -.! 1 1. I in;,', on Long Island, 



ill 1. mil I . I , , I, Ihvanger, at Roches- 



trr, .\. \ . I .' I ,' 1 ] I , ■ ', , . lirs. EUwanger and 



liai' ii'i'i , I .' western New York 



ai I. .'fions of fruits, no 



lai . ii.ir any fast ocean 



i.liii if wliirli was issued in 1872, under the title of 



"l'.aii>'. Fruit tiarden." It is still one of our most 



piipular I ks nil |Kiiiiiiloa:v, and deservedly so. The 



cataloi;ii.- .if fruiis Nila-li 1,." ...iii;al.d for the American 



Piimological Socii i\ i nialwork. Mr. Barry 



did much to mak. L . iiy of nurseries and 



western New York a i - a rowing region. The 



Western New York Ilurii, ulim.il Society, of which he 

 was president for more than thirty years, and until his 

 death, has long exercised a more than sectional influence. 

 The work of Barry was truly national, and essentially 



