lbs BUDDLEIA 



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

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

 frost-proof room. 



A. Fhs. in 2}anU'hs. 



B. Corolla small, teilh long, narrow lube, }4-% in. long. 



O. Color violet or lilac. 



Japdnica, Hemsl. (B. curvifldra, 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-G in. long : fls. 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. 



Lindleyina, Port. Three to 6 ft. : Ivs, ovate or oblong- 

 lanfi-ohitM. „.-iiiiii!iMtf", remotely denticulate, pale green 

 beiiciiili 111! hiiiK pube.sceut or glabrous, 2-lln. long: 

 rai'iiiii .1, ,3-5 in. long; corolla purplish 



viol. I, I' 111. pubescent outside. China. B.R. 



..M. 14:5. 



intermedia, Carr. (B. JripdnicaX liindlei/dna). 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. insignis, Hort. (B. in- 

 signis, 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. 



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

 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely ser- 

 rate, whitish-tomentose beneath, 4-10 in. long : fls. 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. Ill, 24: 1.39.- 

 A newly introduced, very handsome species, with showy 

 and fragrant fls. 



CC. Color yellow. 

 Madagascari^nsis, 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 



ibe, limb over 



C61viUei, Hook. & Thorns. Shrub, occasionally tree, 

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

 putiesciMit, .•ii\.l (.III.- ..,■ yrrivi'^li o-repn henr-ath, 5-7 in. 

 lon.y : [i.diiili- Iiiii.mI ;m iHiiii.iiis, r.'-ls in. Ii.iil' : corolla 

 purj.li ' I : 1. I 111. l;. ,M. 7II'.I. R.H. 



BUFFALO BERRY 



BUEL, JESSE. American agriculturist and editor, 

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

 Danburv, Conn., Oct. 6, 1839. He lived at Albany from 

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

 was on.- of the founders, iu 1R3I. of The Cultivator, a 

 iiiriiiii!!-, "t,, iTnij-.ri.n fli. -..il :ii-i,i the mind," the sub- 



■ : I ,' I 1 I • '■■. r.-nts a year. In 1866, 



I I !i The Countn- (Jentle- 



i: i , liid The Cultivator and 



< ' ur I , I 11 : •.. :::..M 1-, ihin 111, the oldest surviving 



282. Buffalo berry 



Buffalo Bfrrv )i 

 only within Hi. 

 promin. Ill 

 Horticiilii; 

 quentl}- .n h :\ ;il 

 our gariU-iis i.:ir 

 day bears evidf 

 as stood ready i 



planTdi""n"t''ti 



The 



created a demand for hardy 

 ts. The plant belongs to tho 

 oars the name of Lepargyrwa 



A.\. Fls. in globular heads. 



globdsa, I;aiii. Tlin-e to 10 ft., with the branches and 

 lvs. Ijiii.adi y.M..Hisli-tomentose : lvs. ovate or ovate- 

 lancecilaf... Mi'iiiiiinati.. crenate, rugose above, 3-7 in. 

 long : lis. oi;(iit;i--yeUow, iu dense, long-peduncled, 

 axillary lu-ads at the ends of the branches ; fragrant. 

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

 standing some degrees of frost. 



B. .1 mcrirfma. Linn. Eight to 12 ft. ; fls. in clohiil.ir dusters, 



Alfred Rehdee. 



seed, and borne aiuin i i.. i . . , \\r.r ii is 



far less promisiiiL- i i ■ . i . ,■ ^ . i i mils. 



Apparently its i-lii. i \ii!m' I,. i.i ii. ;ii[:i i.i.ii.ilii y to 

 regions where more di-sirahle li\ish fruits can not bo 

 grown. Where the currant thrives, there is little need 

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

 ment. It possesses ornamental qualities of value, and 

 may well be planted for that iiTirp..c Tt i.-- .,f .■■. r.-foni- 

 mended as a hedge plant f... ii. ■- — i, . ., ri;, are 

 two forms, one bearing 1m i - . Mow 



fruit. The plant propagar. . i i i : . i .l-or 



cuttings, and also by tin- n.k. r- wIh-Ii -ini.lilnes 



spring up about the base of tin- ]ilaiits. It is (ii.rcidus, 

 and both -staminate and pistillate plants must hi- i,'riiwn 

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

 guished by the buds in winter, those of the pistillate 



