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*BANEBERRY, WHITE (Actaa alba). , RED. (A. rubra). April, June; 



I to 2 feet. Rich soil in shade. Undergrowth. Most effective 



for the respective white and red berries that follow the flowers. 



Fruiting pedicels of the white baneberry are often red. 

 BAYBERRY (Myrica ceriferd). For description see WAX MYRTLE in 



SHRUBS, p. 187. Naturalise along seashore and on sandy knolls. 

 BEARD TONGUE. See PENTSTEMON. 



BEE BALM (Monarda didyma). See HERBACEOUS PLANTS, p. 217. 

 BLACK-EYED SUSAN (Rudbeckia birta). Yellow with black centre. 



May, September. I to 3 feet. Dry and open ground anywhere. 



Naturalised freely in fields. The most showy daisy-like flower of 



summer. 

 *BLACK SNAKEROOT, BLACK COHOSH (Cimicifuga racemosa). White 



in elongated spikes. June, August; 4 to 6 feet. Moist, shady 



corners, woods, pond edges. 

 BLAZING STAR (Liatris pycnostachyd). Purple. July, August. 4 to 5 feet. 



Light, well-drained soil. Long grass-like foliage, with flower heads 



in long spikes. (L. scariosa). 2 to 4 feet. Flowers August, 



September; bluish purple. 

 BLOODROOT. See TUBEROUS PLANTS, p. 273. 

 BLUEBELL. See HAREBELL. 

 BLUE COHOSH (Caulopbyllum tbalictroides). Flowers greenish purple. 



April, May. i to i\ feet. Well-drained, shady, and dark corners. 



Moist hillsides. Fruits burst, exposing large blue, glaucous seeds. 



Foliage glaucous when young. 

 BLUETS, INNOCENCE (Houstonia ccerulea). Pale blue, with yellow eye. 



May. 2 to 4 inches. Dainty little 4-petalled flower growing in tufts 



for open, moist or grassy places. Brightest dwarf flower of spring. 

 *BOLTONIA, FALSE CHAMOMILE (Boltonia latisquama). Lilac. August 



to October; 2 to 6 feet. For bold, wild effects. Moist soil in 



sunny place. B. asteroides has white, pink or purplish flowers. 



July, September. 



*BONESET (Eupatorium perfoliatum). White, rarely blue. July, Septem- 

 ber; 2 to 5 feet. Wet places. Easily naturalised almost anywhere. 

 BUTTERFLY WEED, PLEURISY ROOT (Asclepias tuberosa). Orange, 



rarely yellow. Heads flat. June, September; I to 2 feet. Open sun, 



well-drained soil. Easiest plant of its colour to naturalise in fields. 



