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2BT Arecastrum RomanzoflBanum var. australe (Cocos Arechavalenta, C. aus- 

 tralis, and C. Datil). Pindo Palm. Tree to 30 ft. Brazil, Argentina, Para- 

 guay and Uruguay. Safer with some shade in Calif, and Fla. 

 2B Artemisia arborescens. Shrub from Medit. Cult, as shrub to 6 ft. Calif. 



IBPR Arundinaria japonica (Bambusa Metake). Japanese or Evergreen Bamboo. 

 Japan. Shrubby, 3-5 ft. North and one of the best for city planting. 

 Commonly cult. South to 15 ft. 

 2B Arundinaria macrosperma. Large Cane. 15-25 ft. Va. to Key. southward. 



2B Arundinaria nitida. 6-10 ft. China. Dainty bamboo, very hardy. 



2BT Asparagus asparagoides. Smilax. Twining vine. Smilax of florists. S. Afr. 



Cult. Calif. 

 2BT Asparagus plumosus. Asparagus-Fern. Tall woody climbing vine. S. Afr. 



Cult. Calif. 

 2BT Asparagus plumosus var. comorensis. More robust than A. plumosus. Cult. 

 Calif. 

 Assonia. See Dombeya. 

 Astrapaea. See Dombeya. 

 Atalantia buxifolia. See Severinia buxifolia. 

 2BT Atriplex Breweri. Woody shrub 4-6 ft. S. Calif. 



2B Aucuba japonica. Stout shrub 4-15 ft. Himalayas to Japan. Cult. South and 



Calif. 

 Australian-Beech. See Eucalyptus polyanthemos. 

 Australian Bluebell Creeper. See Sollya heterophylla. 

 Australian Brush-Cherry. See Eugenia myrtifolia. 

 Australian Pea. See Dolichos lignosus. 

 Avocado. See Persea americana. 

 Azalea. See Rhododendron and Loiseleuria. 

 2B Azara microphylla. Shrub 3-12 ft. Chile. Cult. South and W. coast. 



IBS Baccharis halimifolia. Groundsel-Tree. Shrub 3-12 ft. Seacoast from New 

 England south. 

 Balsam. See Abies. 



Bamboo. See Arundinaria, Bambusa, and Phyllostachys. 

 Bambusa Metake. See Arundinaria japonica. 

 2B Bambusa palmata. Shrub 2-5 ft. Japan. Cult. South and Calif. 



Banana-Shrub. See Michelia fuscata. 

 Barberry. See Bcrberis. 

 Bayberry. See Myrica carolinensis. 

 Bearberry. See Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. 

 Bear-Grass. See Yucca angustifolia. 

 2B Beaumontia grandiflora. Tall-growing woody vine. India and Java. 



Beefwood. See Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Benthamia fragifera. See Cornus capitata. 

 Berberis Aquifolium. See Mahonia Aquifolium. 

 Berberis Bealii. See Mahonia japonica. 

 IBPR Berberis buxifolia. Box-leaved Barberry. Shrub 1-3 ft. This plant comes from 

 Chile. It is growing at Cornell with only snow protection in winter and is 

 the only woody ornamental from the southern hemisphere now cultivated 

 in the N. E. States. 

 2B Berberis Darwinii. Shrub 3-5 ft Chile to Patagonia. Cult. South and N. W. 



coast. 

 IBPR Berberis Gagnepainii. Shrub to 6 ft. W. China. 



