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INDEX 



Azaleas. Ghent, 254 

 Azaleas, Mollis hybrids, 255 

 Azaleas, planting Lilies among, 31 

 Azaleas, Tsutsutsi, 255 



Banks, Sir Joseph, introduces Bengal Rose into 

 England, 1789, 5 



Banksian Rose, sent from China by early plant 

 collectors, 6; prototype of, 10 



Barberries, for ornamental fruits, 83; new intro- 

 ductions, 165 



Bartram, John, discovers Gordonia altamaha, 45 



Bartram, William, introduces Gordonia altamaha 

 into England, 45 



Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), I4g 



Beauty of Glazenwood Rose, 8 



Beech, 106, 107, 100 



Bengal Rose, history of, 4, 5 



Benzoin aestivale, 84, 180 



Berberis acuminata, 166 



Berberis amurensis, 90 



Berberis atrocarpa, 166 



Berberis canadensis, 90 



Berberis candidula, 166 



Berberis Darwinii ; 165 



Berberis Gagnepainii, 96, 165 



Berberis Julianae, 96, 166 



Berberis Sargentiana, 96, 166 



Berberis sinensis, 90 



Berberis stenophylla, 97 



Berberis Thunbergii, 90 



Berberis triacanthophora, 166 



Berberis Veitchii, 166 



Berberis verruculosa, 97^ 146, 166 



Berberis vulgaris, 90 



Berberis Wilsonae, go, 166 



Berchemia racemosa, 65 



Berchemia scandens, 65 



Berckmans. Louis A., rediscovers Magnolia 

 cordata, 40 



Bigelow. Dr. Wm Sturgis, sends seeds of Prunus 

 serrulata, var. sachalinensis, to Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, 200; also seed from Japan of Malus 

 Sieboldii, var., calocarpa, 209 



Bigmmia capreolata, 68 



Birch, 106. 107 



Birch, White, 106 



Birds, plants for winter food of, 81 



Birthworts (Aristolochia) 74 



Black Alder, or Winter-berry, 87 



Black fruited shrubs and trees, 93 



Blackberries, for ornamental fruits, 83 



Bladder Sennas, 49 



Bloomy black and blue fruited shrubs, 97 



Blue fruited shrubs, 97 



Blueberries (Vaccinium), 97 



Blueberries for ornamental fruits, 84 



Blueberries in autumn colors, 106 



Boston Ivy, 73 



Boston Ivy, climbing organs of, 56 



Bourbon, Isle of, China Roses introduced, 4, 7 



Boursault Roses, origination of, 12 



Box. Common, 145 



Box, Japanese, 145 



Brambles in autumn colors, ro6, rog 



Bretschneider, Dr. E., introducer of Prunus 

 triloba, 192; sends seeds of Syringa oblata to 

 Petrograd from Peking, 220; sends seeds of 

 Syringa pubescens to Arnold Arboretum, 220; 

 introduces Syringa villosa into Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, 224: introduces Syringa pekinensis, into 

 cultivation at Arnold Arboretum, 226 



Broad-leaved evergreens, not hardy in New 



*' England, 37 



Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) for summer dis- 

 play, 46 



Buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), 94 



Buddleia asiatica, 168 



Buddleia Davidii, 52, 167 



Buddleia Davidii, var. magnifies, 53 



Buddleia Farquharii, 168 



Buddleia officinalis, 168 



Buddleia variabilis, 52 



Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea), 88 



Bull Bay (Magnolia grandiflora), 171 



Burmah, Rosa gigantea introduced from, 



Bush Honeysuckles, 8g, 95, 98, 99 



Butternut, 106 



Buttontree, 106 



Buxus microphyla, 145 



Buxus microphyla, var. japonica, 145 



Buxus sempervirens, 145, T46 



Buxus sempervirens myrtifolia, 145 



Cabbage Rose (Rosa centifolia), known to 



Pliny, 12; grown for preparation of Attar of 



Roses, 13 

 California, horticultural possibilities, 153 

 Callicarpa japonica, 51 

 Calluna, planting Lilies among, 31 

 Caliuna vulgaris, 54, 150 



Calluna vulgaris, as ground cover for Azaleas, 247 

 Camellia cuspidata, 164 

 Camellias, introduced into England, 4 

 Campsis chinensis, 67 

 Campsis hybrida, 67 

 Campsis radicans, 67 

 Campsis radicans, var. praecox, 67 

 Caroline Testout Rose, wild prototype of, 11 

 Carrieria calycina, 171 

 Caryopteris incana, 50 

 Caryopteris Mastacanthus, 50 

 Castor oil plant, gives name to Kalopanax 



ricinifolium, 44 

 Cataipa, 106 



Cats' partiality to Actinidia polygama, 63 

 Ceanothus hybridus, 53 

 Cedar, Atlas. I 26 

 Cedar, Red, 133 

 Cedar, White, 128 

 Cedar of Lebanon, 125; hardy trees being raised 



by Arnold Arboretum, 126 

 Cedrus atlantica. 126 

 Cedrus deodara, 126 



Cedrus li bani, 125; Arnold Arboretum suc- 

 cessful in raising hardy trees, 126 

 Celastrus, 56, 83 

 Celastrus articulata, 65 

 Celastrus flagellaris, 65 

 Celastrus scandens, 65 

 Celtis, for ornamental fruits, 84 

 Chamaecyparis thyoides, 129 

 Chamaecyparis thyoides, var. leptoclada, 133 

 Chamaecyparis obtusa, 127 

 Chamaecyparis obtusa, var. gracilis, 133 

 Chamaecyparis obtusa, var. nana, 130, 133 

 Chamaecyparis obtusa, var. nana aurea, 133 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, 130 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. aurea, 131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var filifera, 133 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. filifera aurea, 133 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa, 131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa albo- 



picta, 131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa argentia, 



131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. plumosa aurea, 



131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. squarrosa, 131 

 Chamaecyparis pisifera, var. sulphurea, 131 

 Checkerbecry, or Wintergreen, 149 

 Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata), originally from 



China, 6, 10; on graves of soldiers in the 



South, 17 



