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43999. BAILEYA MULTIRADIATA. From Dr. David Griffiths,
Santa Rita Mountains, Ariz. A very handsome ornamental
plant, related to cosmos. Densely woolly biennial or perennial, with
alternate, compound leaves and long-stalked heads of bright-yellow
flowers. Common on the mesas of the Southwest in early spring;
often continues flowering until late in the fall.

BAMBOS TULDA. Bamboo. One of the most useful plants
of Bengal, found growing in great abundance, flowering in May.
Tender young shoots, 2 feet high, are pickled and used for food.
Fiber used for mats, baskets, window blinds, and fans; wood used
for scaffolds, roofing, etc. Injured but not killed by a temperature
of 20° F.

BARLERIA CRISTATA. A small blue-flowered shrub, culti-
vated in the Philippines as a hedge plant. Said to be the best in the
Tropics for this purpose and to flower all the year through. Often
used as a garden shrub in India, where it is native, because of its
showy, dense spikes of blue (sometimes purplish or white) flowers.
Roots and leaves are used in India to reduce swellings. Seeds supposed
to be an antidote for snake bites.

42381. BAUHINIA CANDICANS. Caoba. From Senor Benito
J. Carrasco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beautiful ornamental
tree with light-green bifid leaves and showy cream-colored flowers
over 3 inches across. Said also to yield excellent timber. Native of
Uruguay and temperate Argentina.

22614. BERBERIS CHINENSIS. Barberry. Through F. N.
Meyer, from Shinglungshan, Chihli, China. A low barberry of
very spreading habit. The scarlet berries remain on the shoots for
a long time. Recommended for trial as a sand and bank binder in
very dry regions.

36737. BERBERIS CHINENSIS. Barberry. From F. N.
Meyer, Hsiao Wutaishan, Chihli, China. A shrub of low growth, 1
to 3 feet high, found between bowlders and rocks at altitudes of
4,000 to 6,000 feet. Becomes very showy toward the end of summer,
when the berries, which are produced in great abundance, assume a
bright coral-red color. Of value as an ornamental for rockeries, etc.,
in the Northern States.

BERBERIS FREMONTI. Barberry. An ornamental and
fruit-bearing shrub, native of southern and central Texas. In some
localities where the species is very abundant, jellies made from the
dark-blue berries are offered for sale on the markets. Exceedingly
variable bush, 4 to 12 feet in height, with spiny leaves and small
oval fruits about the size of currants.
        