
          26565. ARALIA CORDATA. Udo. From Japan. A vegetable worthy
of wide cultivation for its edible shoots which are blanched
in spring by mounding with earth or by covering with a closed
drain tile. The plants are set 3 or 4 feet apart and grow
quite bushy. They may yield shoots for nine years or more.
Shoots may be peeled, sliced into ice water, and served with
French dressing, or may be stewed and served like asparagus.

49291. ARISTOLOCHIA SP . From Africa. Collected by H. L.
Shantz, Agricultural Explorer. An ornamental vine used by
the natives as a covering for fences and hedges.

42791. ARTEMISIA CINA. Wormseed. From the Jardin Botanique,
Tlflis, Caucasus, Russia. A low, straggly undershrub common
in the deserts of Turkestan. From the leaves and unexpanded
flowerheads is prepared the drug santonin, which is used as
an anthelmintic.

47833. ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCHA . From Darjiling, India. Seeds
presented by G. H. Cave, Director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A
large evergreen tree with leathery ovate leaves up to 10
inches in length, and bearing irregular, roundish, edible
fruits. From the bark is prepared a cordage fiber; the root
yields a yellow dye, and the hard yellow heartwood is used
in making furniture.

48234. BAIKIAEA PLURIJUGA. From Victoria Falls, Rhodesia.
Seeds presented by J. Burtt-Davy. A central African tree 40
to 60 feet in height. Branches pubescent; leaves compound,
glabrous, shining; flowers yellow, in long silky racemes;
wood much valued for construction work, sleepers, etc.

44240. BAMBOS TULDA, Bamboo. From Dehra Dun, India. Present-
ed by R. S. Hole, Forest Botanist, Research Institute and
College. An evergreen or deciduous tree bamboo, common in
Bengal, with green or gray-green culms 20 to 70 feet high
and 2 to 4 inches in diameter and having branches from nearly
all the nodes. This bamboo is said to furnish the so-called
"Calcutta cane," used for the finest quality of split bamboo
fishing rods.

49005. BARLERIA CRISTATA. From Egypt. Seeds presented by the
Director, Horticultural Section, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of
Agriculture. A small elegant bush found throughout India; has
showy, blue, funnel-shaped flowers; often grown in gardens
and useful as a hedge plant.

49022. BARLERIA STRIGOSA. From Egypt. Seeds presented by the
Director, Horticultural Section, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of
Agriculture. An unarmed shrub, 2 to 4 feet in height, with
large ovate leaves and dense, almost globose spikes of blue
flowers. A very showy garden plant.

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