
          51012. ARTOCARPUS INTEGRA. Jackfruit. From Porto Rico. Seeds 
presented by T. B. McClelland. A very large tree, native to 
southern India and Malaysia, and valued chiefly for its enormous, 
green, odoriferous fruits which are borne on the trunk 
and older branches. The whitish soft pulp is eaten raw or 
boiled and fried, and the large seeds are roasted and used
in curries. A handsome tree on hammock lands in South Florida.

51361. BAMBOS BALCOOA. Bamboo. From Lucknow, Oudh, India. 
Seedlings from seeds presented by H. J. Davies, Superintendent, 
Government Horticultural Gardens. The large and characteristic 
bamboo of the Bengal villages. Has stem 50 to 70 
feet in height; used for building, scaffolding, and other 
purposes which require both size and strength. Long immersion 
in water is thought to make the timber firmer and less subject 
to attacks by borers.

48229. BAMBOS TULDA. Bamboo. From Allahabad, India. Seeds 
presented by P. H. Edwards. This, the common Bengal bamboo, 
has dark green stems and pale soft leaves pubescent beneath. 
The culms are used for building, for fishing rods, the making 
of furniture, etc. The split culms are made into mats, 
window shades, etc. Not as hardy as Japanese bamboos.

50613. BEGONIA SP. From Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Seeds 
presented by Harry Johnson. A robust grower with cut leaves 
having few hairs and with deep green markings on a lighter-
field. Flowers pink.

47836. BOEHMERIA MACROPHYLLA . From Darjiling, India. Seeds 
presented by G. H. Cave, Director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A 
broad-leaved shrub, native to northern and northeastern India 
where it ascends to 4,000 feet, the bark of which yields a 
beautiful fiber much prized for the making of fishing nets.

47837. BOEHMERIA PLATYPHYLLA. From Darjiling, India. Seeds 
presented by G. H. Cave, Director, Lloyd Botanic Garden. A 
large shrub or small tree with opposite, broadly ovate leaves, 
native to the Khasia hills, eastern Bengal and southern India. 
The wood is moderately hard and of a reddish brown color. 
All the species of this genus are said to yield good fibers.

43471. BOUGAINVILLEA SP. From British Guiana. Cuttings presented 
by the Department of Science and Agriculture. An ornamental 
tropical woody vine commonly cultivated in several 
of the British West Indian Islands and in British Guiana, 
where it produces, twice a year, handsome crimson flowers which 
are more attractive than the dazzling purple flowers of the 
common variety.

51116. BUNCHOSIA SP. From San Jose, Costa Rica. Seedlings collected 
by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. A small

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