ARALIA CORDATA. Udo. A 



Japanese vegetable suitable for wide 

 cultivation for its blanched, edible 

 shoots. Plant 3 to 4 feet apart. Plants 

 grovy^ bushy and yield edible shoots 

 for nine years. To blanch shoots 

 mound with earth or cover with closed 

 drain tile in early spring. To cook, 

 peel, slice into ice water and serve 

 with French dressing, or stew and 

 serve like asparagus. 



ARGANIA SPINOSA. Spiny, 



compact, evergreen tree growing in 

 driest soils in Morocco and forming 

 forests. Olive-sized fruits contain 

 single hard seeds, from which an oil 

 with irritating and harsh taste is ex- 

 tracted, much used in 3Iorocco for food 

 and light; also makes good soap. Fruits 

 are eagerly eaten by cattle and also 

 used as a substitute for olives. Trees 

 bear in four vears. 



37893. ARISTCLOCHIA GA- 

 LE ATA. Birth wort. From Bello 

 Horizonte, Minas, Brazil, through 

 Dorsett, Shamel and Popenoe. A dec- 

 orative vine for covering fences, out- 

 houses, etc., bearing peculiar-shaped 

 flowers like '^Dutchman's Pipe", to 

 which it is related. Flowers mottled, 

 greenish and cream-colored. Recom- 

 mended for trial as a porch vine in the 

 South. 



