ARALIA CORDATA. Udo. A 



Japanese vegetable suitable for wide 

 cultivation for its blanched, edible 

 shoots. Plant 3 to 4 feet apart. Plants 

 grow bushy and yield edible shoots 

 for nine years. To blanch shoots 

 mound with earth or cover with closed 

 drain tile in early spring, 

 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 Morocco 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 years. 



34357. ASPIDOSPERMA 

 MACROCARPON. GuatambUo 

 A tree found on the plains in the prov- 

 ince of Minas Geraes, Brazil, source of 

 an important commercial timber used 

 in building and for agricultural im° 

 plementSe It has a flat pod several 

 inches in diameter containing a num« 

 ber of large, flat, paper" winged seedSo 

 A related tree furnishes quebracho, the 

 tanning material of Brazil 



