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43999. BAILEY A MULTIRADIATA. From Dr. David Grif- 

 fiths, 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 sup- 

 posed to be an antidote for snake bites. 



42381. BAUHINIA CANDICANS. Caoba. From Senor Be- 

 nito 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. 



36T37. 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. 



