BUMELIA, Sapotaceae. A small tree, not satisfactorily hardy 
for general planting around New York; only a collector’s item 
[nursery]. 
B. lanuginosa. Chittimwood; Va. to Fla. and Tex. 
BUXUS, Buxaceae. Box. Long-cultivated evergreens that are 
excellent for specimen and massed planting but are not reliably 
hardy unless protected. B. microphylla koreana, a low, rather 
loose-growing shrub, is the hardiest of the genus [6F, nursery]. 
B. microphylla koreana. Korea. 
B. SEMPER VIRENS ANGUSTIFOLIA. * 
B. S. ARBORESCENS. 
B. S. AUREO-VARIEGATA. 
B. s. Handsworthii. 
B. S. LATIFOLIA MACROPHYLLA. 
B. S. MICROPHYLLA. 
B. S. SUFFRUTICOSA. 
CALLICARPA, Verbenaceae. Beauty-berry. The attractive vio¬ 
let fruits are borne in profusion and persist until winter is well 
advanced [6D, nursery]. 
C. Bodinieri Giraldii (C. Giraldiana). China. 
C. dichotoma. E. and C. China, Korea. 
C. japonica. Japan. 
C. rubella Hemsleyana. China. 
C. Shirasawana (C. japonica x mollis). 
CALL UNA, Ericaceae. Heather. Low evergreen shrubs, useful 
for massing in sunny places in well drained peaty soil. They 
sometimes die out even after they have been established several 
years. To keep them compact, they should be cut over before 
the new growth begins [5D]. 
C. VULGARIS. Eu., Asia Minor. 
* s : a sem P erv ^ens is native in southern Europe, north Africa, and western 
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