planted, include B. pendula, B. papyrifera, B. populifolia, and 
B. mandshurica japonica. They are subject to borer infestations 
[5G, 5H, 6H, nursery]. 
B. alnoides. Himal., S.W. China. 
B. Ermani. N.E. Asia, Japan. 
B. Forrestii. W. China. 
B. glandulosa. N. Amer. 
B. lenta. Cherry B.; Me. to Ala. and Ohio. 
B. lutea. Yellow B.; Newf. to Ga. and Tenn. 
B. mandshurica (B. japonica m.). Manch., Korea. 
B. m. japonica (B . ;.). Japanese White B.; Japan, N. China. 
B. m. szechuanica. W. China. 
B. Maximowicziana. Japan. 
B. Middendorffii. N.E. Asia. 
B. nigra. River B., Mass, to Fla. and Kans. 
B. papyrifera. Canoe B.; N.N. Amer. 
B. p. neoalaskana (B. n.). Sask. to Alaska. 
B. p. occidentalis. B. C. to Mont. 
B. pendula fastigiata* 
B. p. obscura. 
B. p. oycoviensis. 
B. populifolia. Gray B.; N. S. and Ont. to Del. 
B. pubescens. N. and C. Eu. to Siberia. 
B. p. carpathica. 
B. Raddeana. Cauc. 
B. tianschanica. C. Asia. 
B. tristis. Kamchatka. 
B. utilis. Himal. 
BIGNONIA, Bignoniaceae. A rapid-growing vine not suffi¬ 
ciently hardy to be recommended for planting around New 
York. See also Campsis [nursery]. 
B. capreolata. Cross-vine; Va. to Fla. and La. 
* The European White Birch, B. pendida, is native in Europe and Asia 
Minor. 
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