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so happily hit off; many other peculiarities attend this charming 

 shrub, of which its long deciduous bractese are not the least remarkable. 

 It is a native of the Canary Islands, where it was found by Mr. Masson 

 and introduced in 1770; if suffered to grow it will acquire a -real height, 

 become indeed too large for a small greenhouse, and more lit for a con- 

 servatory, for winch it would appear to be a most desirable plant ; it 

 produces flowers abundantly during May and June, which are not only 

 ornamental but deliciously fragrant. Strong-established plants usually 

 produce perfect seeds, by which tins shrub is increased; cuttings rarely 

 succeed." (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 11-12, /;/. 426, as <'iitisns 

 foliolosus.) 



42184. Berberis sp. Berberidacr,-". Barberry. 



Received as Berberis vilmoriniana, for which a place of publication has 

 not yet been found. 



42185. Berberis hookeri viridis C. Schueid. Berber idacese. Barberry. 

 "An evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, producing a dense thicket of 



erect, angled stems which branch near the top. Leaves in tufts, 1 to 3 

 inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide; leathery, dark green above, glaucous 

 white beneath. Flowers two-thirds inch across, pale yellow. Berries 

 narrow, black purple, often remaining on the plant until the following 

 spring. Native of the Himalayas. This shrub has been so much con- 

 fused with Berberis walliehiana that it is difficult to disentangle 

 the histories of the two. The true B. walliehiana is probably not in 

 cultivation; it differs from B. hookeri in the larger leaves (3 to 42 inches 

 long) and especially in their veining; the veins branch out from the 

 midrib, parallel with each other, but never reach the margin, becoming 

 merged in a vein which runs parallel with it. In B. hookeri the veins 

 fork near the margin, but do not merge into one another. />. hookeri 

 flowers in April and May and as a rule is quite hardy. The only time 

 I have known it to suffer much was during the trying winter of 190S-09, 

 when it lost most of its leaves, and the upper portion of the stem was 

 killed. Leaves uniformly bright green beneath. Although a marked 

 characteristic of some plants, the white under surface of typical B. 

 hookeri is not a wholly reliable distinctive character. I have seen young 

 plants partly bright green and partly blue white beneath. The best 

 way to increase this species and its varieties is by the seeds it so plenti- 

 fully bears ; they may be sown in shallow boxes or in pots and the young 

 plants pricked out the following year into nursery rows. The type and 

 the variety viridis are useful shrubs for planting in places where an 

 evergreen is wanted that will keep fairly dwarf without pruning." 

 (IP. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 2J/3.) 



42186. Caeagana abbobescens kedowski Bean. Fabacese. Pea tree. 



"A remarkable shrub, with long, serpentine brandies, which will some- 

 times grow for several years without dividing. It thus acquires a thin 

 and open but not ungraceful habit and is altogether a striking plant. 

 Whether the Garagand redowski mentioned by De Candolle in his Memoir 

 of Leguminosse, published in 1825, is tin- same as this is uncertain. It 

 appears never to have been properly described. The plant is at Kew. 

 but its history is not known." ( II*. J. Bean. Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the }'>ritis]i Isles, vol. /, i>. 188.) 



