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Miller's B. canadensis is the same as B. latissimo folio canadensis H. R. 

 Paris. He first mentions it in his Cat. PL (1730) saying: "The Canada 

 Sort has rarely produced Fruit with us yet, but is very hardy and of 

 quick growth." In the first edition of his Diet. (1731) Miller makes the 

 following statement: "The Canada Barberry hath been of late Years in- 

 trodue'd among us. The Leaves of this Tree are larger than those of the 

 common Sort; but how its Fruits differ from the common I can't at present 

 say, having not seen any produced in England, although the Tree is equal- 

 ly as hardy as the common Sort." The second edition contains the same 

 text. In the third edition (1737) he says: "The . . . Sort; and the Fruit of 

 this Sort is black when • ripe; but I have not seen any produced in 

 England. . . ." In the following editions we find the same quotation, 

 but in the seventh he drops the remark "but I have ... in England.' 9 The 

 eighth edition contains the following statement: "The Canada sort was 

 more common in the English gardens, some years past, than at present. 

 The leaves of this are much broader and shorter than those of the common 

 sort, and the fruit is black when ripe. . . ." According to Simon Warton's 

 Schola Botanica and Herman's catalogue of the Parisian garden in War- 

 ton's book B. canadensis was there already as early as 1689. There seems 

 to be a specimen in Herb. Tournefort which however I have not yet seen. 

 There is no type present in Miller's Herbarium in the British Museum 

 (Natural History) according to Dr. C. Baker's information given to Mr. 

 Bean in 1917. Miller's statement that the fruits are black may be 

 based on dried fruits which sometimes become blackish red. Miinch- 

 hausen (1770) says that the species rarely bears ripe fruits which are 

 clearly distinct from those of vulgaris. Marshall, Arbust. Americ. 17 

 (1785) says under B. canadiensis (!): "There is also a kind of Barberry 

 growing upon New River in Virginia, bearing red berries, of which I have 

 seen one small plant." Duroi, Die Harbkesche Wilde Baumzucht ed. 2, 

 I. 126 (1795), remarks about B. canadensis: "Ich nehme ihn mit anderen 

 neueren Schriftstellern fur eine blosse Abart unseres Berberitzenstrauches 

 an, da seine Unterscheidungszeichen sehr gering sind. Die Blatter finde 

 ich nicht, wie Miller angiebt, breiter und klirzer als an unserem einheimi- 

 schen Strauche. Sie sind aber nicht wie an jenem an ihrem ganzen Rande, 

 sondern nur zur Halfte von ilirer Spitze an sageformig gezahnt und viele 

 an den Spitzen der Zweige gar nicht. Auch sind die Trauben der Blumen 

 etwas klirzer." Willdenow, Berlin. Baumzucht ed. 2, 62 (1811), says of 

 B. vulgaris var. canadensis: "Diese Spielart kommt aus Nordamerika, 

 macht aber keine be9ondere Art aus, sondern geht mit der Zeit in die 

 gewohnliche liber. Ihre Beeren sind sehr dunkelviolett, die jungen Schoss- 

 linge aus der Wurzel haben lange einfache Stacheln, und die Blatter der 

 Schosslinge sind nur an der Spitze mit einigen Zahnen besetzt." Kerner's 

 plate (1796) clearly represents our species, he does not give a description 

 but refers to Burgsdorf, Anleit. Erzieh. Holzarten i. 32, no. 91 (1787), 

 who however says nothing but: "Sommergrun; stachlicht Strauchholz; 



