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THE DAinVIN BERBERRY. 
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'' Mr. Ycitch informs me that this plant appears to be decidedly hardj : as isprobable^ considering 
that it grows naturally near the summer limits of snow upon its native mountains. It is now three 
feet high^ aJid Mr. Lobb says it is^ when a large 2>lant, the finest lie ever saw of the genus, in which 
I have no doubt that he is ri^ht/^ 
The coarse hairs that protect the spines and branches^ but do 
To this we find nothing to add. 
not extend to the loaves^ wliich are remarkably smootli and shining, distinguish the species at the 
first glance. 
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