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than those of the common type, but the fruit is not so con- 

 spicuous. It needs frequent heading in while young to 

 bring it into a compact bushy form. 

 Dwarf Barberry {B. Thunbergii). — A beautiful dwarf 



Fig. 1 20. — Calycanthus {Calycanthiis floridus). 



shrub from Japan, growing not more than 3 feet high, and 

 taking a broad compact form. The branches are spreading, 

 deeply grooved, brown, with single spines. Its leaves are 

 small and numerous, changing to a beautiful orange and red 

 color in the autumn, and the fruit, about the same size as the 

 native species, is borne singly along the under side of the 



