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most of the other Berberries. Nor is it so hardy as 

 many of them. 



B. F. var. hybrida. 



Has all the beauty of the species, and is much 

 hardier, so that it may be planted with success where 

 that would not succeed. 



BERBERIS GLUMACEA. Sprengel. 

 (Chaffy-stemmed Berberry.) 



A close dwarf bush, seldom more than a foot high, 

 with pale yellow flowers, and round purple berries. 

 From the shady woods of North- West America. 

 Leaves eighteen inches long, with five or six pairs of 

 leaflets, pale green on both sides. 



BERBERIS JAPONICA. Lindley. 



S YN. Hex japonica. Thunberg. 



Mahonia japonica. De'Candolle. 



The finest of all the Berberries ; and Dr. Lindley 

 says of it, "that if hardy," of which we have no doubt, 

 " it will be the finest evergreen bush in Europe," It 

 is especially remarkable for the size of its leaves, which 

 are from fifteen to eighteen inches long, composed of 

 several pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one. The former 

 are each about three-and-a-half inches long, the latter 

 usually five inches long. They are armed at the sides 

 with strong spiny teeth, and have very stiff triangular 

 points. The flowers, which were produced last season 

 for the first time in this country, are in long racemes, 



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