BELLIUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. BERBERIS. 



Propagation is simple, and may be 

 done in spring and autumn. Pull the 

 plants to pieces, dibbling them in six 

 inches apart, or a little closer. 



BELLIUM. Plants of the same 

 order as the Daisy (Compositae), of 

 which some three or four forms are 

 in cultivation. Although from the 

 south of Europe they are hardy on the 

 rock garden, but are apt to exhaust 

 themselves in flowering. B. belli- 

 dioides, B. crassifolium, and B. minu- 

 tum are much alike and are easily 

 grown in light soil. B. rofundifolium 

 ccerulescens (Blue Daisy) is a native of 

 Morocco, and a pretty rock plant. 

 Division or by seed. 



BERBERIDOPSIS (Coral Barberry}- 

 B. corallina is a beautiful evergreen 

 climbing shrub from Chili, hardy 

 enough for open walls in the southern 

 counties. It has large spiny leaves 

 very much like some Barberries, the 

 flowers bright coral-red, hanging in 

 clusters on slender stalks, and borne 

 for several weeks in summer. It is 

 charming for a wall, preferring partial 

 shade, such as that of a wall facing 

 east or west, and does best in peaty or 

 sandy soil. Seed or layers. 



BERBERIS (Barberry}. A brilliant 

 family of shrubs so numerous that 

 perhaps no one garden can show a 

 half of their beauty. From many 

 parts of the world the variety is almost 

 amazing of summer leafing Barberries, 

 each group containing plants of the 

 highest value, hardy in our islands, too, 

 as some native plants, and not only 

 for the garden or rock garden, but also 

 for copses and woodland, in which 

 some evergreen kinds may be used 

 with fine effect. The fruits also are 

 among the most brilliant in colour and 

 graceful in form we have, as is shown 

 in our one native kind, the foliage of 

 which is often fine in colour and form 

 too. The summer leafing kinds take 

 on a splendid colour in autumn. 



B. AQUIFOLIUM. A sturdy evergreen of 

 N.W. America and parts of the Rocky 

 Mountains, quite hardy in our islands, 

 and useful both for the pleasure garden 

 and as a cover plant in woods. It is easy 

 of increase in most soils, but does best in 

 peaty or leafy soils. There are several 

 forms, and all valuable. 



B. DARWINI (Darwin's B.). A plant of 

 Chili of great beauty, vigorous, tall, and 

 charming in flower, and in my own garden 

 often brilliant in fruit. No more beautiful 

 hardy shrub. It may not be hardy in all 

 districts, but is so beautiful that it deserves 

 a place in all where it thrives. Seed. 



B. DICTYOPHYLLA. Under cultivation 

 it is a spreading bush, 4 feet to 5 feet high/ 

 with glaucous stems. The yellow flowers 

 appear singly, or in pairs, from the leaf- 

 axils in May, and they are succeeded in 

 autumn by bright red fruits. China. 



B. DULCIS. Generally a dwarf bush, 

 quite hardy and free. There is a tall as 

 well as a dwarf form. Both are easily 

 grown, but are not quite as attractive as 

 some of the newer kinds. 



B. EMPETRIFOLIA. A dwarf and grace- 

 ful shrub, very hardy and excellent for 

 rock gardens or banks, and interesting as 

 one of the parents of the handsome 

 stenophylla. 



B. FORTUNE:. A distinct evergreen 

 species, but though said to do well in 

 southern districts, I have found it rather 

 tender and a poor kind. 



B. GAGNEPAINII. Forms a dense bush 

 4 feet to 6 feet high, with narrowly lanceo- 

 late, prickly leaves, each i inches to 

 -z\ inches long, and about \ inch broad. 

 The bright yellow flowers borne in dense 

 racemose clusters are followed by black 

 fruits. When seen in good condition this 

 is one of the handsomest of the Berberis. 

 China. 



B. JAPONICA. A noble evergreen with 

 very fine foliage in our country. It thrives 

 best in peaty or leaf soil and partial shade, 



Berberis japonic a. 



in which conditions it is often very hancj- 

 some for effect. 



