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taller and not so broad in proportion. They 

 bloom from May to July, and their blossoms are 

 white, yellow, orange, pink, carmine, or red, 

 single or double. Soil and position about the 

 same as for mollis. 



"Berberis. Berberis is the barberry, so well 

 known by its beautiful pendent berries. It is 

 one of the best shrubs to use where a thorny 

 bush is wanted. B. vulgaris, the common sort, 

 and one of the most beautiful, grows from four 

 to eight feet high, with a breadth of from three 

 to six feet. B. Thunbergii, or Thunberg's bar- 

 berry, is the well-known Japanese variety, a 

 dense, drooping bush from two to four feet 

 high and somewhat greater breadth. Its pale- 

 yellow blossoms come in April and May, and 

 its small, slender, bright-red berries remain on 

 the spray until spring. A dry soil is the best for 

 it, though it will grow in any, and needs little 

 shade or none. B. purpurea is a variety of vul- 

 garis and is as handsome as the common. It 

 answers to the same description, except that its 

 foliage is purple, which makes it very tempting 

 to new gardeners, but very hard to relate in good 



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