WOODY PLANTS FOR NEW ENGLAND 11 



BERBERIS THUNBERGII Japanese Barberry 



This is the multiple-branched, prickly-stemmed, heavy-fruited plant which 

 typifies Barberry in the public mind. A fine, hardy, deciduous shrub for use 

 in groups or informal unpruned hedges. The too common practice of clipping 

 it into formal hedges is destructive of its true beauty and garden usefulness. 

 Fruits attractive to birds. Var. atropurpurea is a purple-leaved shrub for 

 thoughtful use in open, sunny spots. Var. minor is a slow-growing, miniature 

 form quite suitable for low, compact hedges. Var. ERECTA, Trtjehedge 

 Columberry, is a recent introduction which promises to be truly adapted to 

 use in formal clipped hedges. With every shoot of upright habit, this hybrid 

 lends itself to forming thick, easily managed hedges with a minimum of shearing. 



Berberis triacanthophora ThREESPINE BARBERRY 



Another top-tender, evergreen species with slightly smaller leaves, thinner 

 branches, more spreading habit, and less ultimate height than B. Julianae. 

 Fruits less black because of bloomy covering. 



BERBERIS VERNAE Verna Barberry 



The narrow leaves and numerous thin, spreading stems make this a fine- 

 textured, deciduous shrub of medium height. The dense clusters of small 

 yellow flowers of spring give way to an autumn show of red berries. One of 

 the better Barberries for use in shrub groups. 



Berberis verruculosa WaRTY BARBERRY 



Also top-tender, this evergreen species has rounder, less spiny, glossier leaves, 

 a more compact habit, and less ultimate height than either B. Julianae or 

 B. triacanthophora. Its yellow, late-spring flowers, borne in prominent clusters, 

 are followed by violet-black fruits. 



BERBERIS VULGARIS EUROPEAN BARBERRY 



A very hardy, often naturalized, spreading-branched, informal, deciduous 

 shrub with numerous garden varieties. Dull in foliage, its greatest landscape 

 value comes from its habit of growth and the late autumn show of large red 

 fruits borne in hanging clusters. Fruits much enjoyed by birds. This species 

 is a host to the wheat rust, and hence is to be shunned in grain-growing sections. 



BETULA LENTA SWEET BlRCH (CHERRY BlRCH) 



A seventy-five foot, reddish-barked, native deciduous tree which has a 

 pleasing pyramidal habit while young. Catkins showy in the spring. A tree 

 with a real place in park or roadside development. 



Betulanana DWARF ARCTIC BlRCH 



A slow-growing, round-leaved, alpine Birch which can be used as a specimen 

 in the large rockery. It develops a much-branched, spreading top which is 

 seldom more than two feet in height. 



Betula nigra RlVER BlRCH 



Another tall, native, deciduous tree which, because of its pleasing habit 

 and the ragged brown bark of its larger stems, deserves to be preserved on 

 moist, sandy situations in semi-wild areas. 



BETULA PAPYRIFERA Canoe Birch 



The taller-growing White Birch of northern New England. Both the plant 

 and its possibilities are well known to everyone. 



