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Berber is dulcis 



\\\\\ attain a height of 8 ft, and as an evergreen 

 is glorious. Its small foliage and light style of growth 

 make it particularly attractive in many ways, while in 

 April its sweet-scented globular orange and yellow 

 flowers make it more especially so. For propagation 

 v. B. 



Rerberis japonica 



Is an evergreen about 8 ft. high, that is quite dis- 

 tinct from the other Barberries, and will do well in any 

 ordinary garden soil. From February to April the 

 clusters of lemon-tinted flowers hang in racemes from 

 the end of its unbranched shoots. It can be raised in a 

 similar way to the B. aquifolium q.v. 



Eerberis stenophylla 



Is an hybrid between the B. empetrifolia and B. 

 Dar^winii, that is very hardy and will grow in any 

 ordinary garden soil. For propagation v. B. aquifolium. 

 When grown in large masses the effect, in May, of 

 the festoons of rich orange- coloured flowers is simply 

 glorious ; for then this deciduous unbranched shrub 

 becomes one mass of colour about 2 ft. high. 



