TREES AND SHRUBS. 13 



Eerberis Thunbergi 



Is very pretty in April, when it is covered with a 

 mass of small pure white flowers, which look very Avell 

 against the tender green leaves ; but it should be planted 

 just as much for the brilliant crimson shades of its 

 Autumn leaf tints, which are as bright and welcome in 

 late September as any flower in Spring. It is deciduous 

 and grows to a height of 3 ft. in any ordinary garden 

 soil. For propagation v. B. aquifolium. 



Eerberis vulgaris 



(Common Barberry) is an evergreen which looks 

 well at nearly every season of the year. In Spring 

 when the orange flowers hang in pendulous racemes 

 from its branches, or in the Autumn when its brilliant 

 crimson fruits are seen amongst dark green Yews and 

 Hollies, or hanging over a wall, as Longfellow so well 

 describes it in ' The Song of Hiawatha ' : 



' Ye who sometimes in your rambles 

 Through the green lanes of the country 

 Where the tangled barberry bushes 

 Hang their tufts of crimson berries 

 Over stone walls grey with mosses, 

 Pause by some neglected graveyard, 

 For a while to muse and ponder 

 On a half-effaced inscription.' 



