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Berseris. (Barberry.) 
The Barberry is a shrub of medium size, and I notice it 
here merely to call the farmer’s attention to one of the 
best hedge-plants we possess. It is very hardy, and is 
naturalized in raany portions of the New England States, 
but probably introduced from Europe. It forms a dense 
shrub of from four to eight feet high, with many slender 
upright branches covered with sharp stout prickles. It 
requires but little pruning to make an almost impenetrable 
hedge. The Barberry produces few or no suckers, except 
from the main stem. Its seeds ripen in fall, and should be 
sown in wide drills, and transplanted into hedge-rows when 
two years old, or at one year old, if desirable. 
BerBeris vuLGaris (Common Barberry).—Leaves obo- 
vate, bristly serrate; flowers in long drooping racemes; 
fruit oblong, scarlet, with an agreeable acid flavor, some- 
times used for tarts; common in cultivation. 
Berseris CANADENSIS (American Barberry).—This is 
a smaller-growing variety then the first, hardly strong 
enough for hedges. Virginia and Georgia. 
Carpinus Americana. (Hornbeam, LIron-wood, Blue 
Beech, Water Beech.) 
Leaves oblong ovate, pointed, serrate; fruit a small 
ovoid nut, ripe in autumn; a small tree with smooth bark 
and hard, very tough wood. Common in low grounds— 
well known. 
Crercis. (Red Bud.) 
Small trees or shrubs blooming very early in spring, be- 
fore the leaves expand. ‘There are several foreign species 
