IV 

 THE BARBERRIES 



Berberis aquifolium . , Mahonia, Oregon Grape 



Darwinii . . . Darwinian Barberry 



stenophylla (hybrid) . = B. Darwinii x B. empetrifolia 



japonica . . . Japanese Barberry 



Thunbergii . . Thunberg's Barberry 



vulgaris . . . Common Barberry 



f ""^HERE are endless species of Barberries, but 

 only three are at all generally found in our 

 -**- British gardens, and these three are the 

 Mahonia (Berberis aqMifolium), whose gay, lemon- 

 coloured clusters of small flowers and compound, semi- 

 prickly leaves are noticeable on every hand in the 

 spring-time ; the Darwinian Barberry (B. Darwinii), 

 the most beautiful of all Barberries, with stems thickly 

 studded with orange-red flowers and small dark leaves; 

 and the Common Barberry, whose place is usually in 

 some old-fashioned garden redolent of the past. A 

 fourth species, Thunberg's Barberry (B. Thunbergii\ is 

 now making its way into popularity on account of the 

 vivid crimsons of its autumn foliage; while a fifth, the 

 Japanese Mahonia, built on quaint unusual lines, only 



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