BARBERRY FAMILY. 



" The Barberry 



No eye can overlook, when 'mid a grove 

 Of yet unfaded trees she lifts her head, 

 Deck'd with autumnal berries, that outshine 

 Spring's richest blossoms." 



WE will take but a hasty glance at the Second Order, 

 which contains but two plants. The BAKBEKRY 

 (Berberis vulgaris), and the BABHEN-WORT (Epime- 

 dium alpinum). The latter is not common, but you 

 probably know the pretty Barberry shrub, with its 

 bunches of yellow flowers, on a pendulous stalk. The 

 fruit is a beautiful oval-shaped berry, scarlet, with a 

 black eye ; of acid flavor, often preserved, and also 

 pickled. Though the flowers have an unpleasant 

 scent, bear with it, whilst you try the following 

 experiment. Take your needle, and apply the point 

 of it to that end of the stamen which is attached to the 

 receptacle, when you will see the stamens instantly 

 spring forward towards the stigma. 



