BARBERRY FAMILY 



repandly toothed, the teeth less bristly-pointed and the 

 racemes bear fewer flowers than those of the Common 

 Barberry. The petals are notched at the apex and the 

 scarlet berries are oval. Its autumnal tints are scarlet 

 and orange. 



The other barberries which adorn our gardens are 

 Asiatic in origin. They come from Siberia, Afghanis- 

 tan, China, Japan, and one, Berberis concinna, from the 

 mountain valleys of the higher Himalayas. Their 

 fruit has the well known barberry taste and flavor, and 

 the leaves of many of them turn a beautiful scarlet and 

 orange before the} 7 fall. 



The old belief that barberries produced rust in wheat 

 has finally been laid to rest by the microscope. The 

 two rusts are entirely different — one has nothing to do 

 with the other. That one should follow the other is 

 mere coincidence. 



MAHONIA. OREGON GRAPE 



Berberis aquifblium. Mahbnia aquifblia. 



Ma/itviia, named in honor of Bernard McMahon, a patron 

 of botanical science. 



The Mahonia is one of that group of valuable orna- 

 mental plants which have come into our gardens from 

 the Pacific coast. It looks like a holly, fruits like a 

 grape and is a barberry. In Oregon it is evergreen, 

 here it is subevergreen ; if the bush is protected some- 

 what the leaves will remain green throughout the win- 

 ter, but if compelled to face the full severity of our 

 climate, the leaves turn brown and most of them fall. 



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