deserving of general Cultivation. 



would have a brilliant effect 

 in autumn ; or it might even 

 merit a place in a conserva- 

 tory. As soon as the plants 

 raised in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden are fit to 

 distribute, this fine plant 

 will probably find its way 

 into all choice collections. 



^^cer jolatanoides Lo- 

 heXii [Arboretum Britan- 

 nicum, p. 409.) is now in 

 several British nurseries ; 

 and plants may also be pro- 

 cured from Messrs. Booth 

 of Hamburg. It forms a 

 fine ornamental tree, and 

 well deserves a place in 

 pleasure-grounds. 



The mahonias, ever- 

 green berberries, or ash 

 berberries, of which there 

 are four species, M. ^qui- 

 folium [Jig. 2.), M. repens 

 [Jig. 3.), M. fascicularis 

 {.>%• ^■)i ^"fl ^- nervosa 

 {Jig. 5.)j (nil which figures 

 are taken from our Arbore- 

 tum et Fruticetum Britannicum\ cannot be too strongly recom- 

 mended. M. ^quifolium, a native of the north-west coast of 



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North America, and introduced by Douglas, according to Dr. 

 Lindley, is, " perhaps the handsomest hardy evergreen we yet 



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