The 
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BeRil}T seh Vy EERO B ANT. 
The Black Alder. 
Frangula vulgaris. 
The fhrub is weak and f{mall. 
The ftemis covered, with a fmooth, brownbark, 
_ The leaves are large, dark, and roundith, 
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The flowers are of a greenifh white; and the 
berries, when ripe, are black. 
We have it in woods and thickets, 
C. Bauhine calls it A/uus nigra baccifera, O- 
thers, Frangula, 
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BARBERRY. 
Dy Bie Rit Bo Ree a Te 
MPHE cup is formed of fix fmall, hollow, coloured leaves. 
The flower is formed of fix rounded 
petals: there are two granules at the bafe of each petal, the ne¢taria of the flower. The 
berry is oblong, and has two feeds, 
The Barberry-Buth. 
Berberis vulgaris. 
The fhrub is ten feet high, and armed with 
tharp fpines. 
The bark is pale and whitith. 
The leaves are broad and oblong; of a frefh 
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green, with atinge of yellowifh, and finely fer. 
rated, 
The flowers are fmall and yellowifh: the ber- 
ries red and agreeably tafted. 
We have it wild and in gardens, 
- All authors call it Berderis. 
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OAL Ley. 
Ay Ge RODeR OTL davon 
Nae cup is fmall, formed of a fingle piece, and divided into four fegments at the edge. 
The 
flower is compofed of four roundifh petals, cohering at their bafes. The fruit is a roundifh 
berry with four feeds, 
1. The Holly. 
Agrifolium. 
It is a large fhrub. 
.The bark is whitith on the trunk; but the 
young fhoots are green. 
The leaves are oblong, finuated, irregular at 
the edges, and prickly. 
The flowers are greenifh. 
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The berries are black: 
We have it in woods and hedges. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mew aculeata baccifera folio 
JSinnato, 
We have one other fpecies, 
2. Yellow-berried Holly, grifolium baccis lua 
teis. The leaves of a thinner and loofe 
texture. : 
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BUCKTHORN. 
Roi otf MN UL 8. 
‘Te flower has no cup: it is formed of a {in 
gle petal, and is tubular, 
and lightly divided by 
four dents at the edges. There are four little fcales within: one at each dent. The berry ig 
roundith, and the feeds are flatted, 
The Buckthorn Shrub, 
Rhamaus vulgaris. 
It is a fhrub of ten feet high. 
The bark is brown, 
The leaves are broad, indented, and of a fine 
Green. : : 
The flowers are inconfiderable and greenith. 
The berries are black. 
The fhrub is full of fharp thorns, 
We have it in hedges, 
C. Bauhine calls it Réamnus catharticus. 
‘The juice of the berries is a good purge. 
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