82, 
THE BARBERRY. 
Berberis vulgaris. 
Puate 4, Fre. 12. 
Ay. 4 OSTLY found in the form of a 
“LW a \: shrub of not more than ten feet 
in height, the Barberry can claim 
a right to Tree honours from the 
circumstance that it has been 
known to reach a height of as 
SG much as thirty feet, and to exist for a 
mR period extending over two or three cen- 
turies. Its—deciduous—leaves are uni- 
formly oval in shape, and beautifully serrated, 
the points of the serratures being extended, giving 
the margin an appearance of being fringed with 
fine hairs. The venation consists of a mid-vein, 
