FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



E V K IMiiiEEN 

 F!AJ;BEKKY. 



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AKBEKRIES are |n-uj)erl\ 

 avrangvd in two groups — 

 those with sunj)lt' leaves;^ 

 w bich aiL- called " Ber- 

 bi'iis'-' proper, and those 

 ^\■lth ]iiuiiate leaves, which 

 aie called Mahonias. The 

 useful hardy shrub uow 

 bel'di'e us uuiy therefore 

 be lalielleil Miihoinii iiqin- 

 f'lAiii with propriety^ but 

 it is the i'ashiou to reg'arJ 

 1)1 ith sectidUs as iu the 

 genus Berberis, which 

 (itherwise is well delined, 

 and gi\'es but little trouble. 

 There is uu better known 

 e\ergreeii shrub than tbis^ 

 and there are not man}' so 

 useful. As a hedge tree it 

 is certainh' surjiasst il by the holly ; but an admirable way of 

 displaying it is tii jjlanl a line in front of a holly hedge, iu 

 which position it njipears to acquire beauties peculiar to the 

 situation. "J^lie ample o-lossy green leafage becomes richly 

 tinted with ;'bades of scarlet^ chocolate, and bronze in 



