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7 or 8 feet ; but it grows slowly afterwards, unless the suckers are removed 
from it as they are produced. ‘It is seldom seen above 10 ft. high ; but there 
are examples of trees of it 30ft. high, probably of 30 years’ growth. The 
inner bark, both of the stems and roots, affords a yellow dye. The leaves are 
agreeably acid, and, according to Gerard, were used in his time “ to season 
meat with, and instead of a salad, like sorrel.”” The berries are so acid, that 
birds seldom touch them, They are not eaten raw, but are excellent when 
preserved with sugar in syrup, or candied. They are also made into jelly and 
rob, both of which are not only delicious to the taste, but extremely whole- 
some ; and they are pickled in vinegar, when green, as a substitute for capers. 
The plant is cultivated in gardens as a fruit tree or fruit shrub; and the 
variety, or rather variation, in which the seeds are said to be wanting, and 
that in which the fruit is sweet, are recommended in preference. The plant 
makes an excellent hedge ; but there exists a prejudice against it among agri- 
culturists, from its supposed influence in producing blight, or mildew, on the 
corn adjoining it. This opinion is of unknown antiquity; but it is now ge- 
nerally considered to be an erroneous prejudice. 
& 3. B. (v.) emareina‘Ta Willd. The emarginate-petaled Berberry. 
Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 395. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 105. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 115. 
Synonyme. Ausgerandete (serrated) Berberitze, Ger. 
ngravings. Wayne Abbild., t. 62.; and our figs. 55. and 56. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines 3-parted. Leaves lanceolate-obovate, ciliately serrated. 
Racemes scarcely pendulous, shorter 
than the leaves ; petals emarginate. 
(Don's Mil.) A oy 
deciduous — shrub. FL 
yy Siberia. Height 
5 ft. to 7 ft. Intro-" 
duced in 1820, 
Flowers yellow; 
May and June. 
Berries red; ripe 
in September. De- 
caying leaves yel- 
low. Naked young 
wood whitish yel- 
low. 
Closely resembling &. vulgaris, of 
which it is, doubtless, only a variety ; but it is one half smaller in all its parts, 
and has the petals emaryinate, and the leaves decidedly glaucous. 
56. Bérberis emarginata- 
55. Bérberis emarginata. 
a 4, B.(v.) cre’tica L. The Cretan Berberry. 
Créte, Fr.; Cretische Ber- 
beritze, Ger.; Candian 
Berberry. 
Engravings. F\.Grec., t.242.; 
and our jigs. 57. and 58. 
Spec. Char.,§ce. Spines 
3—5-parted. Leaves , 
oval-oblong, entire, < 
or somewhat serrat-_ 
ed. Racemes 3—8- 
flowrd., rather short- 
57. Bésberts créticas er than the leaves. 53. Bérberis crética, nate size. 
