BEEBBEIS 



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BERBBEIS 181 



look very handsome against the smooth 

 green and tender foliage. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



B. buxifolia (B. dulcis).— Box-leaved 

 Barberry. — Apretty shrub about 8 ft. high 

 from the Straits of Magellan. Leaves 

 almost sessile, oval or oblong, entire, 

 Flowers solitary on slender stalks. The 

 variety nana is dwarfer than the type. 



Cultivre (6c. as above. 



B. canadensis {Canadian Barberry). 

 A Canadian shrub 4 ft. high with obovate- 

 oblong distantly toothed leaves, and 3- 

 parted spines. Flowers in many -flowered 

 nodding racemes in spring. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. Darwini {Darwin's Barberry). — 

 This beautiful plant is a native of S. ChUi, 

 and is perhaps the most popular and 

 pretty of the genus. It forms a dense 

 -evergreen bush about 2 ft. high, with oval 

 or oblong leaves about 1 in. long, having 

 usually 5 spiny teeth. The racemes of 

 orange flowers are produced in great pro- 

 fusion in May, and sometimes in the 

 autumn, and are very conspicuous against 

 -the dark shining green foHage. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. diaphana. — This is a recent intro- 

 duction from China. It is a strong- 

 growing upright shrub, with pale green 

 leaves and handsome fruits, and also 

 possesses sharp spines about an inch long. 



Culture (tc. as above. 



B. empetrifolia. — A shrub l|-2 ft. 

 high, from the Straits of Magellan, with 

 linear, sharply pointed leaves, in bundles 

 of about 7. The terminal flowers are 

 borne on slender pedicels in May. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. floribunda. — A native of Nepaul, 

 about 10 ft. high, with obovate, lance- 

 shaped leaves, tapering much towards 

 •the base, having a sharp-pointed tip, and 

 ciliated 3-parted unequal spines. The 

 drooping many-flowered racemes appear 

 in June. 



Culture da. as above. 



B. Fortunei. — A pretty evergreen 

 Chinese Barberry 2-4 ft. high. The pinnate 

 leaves are composed of 3-4 pairs of narrow 

 lance-shaped tapering leaflets about 4 in. 

 long, with spiny serrated edges; They 

 are of a distinct blue-green or glaucous 

 hue. The yeUow flowers appear in small 

 <c ompact clusters in spring. 



Culture da. as above. 



B. Fremonti. — A handsome evergreen 

 shrub, 3-4 ft. high, native of Texas, 

 Arizona &o. The pinnate leaves are com- 

 posed of 2-3 pairs of oblong lance-shaped 

 leaflets, each of which is furnished with 

 2-3 spiny teeth. The yellow flowers ap- 

 pear in March and April in more or less 

 erect loose racemes. 



Culture So. as above. 



B. japonica {Mahonia japonica). — 

 Japamese Barberry. — A distinct species 

 native of China and Japan. Leaves usually 

 cut into 9 sessUe leaflets, about 3 in. long, 

 broadly heart-shaped or rounded at the 

 base, and with about 5 long spiny teeth 

 and a terminal one. Flowers in terminal 

 clusters in spring, lemon-yeUow. B. Beali 

 and B. intermedia are forms of this 

 species. 



Culture da. as above. 



B. Lycium. — A handsome Himalayan 

 Barberry 6-8 ft. high, with whitish stems, 

 and almost persistent and entire leathery 

 leaves, green above and glaucous beneath. 

 The golden-yellow flowers appear late 

 in spring or early summer in drooping 

 clusters, and are succeeded by violet- 

 coloured berries. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 quite hardy and is easily recognised even 

 when not in blossom by its narrow entire 

 leaves. ' 



B. nepalensis {Mahonia nepalensis). 

 A distinct and splendid species 4-6 ft. 

 high from Nepaul. The leaves are 1-2 ft. 

 long with 5-9 pafrs of obovate-oblong 

 cuspidate leaflets rounded at the base, and 

 with 5-10 spiny teeth on each side, and 3 

 at the apex. The bright yellow flowers 

 appear in March and April in slender 

 elongated racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. pruinosa. — A dwarf Chinese shrub, 

 of which the young growths, the under 

 surface of the leaves, and the numerous 

 berries are all pure white, while the 

 flowers are pale creamy yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. repens {Mahonia repens). — A North 

 American species 1- 2 ft. high, having the 

 leaves divided into 2 or 3 pairs of rounded- 

 oval spiny-toothed leaflets, with an odd 

 one at the apex. Flowers in fascicled ra- 

 cemes arising from the scaly buds of spring. 



Culture dc. as above. 



B. sinensis {Chinese Barberry). — A 

 Chinese plant 3-6 ft. high, with oblong 



