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C. Blades 5-9, shiny dark green above with many teeth ; height 3-6 



feet. Holly-leaved Mahonia (14) — Mahonia Aquifolium. 

 C. Blades 11-21, with 3-5 basal ribs and few teeth ; low. Ash 



Mahonia (21) — Mahonia nerv6sa. 

 C. Blades 3-7, dull, pale ; low, almost creeping, 1-2 feet high. 

 Trailing Mahonia — Mahonia rfepens (Berberis Aquif61ium) . 

 B. Blades 5-9, tapering at base with many spiny teeth; low. For- 

 tune's Mahonia. Mahonia Foitiinei. 



Fig. 22.- 



The tall barberries in cultiva- 

 tion North are generally varieties 

 of Berberis vulgaris and the names 

 often indicate peculiarities of foli- 

 age or fruit : atropurptirea, purple- 

 leaved ; ilba, white-fruited ; liitea, 

 yellow-fruited ; nigra, black-fruited ; aspfirma, seedless ; viol^cea, violets 

 fruited ; diilcis, not sour ; mitis, with few thorns ; etc. The low ones are 

 apt to be varieties of Berberis Thunbergii, which are especially valuable 

 for the borders of walks and drives and grow well in partial shade. 



Fio. 23. — Wavy-leaved Pittosporum. 



Nandina dom^stica. Japanese Nandina (22) is a reed-like upright 

 shrub (6-8 feet) with bare stems J inch in diameter and clusters of 

 evergreen leaves at the top ending in a cluster of small red berries the 

 size of peas. The compound leaves are two or three times ternate with 

 9 to 27 entire-edged blades. It is frequent in cultivation in southern Cali- 

 fornia for the beautiful foliage and bright berries, but the bare stems are 

 unsightly if exposed. Among other shrubs and somewhat in the shade 

 it is a fine plant. With some protection hardy to Washington. The 



