Fig. 4. The interesting barberry Known to the nursery- 
men as B. Sieboldi and B. Hakodate 
The showy, deep red, oblong berries ripen 
late in the fall. 
A species from Siberia (Berberis emar- 
ginata) resembles the Chinese in color of 
fruit, but is smaller, growing only from three 
to four feet high. It differs also in having 
upright branches, with deep green, smallish 
leaves. The yellow flower clusters are only 
slightly nodding. The dull berries ripen in 
October and are roundish to oval, not oblong. 
The foliage turns yellowish red in autumn. 
*>Even more beautiful than B. emarginata 
is B. serrata, known to the trade as B. micro- 
phylla, var. serrata. The small tapering 
lance-shaped, sharply toothed leaves distin- 
guish it from all others. It grows three or 
four feet high and is decidedly ornamental 
Fig. 7. Detail of the leaf of the Oregon grape (Berberis 
Aguifolium). Five to nine leaflets 
Fig. 5. The only holly-like barberry that has simple 
leaves (B. ilicifolia). Half evergreen 
when in bloom. ‘The small red berries drop 
in early winter. 
The Siberian barberry (Berberis Sibirica) 
has purplish red berries that ripen in October, 
and fall in late autumn. It blooms about 
May 20th. The smallish tapering leaves 
are bluish green. This species forms a com- 
pact, dense, spreading bush, wider than it is 
high; it grows four to six feet tall, and ten to 
twelve feet in diameter. 
II. The Evergreen Group 
The nine kinds that follow are cultivated 
primarily for the beauty of their evergreen 
foliage, and especially for their bronze and 
even red tones in winter, although bronzing 
Fig. 8. The narrowest-leaved barberry, an evergreen 
species (B, stenophylla) 
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Fig. 6. The extremely interesting hybrid Known as B. 
Neuberti, and described on page 124 
is usually a sign of distress among plants. 
No broad-leaved evergreen plant is every- 
where hardy in the North, because it ex- 
poses a greater evaporating surface to the sun’s 
rays than the conifers, or narrow-leaved ever- 
greens. When the ground is frozen the roots 
cannot supply sap to the leaves as fast as it is 
drawn away by sun heat. Therefore, give 
these glorious plants partial shade and shelter 
from drying winds. If you have planted 
them in exposed positions, cover them with 
pine boughs. 
The next four species have compound 
leaves while the five that follow have simple 
leaves. 
Every plant which the nurserymen call 
Mahonia belongs to the genus Berberis and - 
Fig.9. The best low ground cover among the bar- 
berries—the evergreen B. repens, a creeper 
