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so happily hit off; many other peculiarities attend this charming 

 shrub, of which its long deciduous bractese are not the least remarkable. 

 It is a native of the Canary Islands, where it was found by Mr. Masson 

 and introduced in 1779 ; if suffered to grow it will acquire a great height, 

 become indeed too large for a small greenhouse, and more fit for a con- 

 servatory, for which it would appear to be a most desirable plant ; it 

 produces flowers abundantly during May and June, which are not only 

 ornamental but deliciously fragrant. Strong-established plants usually 

 produce perfect seeds, by which this shrub is increased; cuttings rarely 

 succeed." (Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, vol. 11-12, pi. 426, as Cytisus 

 foliolosus. ) 



42184. Bebbeeis sp. Berberidaceaa. Barberry. 

 Received as Berberis vilmoriniana, for which a place of publication has 



not yet been found. 



42185. Berbeeis hookeei vieidis C. Schneid. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 

 "An evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, producing a dense thicket of 



erect, angled stems which branch near the top. Leaves in tufts, 1 to 3 

 inches long, one-half to 1 inch wide ; leathery, dark green above, glaucous 

 white beneath. Flowers two-thirds inch across, pale yellow. Berries 

 narrow, black purple, often remaining on the plant until the following 

 spring. Native of the Himalayas. This shrub has been so much con- 

 fused with Berberis walliohiana that it is difficult to disentangle 

 the histories of the two. The true B. wallichiana is probably not in 

 cultivation ; it differs from B. hookeri in the larger leaves (3 to 4| inches 

 long) and especially in their veining; the veins branch out from the 

 midrib, parallel with each other, but never reach the margin, becoming 

 merged in a vein which runs parallel with it. In B. hookeri the veins 

 fork near the margin, but do not merge into one another. B. hookeri 

 flowers in April and May and as a rule is quite hardy. The only time 

 I have known it to suffer much was during the trying winter of 1908-09, 

 when it lost most of its leaves, and the upper portion of the stem was 

 killed. Leaves uniformly bright green beneath. Although a marked 

 characteristic of some plants, the white under surface of typical B. 

 hookeri is not a wholly reliable distinctive character. I have seen young 

 plants partly bright green and partly blue white beneath. The best 

 way to increase this species and its varieties is by the seeds it so plenti- 

 fully bears ; they may be sown in shallow boxes or in pots and the young 

 plants pricked out the following year into nursery rows. The type and 

 the variety viridis are useful shrubs for planting in places where an 

 evergreen is wanted that will keep fairly dwarf without pruning." 

 (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 243.) 



42186. Caeagana aeboeescens eedowski Bean. Fabaceaa. Pea tree. 

 "A remarkable shrub, with long, serpentine branches, which will some- 

 times grow for several years without dividing. It thus acquires a thin 

 and open but not ungraceful habit and is altogether a striking plant. 

 Whether the Caragana redoioski mentioned by De Candolle in his Memoir 

 of Leguminosge, published in 1825, is the same as this is uncertain. It 

 appears never to have been properly described. The plant is at Kew, 

 but its history is not known." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy 

 in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 288.) 



