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40681. BERBERIS POTANINI. Barberry. From F. N.
Meyer, Hsiku, Kansu, China. A shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with rather
stout branches. Very spiny, glistening foHage; bearmg a profusion
of scarlet berries nearly one-half inch long. Remarkable for its
large fruit and scarlet leaves in the fall. Very drought resistant.

13353. BERBERIS SIEBOLDI. Barberry. From the Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, through David Fairchild. A
hardy, deciduous shrub of rounded form, native of Japan. Very
similar to B. vulgaris, but more dwarf in habit, usually below 3 feet
in height. Leaves thin, medium size, 1 to 2§ inches long. Fruit
round, bright yellowish red.

X BERBERIS STENOPHYLLA. Hybrid barberry. Hand-
some evergreen bush, forming a dense thicket of slender interlacing
stems. Cross between B. darwinii and B. empetnfolia. Said to
produce a mass of rich, golden-yellow flowers in spring, and to be
useful as a lawn bush, covering for a steep bank, or as a hedge plant.
Reported hardy in sheltered places at Arnold Arboretum, Boston.

28380. BERBERIS THUNBERGII X VULGARIS ATRO-
PURPUREA. Hybrid barberry. Produced by Dr. Walter Van
Fleet. Very handsome, yellow-flowered shrub of somewhat more
open habit than B. tJiunhergii and possessing slightly larger leaves,
which, however, retain the beautiful deep-purple color of B. vulgaris
atropurpurea. A very promising ornamental, deservmg trial as a
park, lawn, or garden shrub.

BERBERIS WILSONAE. Mrs. Wilson's barberry. A dwarf,
much-branched shrub, densely clothed with gray-green leaves about
half an inch long, which turn a beautiful crimson in the fall. Spines
nearly an inch long. Flowers a rich golden. Noteworthy for its
nearly round, coral or salmon red, somewhat translucent fruits, which
are borne very abundantly. Discovered by E. H. Wilson in western
China.

BERBERIS YUNNANENSIS. Western Chinese Barberry.
Handsome, deciduous, spiny shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, of dense rounded
habit. The leaves, mostly entire on the flowering shoots but toothed
on the others, turn a brilliant crimson in the autumn. The pale-
yellow, clustered flowers (three-fourths of an inch across) and the
bright-red, oval berries (one-half inch long) are among the largest in
the genus.

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