40142. BERBERIS AGGRE- 

 GATA, Barberry. From the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. A 

 small, spreading Chinese bush, with 

 leaves in rosettes of about 9, ovate to 

 oblanceolate, entire with a few teeth 

 or spiny hairs in the upper half, dull 

 green above, gray- green beneath, 

 usually about 1-2 inch long and 1-4 

 inch broad. Berries small, creamy 

 green, suffused with coral. 



23918. BERBERISAMUR- 



E N S I S. Barberry. From New York 

 Botanical Garden, through F. N. Mey- 

 er. Indigenous to the lower Amur 

 Valley. A densely branched, decidu- 

 ous shrub, 4 to 5 feet high. Leaves 

 large, about 4 inches long and 2 wide. 

 Early fruiting, and very ornamental 

 when heavily loaded with its bright 

 scarlet berries. 



40144. BERBERIS ARISTATA. 

 Barberry. From the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, England, Native of 

 Himalaya, at an altitude of 6000 to 

 10000 feet. A handsome shrub of 

 spreading habit, as much aslOtolSfeet 

 in diameter. Leaves whitish beneath. 

 Flowers numerous, golden-yellow. 

 Berries red, covered with blue-white 

 bloom. One of the strongest growing 

 and most striking of the deciduous 

 barberries. 



