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NEW PLANTS, ETC. 



13. Berberis HTPOLEUCA.* 



Raised from seeds received from Dr. Royle, and said to be 

 from the North of India. 



A very fine evergreen, with leaves from 2 to 3 inches long and 

 H broad, of a dull green colour above, white beneath, strongly 

 reticulated on both sides, and often bordered with reddish purple. 

 Flowers pale yellow, small, and in racemes not larger than the 

 leaves. 



A hardy shrub, only injured by very severe winters. It grows 



freely in any good garden soil, and is increased by seeds, which 

 should be sown directly they are ripe. 



It forms a fine, handsome, evergreen bush, well suited for 

 planting in sheltered situations on account of its beautiful foliage. 

 It flowers in May. May 29) i 8 47. 



* B. hypoleuca ; sempervirens, foliis coriaceis latis obovatis distanter 

 spinosis integrisque reticularis subtus albis, racemis foliis brevioribus. — J. L. 



