TREATISE ON THE CULTURE, &c, j 6 5 



The Barberry is ranged, by Linnaeus, in the firft order of. 

 his fixth Clafs, entitled Hexandria Monogynia. 



The following Sorts are mojl ejieemed for their Fruit, viz, 



i s The Red Barberry without Hones, which has an agree- 

 able flavour when full ripe. 

 2. The White Barberry. 



3* The Black Sweet; which is the tenderer! of them, and 

 fhould be planted in a warm fituation. 



4. The Common Red with Rones. This is planted more 

 for ornament than ufe, on account of its beautiful red 

 berries. 



The Barberry is a native of England, 



Of Raifing and Pruning Barberries, 



Barberries are very eafily propagated from fuckers and 

 layers 5 and require the fame management in pruning as other 

 flowering fhrubs. I would always recommend planting them 

 in pleafure-grounds, and not in kitchen -gardens. On grafs 

 lawns, in pleafure-grounds of fmall extent, they have a fine 

 appearance, -and are frequently planted in fuch fituations as 

 ornamental flowering fhrubs; they are alfo planted frequently 

 in clumps. 



When you wifh to increafe them, encourage the fin eft and 

 cleaneft fhoots in Summer, by trimming all the fide branches 

 off thin ; and when you drcfs the fhrubberies in Winter, lay 



down 



