BER'BERIS FASIGULA'RIS. 
BUNDLED BARBERRY. 
Class. Order. 
UEXANDKIA MONOGY N I A. 
Natural Order. 
BERBESACEA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
California. 
10 feet. 
April, May. 
Shrub. 
in 1819. 
No. 1077. 
Berberis is a very ancient name, and is believed 
to have had no other meaning than as applied 
generally to a wild berry. 
The Berberis fascicularis was first raised in Eng- 
land from seeds, sent home by the well-known 
Spanish botanist, Lagasca. It is a desirable hardy 
evergreen shrub; and, as it maybe increased with 
facility, would be quite suitable for planting as an 
under-shrub on an extensive scale. We have before 
said that the Barberries have been unduly neglect- 
ed ; since, by the adoption of them in pleasure 
grounds, a lively effect from their evergreen foliage, 
as well as considerable gaiety from their flowers, 
would be abundantly produced. 
As some authors continue to use the generic name 
Mahonia for a section of the Barberries, we will 
borrow an extract from the Botanical Magazine, 
given under the species now described. “By the 
advice of our friend Mr. Robert Brown, we have 
not adopted Nuttall’s name of Mahonia, because 
there does not seem to be any constant generic 
characters by which the pinnate-leaved Barberries 
can be separated from the simple-leaved. Indeed 
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