Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Turkestan, Songoria. cc. Fls. usually solitary, rarely in fetv-fld. umbels:lvs. entire. 8. Thiinbergii, DC. Figs. 227, 228. Dense, low shrub,2-4 ft.: branches spreading, deeply grooved, brown,with simple spines: lvs. obovate or spathulate, quite en-tire, glaucescent beneath, K-l)^in.


Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Turkestan, Songoria. cc. Fls. usually solitary, rarely in fetv-fld. umbels:lvs. entire. 8. Thiinbergii, DC. Figs. 227, 228. Dense, low shrub,2-4 ft.: branches spreading, deeply grooved, brown,with simple spines: lvs. obovate or spathulate, quite en-tire, glaucescent beneath, K-l)^in. long : fls. 1-3, paleyellow : fr. elliptic or nearly globose, bright red. Apr.,May. :53. 6646. 1894 173 A G 18 357Gng. 4: 241 ; 5: 119, 353, 355. Mn 2 118 A F 8 526 -One of the most valuable species especialh remarkablefor its low, dense, horizontal giowth its large brilliantred frs., remaining fresh till the following spring and forits bright scarlet fail-col-oring ; hardy. Very val-uable for borders of walksand drives. Endures par-tial shade. Cattle andsheep do not browseit much. Var. Maximd-wiczi, Franch. & Sav.,has the lvs. green plurifldra, 3-10 fls. in short, ibel-like raceme, is perhapsa hybrid with B. vulga-ris ; it has almost graybranches. China, BB. Foliage evergreen or half-evergreen. c. Lvs. entire, or rarely with few spiny teeth. 9. buxlfdlia, Poir. {B. dulcis. Sweet). One to 3 ft.:branches brown, grooved ; spines usually 3-parted,short : lvs. cuneate, obovate or elliptic, %-l in. long :fls. solitary, on long pedicels, orange yellow : fr. nearly BERBEKIS BEKBERIS 155 gloliese, hlankish purplo. May. Chile to Strait of Ma-geliaii. (If)!!... II. 1: 100. 10: 171.— A viTv Llaiefiil, frfc-tliiwering shrub; one of thehanliist of the evurgrpcn species ; will stand the win-ter even north if somewhat protected. 10. stenophylla. Mast. {B. Ddrwini x empetrifbUa).Height 1-:! ft., with slender, arching branches


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