The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . black covered with blue bloom, as in For a narrow border of choicelow shrubs, or even for the rock garden,B. verruculosa may be strongly recom-mended. Another new species of the same type,but of even closer, neater habit, is B. can-didula. It was first put in cultivation byM. Maurice de Vilmorin, of Les Barres,as B. Wallichiana pallida, also fromFrench nurseries as B. W. hypoleuca, butis certainly very distinct from WallichsBarberry. Its foliage, like that of B. ver- 336 THE GARDENERS CHRO
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . black covered with blue bloom, as in For a narrow border of choicelow shrubs, or even for the rock garden,B. verruculosa may be strongly recom-mended. Another new species of the same type,but of even closer, neater habit, is B. can-didula. It was first put in cultivation byM. Maurice de Vilmorin, of Les Barres,as B. Wallichiana pallida, also fromFrench nurseries as B. W. hypoleuca, butis certainly very distinct from WallichsBarberry. Its foliage, like that of B. ver- 336 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [November 15, 1913. ruculosa, is brilliant, dark green aboveand vividly blue-white beneath, but theleaves are longer and narrower, and theyoung shoots are smooth. The flowersare solitary, rich yellow and about § inchacross, followed by oval, purple fruits. of the Wallichiana or Hookeri type,but of considerably more vigoroushabit than the two preceding all appear to be quite hardy, butB. Sargentiana is of especial interest andvalue, as it is the only evergreen Barberry. masses of beautifully coloured fruits; inthe former they are. red, in the latter of amore terra-cotta shade. Allied to them isB. aggregata, shown finely furnished withits red fruits by Mr. Vicary Gibbs onOctober 7 last. These three species areof a more robust type of growth. B. pruinosa, introduced to France fromYunnan by the Abb£ Delavay in 1894, isa robust evergreen shrub, probably 10 feetor more in height. Its leaves are ofleathery texture, up to 2^ inches long,lustrous green above, often greyish be-neath, not unlike in general appearancethe Himalayan B. aristata. It gets itsname from the rich pruinose (or plum-coloured) bloom that covers the fruits. Two species much confused in gardensare B. diaphana and B. both form dense rounded bushes 4or 5 feet high, and are very handsome whenwell furnished with their oval, bright redfruits, and especially beautiful in theirautumn li
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