. 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. Gardening. 225. Berberis vulgaris, in fruit. Nepalensis, 20 : nervosa, 22 ; Nenberti, 14 ; pinnata, 18 ; pluriflora, 8 ; repens, 23 ; Sieboldi, 2, and suppl. list ; Sinensis, 5 ; stenophylla, 10 ; Thunbergi, 8 ; vul- garis, 1; Wallichiana, 13. A. Iivs. simple, astially fasciculate in rhe axils of spijtes, deciduous or per
. 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. Gardening. 225. Berberis vulgaris, in fruit. Nepalensis, 20 : nervosa, 22 ; Nenberti, 14 ; pinnata, 18 ; pluriflora, 8 ; repens, 23 ; Sieboldi, 2, and suppl. list ; Sinensis, 5 ; stenophylla, 10 ; Thunbergi, 8 ; vul- garis, 1; Wallichiana, 13. A. Iivs. simple, astially fasciculate in rhe axils of spijtes, deciduous or persistent. B. Foliage deciduous : Ivs. membranaceous or chartaceous. 0. Fls. in racemes. D. Branches gray, except those of the purple-leaved form. 1. vulgaris, Linn. Comjion Barbekrt. Fig. 225, 226. From 4-8 ft., rarely 15: branches grooved, upright or arching : Ivs. oblong-spathulate or obovate, setulose- dentate, membranaceous, 1-2 in. long : racemes pendu- lous, many-fld.; fls. bright yellow : fr. oblong, usually purple. May, June. Eu. to E. Asia ; escaped from cul- ture and naturalized inE. N. Amer. Gn. 35: 693.—Hand- some in spring, with its golden yellow fls. and light green foliage; and in fall, with its bright scarlet fruits, remaining through the whole winter. A very variable species ; also the six following species are included by some botanists as varieties. Of the many garden forms, the most effective is var. atropurptirea, Rgl., with pur- ple colored Ivs. Gt. 9:278, 1. There are also varieties with variegated Ivs. and purplish black,whitish or yellow berries, as var. dlba, white-fruited ; var. asperma, seed- less ; var. diilcis, less acid ; var. Ititea, yellow-fruited ; var. mltis, less thorny ; var. nigra, black-fruited ; var. violicea or fructn-viollloeo, violet-fruited. The spines of the Barberry are, morphologically, Ivs., and the Ivs. are borne on short branches in their axils (Fig. 226). The stamens are sensitive. Touch the fllaments with a pin when the fls.
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