. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. E V K IMiiiEEN F!AJ;BEKKY. 7;,v/âr,,v â,jâ,fol'-'. AKBEKRIES are |n-uj)erl\ avrangvd in two groupsâ those with sunj)lt' leaves;^ w bich aiL- called " Ber- bi'iis'-' proper, and those ^\â lth ]iiuiiate leaves, which aie called Mahonias. The useful hardy shrub uow bel'di'e us uuiy therefore be lalielleil Miihoinii iiqin- f'lAiii with propriety^ but it is the i'ashiou to reg'arJ 1)1 ith sectidUs as iu the genus Berberis, which (itherwise is well delined, and gi\'es but little trouble. There is uu


. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. E V K IMiiiEEN F!AJ;BEKKY. 7;,v/âr,,v â,jâ,fol'-'. AKBEKRIES are |n-uj)erl\ avrangvd in two groupsâ those with sunj)lt' leaves;^ w bich aiL- called " Ber- bi'iis'-' proper, and those ^\â lth ]iiuiiate leaves, which aie called Mahonias. The useful hardy shrub uow bel'di'e us uuiy therefore be lalielleil Miihoinii iiqin- f'lAiii with propriety^ but it is the i'ashiou to reg'arJ 1)1 ith sectidUs as iu the genus Berberis, which (itherwise is well delined, and gi\'es but little trouble. There is uu better known e\ergreeii shrub than tbis^ and there are not man}' so useful. As a hedge tree it is certainh' surjiasst il by the holly ; but an admirable way of displaying it is tii jjlanl a line in front of a holly hedge, iu which position it njipears to acquire beauties peculiar to the situation. "J^lie ample o-lossy green leafage becomes richly tinted with ;'bades of scarlet^ chocolate, and bronze in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell


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