| | |chosen for it.
| | |
B. repens, Syn. |North America | ,, |Related to B. Aquifolium,
Mahonia repens | | |and, like that, will do
| | |well in shady spots. It is
| | |dwarfer than the other
| | |just mentioned.
| | |
*B. stenophylla |Garden form |Yellow; |This is a hybrid between B.
| |Spring |Darwinii and B.
| | |empetrifolia, and a shrub
| | |of rare beauty. The slender
| | |arching shoots are very
| | |graceful, and during the
| | |flowering period are
| | |completely wreathed with
| | |golden blossoms. Standing
| | |singly on a lawn, or near
| | |water, it is delightful.
| | |It should be in the
| | |smallest collection of
| | |flowering shrubs.
| | |
*B. Thunbergi |China and Japan |Pale |A spreading shrub 3 or 4
| |yellow and|feet high, with flowers not
| |red; |particularly showy, and
| |Spring |borne on the undersides of
| | |the shoots just as the
| | |young leaves are expanding.
| | |The bright-red berries are
| | |very showy, but they are
| | |surpassed by the brilliant
| | |scarlet of the decaying
| | |leaves.
| | |
*B. vulgaris |Europe |Yellow; |The common Barbe