In the Garden One of the most memorable garden spectacles
in England is the mound of barberies at Wisley when the flower is full The most popular of all bushes is said to be Thunbergi, whose purple leaves especially appeal to American gardeners. It has not, however, the quality of Prattii, and for those who grow berberis as a hedge plant the evergreen are the more valuable. None has enjoyed a greater vogue than Steno- phylla, a child of the not less useful Darwini, and though milch more dwarf in habit, Henriae has most of the virtues. Barberies are easily increased by layers or cuttings, but se:dom come true from seed. A very small cutting I took last autumn is already full of flower, a little marvel excelled only by a seedling gorse, which has flowered in its first year. The varieties differ in ease of cultivation. The attractive white-stemmed dietyophylla needs care in some soils.
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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