"Berberis vulgaris" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... croziers of cinnamon fern to pause in admiration at shrubs and trees bearing calling cards. Here is a red cedar announcing on a Dennison tag, "I am Juniperus virginiana, known to my intimates as savin." Out of its nimbus of pale yellow flame "Berberis vulgaris" hands me a bit of pasteboard, and dangling from a resinous bough is the statement that it is "Pinus strobus" that welcomes me to fragrant shade. Like many city manners which are new to country folk these seem to be a bit obtrusive at first. Yet on second thought I find it an excellent custom ...
— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard
... Mitcheldean Meand. Petty Whin (Genista Anglica), the waste between the Dampool and the Speech House. Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale), throughout the Forest. Bee Orchis (Ophrys apifera), road to Bishopswood. Services (Pyrus pinnatifida and aria), Bicknor Rocks. Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), Bicknor Rocks. Cotyledon umbilicus, Purlieu Road. Narcissus biflorus, Hope Mansel. ...
— The Forest of Dean - An Historical and Descriptive Account • H. G. Nicholls |
