Arbutus 
Unedo 
a ARBORETUM NOTES. 
ERICACEZE: 
coast, I Have always seen it (except in gardens) 
in the form of a bush. 
It is remarkable that De Candolle in his Flore ~ 
Francaise, describes the Arbutus as ‘‘arbrisseau 
‘‘d’un metre et demi,” thus giving it a height of 
scarcely five feet. 
Here, at Barton, the climate is a little too severe 
for the Arbutus. There was formerly a large and 
fine one in the kitchen garden, behind the green- 
house, perhaps ten feet high, and which sometimes 
bore fruit, but it was killed by the winter (I think) 
of 1838. The two which still remain on the lawn 
were killed to the ground in December, 1860; they 
have grown up again into pretty flourishing bushes, 
and flower abundantly, but have never fruited. 
One of them is of the red-flowered variety, which 1s 
very pretty. 
(November, 1869). Both these bushes of 
Arbutus on our lawn have fruited this autumn, for 
the first time since 1860, and probably since long 
before. In spite of some uncommonly severe and 
stormy weather in the early part of this month, 
both these plants are now showing abundance of 
their beautiful crimson berries. 
(November, 1871). The finest Arbuti I have seen 
anywhere in England are in the woods of King’s 
Weston (the property of Philip Miles, near Bristol). 
These I saw in September, 1870. They are very 
