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Arbor-Vit^. See Thuja. 



Arbutus. [Ericaceae.] A beautiful genus of evergreen 

 shrubs, flourishing in loamy garden soil or peat. Flowers 

 bell-shaped, white or pink. Increased by seeds or layers, 

 the rarer species by inarching on the more common. The 

 fruit resembles a strawberry, and is veiy ornamental. They 

 are not hardy north of Philadelphia. Of the eighteen 

 species seven are greenhouse evergreens. 



A. A ndrac/iue {3.ndra.chne) ; lo feet; flowers white, in April 

 Levant; 1724. A. andradinioidcs (andrachne-like) ; 8 feet 

 flowers whitish-green, in April. A. Caiiaricnsis (Canary) 

 greenhouse evergreen ; 8 feet ; flowers whitish-green, in June 

 Canaries; 1796. A. densijiora (thickly-flowered); greenhouse 

 evergreen; 20 feet ; flowers white; Mexico; 1826. A. hybrida 

 (hybrid). A. laiirifolia (laurel-leaved) ; greenhouse evergreen ; 

 20 feet; flowers white; Mexico; 1825. A. Meiiziesii (Men- 

 zies's) ; flowers white ; North America ; 1827. A. Millcri (Mil- 

 ler's) ; hybrid ; 10 feet ; flowers white, in September ; 1825. A. 

 viiicronata (sharp-pointed-leaved) ; greenhouse evergreen trail- 

 er ; I foot; flowers white ; Magellan; 1828. A. pilosa (hairy- 

 branched); I foot ; flowers white, in May; ^Mexico ; 1829. A. 

 phiUyrcLEfoUa (phillyrea-leaved) ; greenhouse evergreen ; i foot ; 

 flowers white ; Peru ; 1812. A. procera (tall) ; 15 feet ; flowers 

 white ; North America; 1825. A. piuiiila (dwarf); greenhouse 

 evergreen ; 4 feet ; flowers white ; Magellan ; 1825. A. serrati- 

 folia (saw-edged-leaved) ; greenhouse evergreen ; 6 feet ; flowers 

 whitish-green. A . speciosa {^\iQv^'f) \ Mexico; 1837. A.tonien- 

 tosa (woolly-branched) ; 4 feet ; flowers white ; California; 1826. 

 A. tojuentosa imda (smooth-branched.) A. Uncdo {viXi^do); 10 

 feet; flowers white, in October; Ireland. A. Unedo crispa 

 (curled) ; 8 feet ; flowers white, in October. A. Uiiedo integrifo- 

 lia (entire-leaved) ; 6 feet ; flowers pink, in October. A. wiedo 

 plena (double-flowered); 5 feet ; flowers white, in October. A. 

 unedo salicifolia (willow-leaved) ; 6 feet ; flowers white, in Octo- 

 ber. A. schizopetala (cut-petalled) ; 7 feet ; flowers white, in 

 October. A. schizopetala rubra (red-flowered) ; 10 feet ; flowers 

 pink, in October. 



