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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 ver}^ ornamental. They 

 are not hardy north of Philadelphia. Of the eighteen 

 species seven are greenhouse evergreens. 



A . a/idrac/ine {andr3.c\ine) ; lo feet; flowers white, in April; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 zie's) ; flowers white ; North America ; 1827. A. Milleri (Mil- 

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

 7micro7iata (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. 

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

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

 white ; North America; 1825. A. piu7iila (dwarf); greenhouse 

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

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

 whitish-green. A. speciosa{^s\\o\s\) ; Mexico; 1837. A.touicn- 

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

 A. tomentosa mcda (smooth-branched.) A. 7t nedo (unedo) ; 10 

 feet; flowers while, in October; Ireland. A. 7i7iedo crispa 

 (curled) ; 8 feet ; flowers white, in October. A. imedo i7iteorifo- 

 lia (entire-leaved); 6 feet ; flowers pink, in October. A. 7i7iedo 

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

 2i7Lcdo salicifolia (willow-leaved) ; 6 feet ; flowers white, in Octo- 

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

 October. A. schizopetala r7ibra (red-flowered) ; 10 feet ; flowers 

 pink, in October. 



