EVERGREENS . 123 



ANDROS^MUM.- Choisy. 



(Tutsan.) 



ANDROS^EMUM OFFICINALE. Allioni. 

 (Common Tutsan.) 



A native of moist shady places in many parts of 

 Eogland, and valuable for planting in shrubberies and 

 woods, beneath the shade and drip of other trees. It 

 grows about three feet high, forming a close thicket of 

 foliage. In summer it produces numerous large yellow 

 flowers, which are followed by purplish or nearly 

 black berries. Succeeds well in almost any soil. 



ARBUTUS, Camerarius. 

 (Strawberry Tree.) 



This genus contains some of the handsomest hardy 

 evergreen shrubs known to English gardens. They all 

 succeed well in ordinary loamy soil, and require little 

 attention as regards cultivation. 



ARBUTUS AKDRACHNE. Linnaeus. 



(Andraehne Arbutus.) 



A fine species, with long, smooth, shining leaves, 

 very slightly serrated. The outer bark of the stem 

 peels off annually, in thin papery layers. Grows as 

 rapidly as the common Arbutus, and is a very handsome 

 tree. 



