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A. u. var. Croomii. 



This variety is conspicuous for its flowers, which are 

 very large and beautiful. They are of the same colour 

 as A. u. var. rubra, but much larger. The leaves are 

 also much larger and more serrated. It blooms from 

 October until Christmas, and nothing can be more 

 handsome than its flowers. 



ARBUTUS MAGNIFICA. Gardens. 



Supposed to be a hybrid between A. procera and 

 A. Andrachne. In general appearance it much re- 

 sembles the latter, but differs in the young shoots 

 being of a reddish colour, and in its rounder leaves. 

 It is also much more branched, forming a dense bush 

 ten or fifteen feet high, and symmetrical in form, very 

 hardy, and for beauty of growth and foliage it may be 

 styled the king of Arbutuses. 



ARBUTUS PROCERA. Dowlas. 

 (Tall Strawberry Tree.) 



In general character this species resembles An- 

 drackne, but differs in its serrated leaves and larger 

 flowers. In its native habitats in the woods on the 

 coast of North- West America, it forms a large shrub, 

 and sometimes attains the character of a tree ; and in 

 this country it grows very rapidly, and is more hardy 

 than the common one. 



