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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



* A. U. 4 scliizopetalus. Corolla cut into more than the number (5) of 



segments constant to the corolla of the species. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



* A. U. 5 integrijvlius. (SirnsBot. Mag., t. 2319. and our 



fig. 1978.) Leaves entire. Hort. Sdc. Gard. 

 m A. U. 6 crispus. Leaves curled and cut, and the 



plant dwarf, 

 a A. U. 7 salicifoKus Leaves narrow, very distinct. 



The common arbutus will grow to the height of 20 or 30 

 feet ; but, unless pruned to a single stem, it assumes more the 

 character of a huge bush than that of a regular-headed tree. 

 The rate of growth, when young and properly treated, will 

 average 1 ft. a year for the first 10 years ; and the plant is v ^k f / 

 of considerable durability. It will thrive in any tolerably free "^ y,^' 

 soil ; though it seems to grow fastest, and attain the largest 

 size, in deep sandy loam. It will grow either in open or 1078 f^!" 1 ^"" 

 sheltered situations, but does not thrive under the shade 

 of trees. The species is readily propagated by seeds, which should be 

 sown, as soon as they are separated from the pulp of the fruit, in pots of light, 

 rich, sandy soil, or heath mould, and then placed in the shade, where they can 

 be protected from the frost and the sun. Plants raised from seed do not ge- 

 nerally flower till 5 or 6 years old. The double and the scarlet-flowered, and 

 all the other varieties, are propagated by 

 layers, by grafting, or by cuttings of the 

 wood in a growing state, taken off in July, 

 and treated like cuttings of heath. 



Z m 2. A. IIY'BRIDA Ker. The hybrid- 

 Arbutus, o? % Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. Ker Bot. Reg., t. G19. ; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. 834. 



Synonyme. A. andrachnolcles Link Enum, 1. p. 395. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 619. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 



1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our Jigs. 1079. and 1080. 



Spec. Char.) fyc. Branchlets pilose. Leaves 

 oblong, acute, serrated, glabrous. Panicle 

 terminal, pendulous, downy. Flowers 



white. Calyx glabrous. (Don's Mill.) , 079 . ^. h> , brida . 



An evergreen shrub or low tree. Origi- 

 nated in gardens about 1800. Height 10ft. to 20ft. Flowers white ; Sep- 

 tember to December. Fruit scarlet ; rarely produced. 



This hybrid appears to 

 have been originated be- 

 tween the first and the 

 third species, and to be in- 

 termediate between them 

 both in appearance and 

 constitution. It is less 

 tender than No 4., and 

 more so than No. 3. In 

 British gardens it is very 

 ornamental from 

 its foliage and 

 flowers ; but, as 

 might be expected, 

 it rarely perfects 

 fruit. Propagated 

 by grafting on the 

 common species. 



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