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panicles about i ins. long and wide, lasting long in beauty. Corolla egg- 

 shaped, about in. long, deep pink, with five small, rounded teeth at the nearly 

 closed mouth ; sepals whitish ; flower-stalks slender, J in. or less long. Fruit 

 not seen in Britain, but described as a brownish red, orange-shaped berry to 

 J in. wide. 



Native of California ; introduced to Kew in 1897. This shrub requires a 

 sunny position and a peaty, well-drained soil. Cuttings will not take root easily, 

 at least a way has not yet been found, so far as I know, to make them do so. 

 It is impatient of root disturbance, and should be given a permanent place 

 early, and till then grown in pots. Its stiff, somewhat gaunt branches, red 

 where not hidden by peeling bark ; the rigid, hard, grey foliage ; and the short, 

 crowded flower-clusters, give this rare shrub a most distinct appearance. 

 " Manzanita," which has been selected for its specific name, is an old Spanish- 

 Californian term for the bushy members of the genus generally. 



A. TOMENTOSA, Lindley. DOWNY MANZANITA. 

 (Bot. Reg.< t. 1791 ; Arbutus tomentosa, Pursh, Bot. Mag., t. 3320.) 



An evergreen shrub of somewhat irregular habit, growing from 3 to 5 ft. 

 (perhaps more) high ; young wood clothed with dense, often glandular hairs. 

 Leaves oblong or ovate, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, abruptly 

 pointed, i to 2 ins. long, \ to I in. wide, not toothed, leathery, dull greyish 

 green, downy above, thickly felted beneath ; stalk \ to in. long, hairy. 

 Flowers produced from March to May, densely, in short, drooping racemes 

 i in. or less long, from the end of the previous season's growth, and in the 

 axils of one or two of the uppermost leaves. Corolla white,* pitcher-shaped, 

 \ in. long ; sepals rounded, hairy on the margins ; flower-stalks very hairy, 

 | to j in. long. Fruit a berry, brownish red, orange-shaped, \ in. wide, 

 downy. 



Native of the coast regions of California and Washington; discovered by 

 Alexander Menzies about 1793. I* i s a rare shrub, but is thriving in peaty 

 soil at Kew. The densely hairy character of its shoots and leaves distinguishes 

 it from the other species in cultivation. 



A. UVA-URSI, Sprengel. RED BEARBERRY. 



A trailing evergreen shrub, sending out long, slender, leafy branches, but 

 rising only a few inches above the ground ; young shoots furnished with minute 

 down. Leaves leathery, obovate, \ to i ins. long, to \ in. wide, with a long, 

 tapering base : bright green on "both sides ; the margins hairy, otherwise 

 smooth ; stalk in. or less long. Flowers produced from April onwards in 

 small, drooping, terminal clusters ; corolla pitcher-shaped, \ in. long, pink. 

 Fruit a globular berry, J to \ in. diameter, red, smooth and shining. 



Native of the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, both in 

 the New and Old Worlds. In gardens it is useful for forming a low evergreen 

 ground-cover, its spreading masses of green foliage and small pink flowers 

 being always pleasing. It may also be planted on the top of upturned tree-roots, 

 which it will eventually completely drape, or on the top of miniature declivities 

 of the rock garden. It is easily propagated by cuttings. As seen on the 

 mountains -of the north lof England and Scotland, or of Central Europe, 

 its growth is much more compact and stunted, but less graceful than in 

 gardens. 



Plants sold in nurseries as " A. nevadensis " (really a very different species) 

 and "A. californica " are simply the W. American representatives of the species, 

 and do not differ appreciably from our own. 



