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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



t A. U. 4 schizo2Jetalus. Corolla cut into more than the number (5) of 

 sei^ments constant to the corolla of the species. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



m. A. U. 5 integrifdlius. ( Sims Bot. Mag., t. 23 1 9. and our 

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



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

 plant dwarf. 



tt A. U. 7 salic/foliiis 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 

 of considerable durability. It will thrive in any tolerably free 

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

 size, in deep sandy loam. It will grow either in open or "'^' 

 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 





A. U. integri- 

 folius. 



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. 



t at 2. A. iiy'brida Ker. The hybrid 

 Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. Ker Bot. Reg., t. 619. ; Don's Mill., 3 



p. 834. 

 St/nonyine. A. andrachnoides Link Enum. 1. p. 39-5. 

 Ennrai'injis. Bot. Reg., t. G19. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 



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



Spec. Char., ^c. Branchlcts pilose. Leaves 

 oblong, acute, serrated, glabrous. Panicle 

 terminal, pendulous, downy. Flowers 

 white. Calyx glabrous. (Don's Mill.) 



An evergreen shrub or low tree. Orijii- 



A, liylirida. 



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

 tember to December. Fruit scarlet ; rarely produced. 



This iiybrid 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 

 tender than No 4., 

 more so than No. 3. 

 British gardens it 

 ornamental from 

 its foliage and 

 flowers ; but, a3 

 might be expected, 

 it rarely perfects 

 fruit. Propagatetl 

 by grafting on the 

 common species. 



1080. A. bybricUi 



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