ANDROMEDA 



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Arbutus Unedo. The STRAWBERRY TKKK (4 Ki) is a tree-like shrub 8 to 

 15 feet with evergreen simple alternate 



nearly entire leaves (2-3 inches), glob- 

 ular red berries (| inch) with many 

 seeds and ovate white to red flowers 

 (about ^ inch long) in nodding clus- 

 ters. The bloom and the fruit of the 

 preceding year are both on the shm!) 

 through the fall and render the plant 

 very decorative. The leaves are a 

 lustrous smooth green. Hardy only far 

 South. [Seeds; twig cuttings.] 



AndnSmeda. For our purpose this 

 old genus name is much the better one 

 for a large number of beautiful shrubs 

 which have clusters of small tubular 

 urn-shaped and globular flowers form- 

 ing small 5-valved dry capsules with 

 many seeds. The leaves are simple, 



alternate with entire or notched ed^t-s. 



T,. ,. ., ... FIG. 41fa. Strawberry Tree. 



Most of them will tc found in plant 



FIG. 417. Scurfy Andromeda. 



FIG. 418. Leather Leaf. 



