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FIG. 353. Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower (Epigcea ripens). This is one of the first 

 of the early spring flowering plants. It is a prostrate woody plant, usually more or less 

 covered up with the autumn leaves and with rounded and heart-shaped evergreen leaves. 

 The flowers occur in small axillary clusters, are of a rose-red color, dimorphic as to styles 

 and stamens, and are very fragrant. They are transplanted with difficulty, and require 

 an acid soil, as do many other Ericaceae. After Troth. 



