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ARBUTUS, OR, STRAWBERRY TREE. 

 ARBUTUS UNEDO. 



Natural order, Bicornes. Ericece, Juss. A genus 

 of the Decandria Monogynia class. 



" Pomoque onerata ntbenti 

 Arbutus" OVID, 



The arbutus laden with blushing fruit." 



" At a season 



When the cheerless empire of the sky 

 To Capricorn the Centaur archer yields, 

 And fierce Aquarius stains the inverted year ; 

 Hung o'er the farthest verge of heaven, the sun 

 Scarce spreads thro' ether the dejected day ;" 



THIS beautiful shrub mingles its drooping 

 alabaster flowers, and its pendent crimson 

 berries, with its glossy dark foliage, thus of- 

 fering all its beauties to enliven the evening of 

 our year when most other trees have retired 

 to rest, which must always ensure it a favour- 

 able situation in the shrubbery, where it will, 

 as often as we see its unpalatable berries, re- 

 mind us of the gratitude which we owe to the 



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