SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



pagated by layers, cuttings, suckers, or seed sowed under 

 a frame. Likes rich earth, and is a green-house plant. 



3<26. ARBUTUS, or Strawberry -tree. Lat. Arbutus 

 unedo. Fr. Arbousier unedo. A large evergreen shrub, 

 and a native of Ireland, which blows in September and 

 October. The flower is of a yellowish white, or red. It 

 bears a fruit very much resembling the strawberry. Pro- 

 pagated by layers, made in February, or the beginning of 

 March j also by seed, sown immediately after it is ripe, 

 .in pots of lightish earth, which should be exposed to the 

 south-east till the seed comes up. When the plants are 

 four or five feet high, they are planted in small pots, and 

 put into a house during the winter till they are strong 

 enough to put in the open earth. It is peculiarly suited 

 to lawns and shrubberies, where it makes a good show, 



and grows to the height of ten or fifteen feet. AN- 



DRACHNE ARBUTUS is another species, from the Levant. 

 It has larger flowers of a deep red, but it is not so hardy, 

 and, if planted in the open ground, must be secured 

 against frosts. 



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327. AZALEA, the white powered. Lat. Azalea viscosa. 

 Fr. Azalea visqueux. A pretty and hardy shrub from 

 North America, about three feet high, and blowing a 



white flower in June and July. Red-flowered. Lat. 



Azalea nudiflora, Fr. AzaUa nudiflore, is a hardy shrub, 

 also from North America, about three feet high, and 



blows in May and June. Yellow-flowered. Lat. Azalea 



pontica. Fr. Azale'a de pont. A hardy shrub, found near 

 the Black Sea. It is about three feet high, and blows in 

 May. Propagated by layers or by suckers, which should 



