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are A. Unedo coccinea and A. Unedo rubra, bearing scarlet 

 and deep-red flowers, and A. Unedo micropbylla, with much 

 smaller leaves than those of the parent plant. 



A. Unedo Cboombi differs considerably from the former, 

 in having larger foliage, larger clusters of reddish-pink 

 flowers, and the bark of the young shoots of an enticing 

 ruddy, or rather brownish-red colour. It is a very 

 desirable and highly ornamental plant, and one that is 

 well worthy of extended culture. 



There are several others, to wit A. photinisefolia, A. 

 Rollissoni, A. Millerii, with large leaves, and pretty pink 

 flowers, and A. serratifolia, having deeply serrated leaves. 

 Deep, light loam, if on chalk all the better, and a fairly 

 warm and sheltered situation, would seem to suit the 

 Arbutus best. 



Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae). 



Arctostaphylos alpina. — Black Bearberry. Scotland. 

 This is confined to the Northern Highlands of Scotland, 

 is of neat habit of growth, with toothed, deciduous leaves, 

 and small drooping white flowers, two or three together. 

 Both this and the following are suitable for the rock 

 garden, where they thrive in light, peaty soil. 



A. Uva-ubsi. — Bearberry. Britain. A neat shrub of 

 trailing habit, and with pinkish flowers resembling those 

 of the Arbutus, but much smaller. The leaves are entire, 

 dark green in colour, about an inch long, and obovate 

 or oblong in shape. Fruit globular, of a bright red, smooth 

 and shining. This is a native shrub, being found in 

 Scotland, Northern England, and Ireland. 



Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). 



Aeistoloohia Sipho. — Dutchman's Pipe. North America, 

 1763. A large-growing, deciduous, climbing shrub, remark- 

 able for its ample foliage, and curiously formed yellow and 



