574 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
a A. U. 4 schizopétalus. — Corolla cut into more than the number (5) of 
segments constant to the corolla of the species. Hort. Soc. Garden. 
aw A. U. 5 integrifolius. (Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2319. and our 
Jig. 1978.) — Leaves entire. Hort. Soc. Gard. 
w A. U. 6 crispus. — Leaves curled and cut, and the 
plant dwarf. 
a A. U. 7 salicifblius — Leaves narrow, very distinct. 
The common arbutus will grow to the height of 20 or 30 
feet ; but, unless pruned to a single stem, it assumes more the 
character of a huge bush than that of a regular-headed tree. 
The rate of growth, when young and properly treated, will 
average 1 ft. a year for the first 10 years; and the plant is 
of considerable durability. It will thrive in any tolerably free 
soil; though it seems to grow fastest, and attain the largest 
size, in deep sandy loam. It will grow either in open or 
sheltered situations, but does not thrive under the shade 
of trees. The species is readily propagated by seeds, which should be 
sown, as soon as they are separated from the pulp of the fruit, in pots of light, 
rich, sandy soil, or heath mould, and then placed in the shade, where they can 
be protected from the frost and the sun. Plants raised from seed do not ge- 
nerally flower till 5 or 6 years old. The double and the scarlet-flowered, and 
all the other varieties, are propagated by 
layers, by grafting, or by cuttings of the 
wood in a growing state, taken off in July, 
and treated like cuttings of heath. 
2 # 2, d. uy’pripa Ker. The hybrid 
Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 
Identification. Ker Bot. Reg., t.619.; Don’s Mill., 3. 
p. 834. 
1078, A. U. integri- 
folius. e 
ynony A. andrachnoides Link Enum, 1. p. 395. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 619. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. vi. ; and our figs. 1079. and 1080. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branchlets pilose. Leaves 
oblong, acute, serrated, glabrous. Panicle 
terminal, pendulous, downy. Flowers ( 
white. Calyx glabrous. (Don’s Mill.) 1079+ 4, hybrida. 
An evergreen shrub or low tree. Origi- 
nated in gardens about 1800. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Flowers white ; Sep- 
tember to December. Fruit scarlet ; rarely produced. 
This hybrid appears to 
have been originated be- 
tween the first and the 
third species, and to be in- 
termediate between them 
both in appearance and 
constitution. It is less 
tender than No 4., and 
more so than No, 3. In 
British gardens it is very 
ornamental from 
its foliage and 
flowers ; but, as eS 
might be expected, “ 
it rarely perfects 
fruit. Propagated 
by grafting on the 
common species, 
