ARBUTUS; OR, STRAWBERRY TREE. 
being at a season when most others are stripped 
fof their beauty, the sight is peculiarly pleasing. 
The best method of propagating the Arbu- 
tus^j is from seeds ; that by cutting and layers 
being considered as tedious, uncertain, and 
producing rather bushes than trees. They 
should be sown in pots, towards the latter end 
of February, and plunged into a moderate hot- 
bed ; when the plants will appear about April ; 
and, with good management, grow before 
winter to the height of eight or ten inches* 
When the trees are three or four feet high, 
they may be shaken out of the pots, into the 
open ground where they are to remain ; but 
this must be done in April, that they may take 
good root before winter, 
The Arbutus is tolerably hardy ; and seldom 
hurt, except in extreme hard winters, which 
otten kill the young and tender branches, but 
seldom destroy the tree. The branches, how- 
ever, if kept clear of snow, arc not unfrc- 
qucntly preserved. 
This tree flourishes most in a moist soil ; in 
dry 
