Smithsonian Report, 1919. — Coville. 
Plate 19. 
Trailing Arbutus, Epigaea repens, Flowering Sparingly from Lack of 
Chilling. 
This plant of trailing arbutus was grown from seed. In the autumn, when about a year old, it laid 
down clusters of flowering buds. It was kept in a warm greenhouse all winter, but when flower- 
ing time came most of its flower buds were dead and brown. Only a single (lower opened. 
(Natural size.) 
