AR BUTUS UNE'DO. 
COMMON STRAWBERRY TREE. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICE*. 
Native of 
Heig-lit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Native of 
Ireland. 
8 feet. 
Sept. Dec. 
Perennial. 
Rocky plac. 
No. 361. 
The word Arbutus was, probably, formed by the 
Latins from arbos, a tree. The Celtic ar boise, sig- 
nifying austere bush, has been suggested as its ori- 
gin, but it seems more probable that the Latins 
would have built on their own language than that of 
the Celts. The term unedo was retained by modern 
botanists on account of its having been the Roman 
name for the berries, which, it is said, are still a 
marketable article, and eaten, in the East. It is a 
contraction of unum edo; intimating that you will 
eat but one. Pliny sarcastically says it is no wonder 
that it has been called unedo, for one is sufficient to 
be eaten at once. 
This beautiful evergreen shrub has long been con- 
sidered a native of Ireland, though with some doubt 
whether it may not have been introduced by the 
Monks of St. Fiiinian. Now, however, it seems to 
be perfectly naturalized, in a particular spot, where 
its deep green verdure gives effect to the scene, and 
the surrounding landscape adds interest to the Arbu- 
tus; we mean the Lake of Killarney, where ‘ The 
several islands, the white rocks of Mucruss, the 
groves of Arbutus, the variable woods, the variety of 
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