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two large trees, bearing staminate flowers. A seed 
bearing tree died in 1908, possibly when the roots 
reached the sandstone rock. Young plants were 
raised from the seed, and one is now growing near 
the Quarry. 
ARBUTUS. Ericaceae. 
A. Andrachne. Levant. 
*A. furiens. Chile. 
Syn. Pernettya ciliaris. 
A little shrub, which is now 4 feet high, has been 
out of doors for three years. It flowers and fruits 
and seems quite hardy ; though it will not grow 
in the open at Kew. 
A. hybrida (Andrachne xUnedo). Greece. 
A. Menziesii. Madrona. California. 
Syn. A. procera. 
A young plant purchased in 1902 is 14 feet high 
and quite hardy. Seed has ripened upon it. 
A. Unedo. Strawberry Tree. S. Europe, Ireland. 
„ var. rubra. 
Syn. A. Croomii. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Alpine Bearberry. Ericaceae. 
*A. pungens. California. 
A pretty plant, with pink flowers and glaucous 
leaves, suited to a cool shrub house : we have not 
found it succeed in the open. 
A. Uva-Ursi. Red Bearberry. Northern Hemisphere, 
Britain. 
ARCTOTIS. Compositae. 
*A. aspera. S. Africa. 
*A. aurantiaca. S. Africa. 
*A. regalis. S. Africa. 
ARDISIA. Myrsineae. 
*A. japonica. China and Japan. 
An evergreen shrub, which grows freely in partial 
shade. Unfortunately, as the growth is made late 
