As the leaves of the Arbutus remain all the winter, and in spring are pushed off by the shooting of new ones, the tree is always clothed. In June the young leaves are extremely beautiful; in October and November it is one of the most ornamental trees we have; the blossoms of the present, and the ripe fruit of the former year, both adorning it at the same time. There is an Arbutus now in the garden (in October) before my window, more lovely than I can find language to express. When other trees are losing their beauty, this is in its fullest perfection; and realises the exuberant fiction of the poets,-bearing at once flowers and fruit:

"There is continual spring, and harvest there
Continual, both meeting at one time ;
For both the boughs do laughing blossoms bear,
And with fresh colours deck the wanton prime,
And eke at once the heavy trees they climb,
Which seem to labour under their fruit's load:
The whiles the joyous birds make their pastime
Amongst the shady leaves, their sweet abode,
And their true loves without suspicion, tell abroad."
SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE.

"Great Spring, before,

Greened all the year: and fruits and blossoms blushed
In social sweetness on the self-same bough."

"the leafy arbute spreads

THOMSON'S SPRING.

A snow of blossoms, and on every bough
Its vermeil fruitage glitters to the sun."

ELTON.

This tree is a native of Greece, Palestine, and many other parts of Asia; of Ireland, and of many parts of the south of Europe. In Spain and Italy the country-people eat the fruit, which is said to have been a common article

it is there used for enclosures and palisades, for boats, and the floors of rooms. It is reckoned one of the best woods for the use of the lime-kiln; and besoms made of its branches are carried over Canada by the Indians for sale. When fresh, they have a very agreeable scent, which is perceptible in houses swept with them. The leaves have medicinal properties. In England the wood is used for bowls, boxes, cups, &c.

This tree is sometimes called the white cedar. It begins to flower about May. A young plant may be procured from a nursery as soon as its education is so far advanced that it may be introduced to the world with pro- . priety. It will thrive well in a pot for many years: but the best species for this purpose is the Chinese Arbor-vitæ, which does not grow too large for a pot. It will bear our climate in all its seasons, only requiring to be watered occasionally in dry weather.

ARBUTUS.

ERICINEÆ.

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Strawberry-tree.—French, le fraisier en arbre, l'arbre à fraises, both similar to the common English name: the fruit is called arbouse, arboise, or arboust.-Italian, arbuto, albatro, albaro, corbezzolo, from the fruit called corbezzola. By Pliny the fruit is called unedo.

THIS is called the strawberry-tree, from the resemblance of its fruit to a strawberry. Although it attains a considerable size, it is frequently grown in pots, and will bear transplanting very well. For this operation, April is the most favourable time; the cultivator taking care to preserve the earth about the roots, and to shade them from the mid-day sun, when newly planted,

As the leaves of the Arbutus remain all the winter, and in spring are pushed off by the shooting of new ones, the tree is always clothed. In June the young leaves are extremely beautiful; in October and November it is one of the most ornamental trees we have; the blossoms of the present, and the ripe fruit of the former year, both adorning it at the same time. There is an Arbutus now in the garden (in October) before my window, more lovely than I can find language to express. When other trees are losing their beauty, this is in its fullest perfection; and realises the exuberant fiction of the poets,-bearing at once flowers and fruit:

"There is continual spring, and harvest there
Continual, both meeting at one time;

For both the boughs do laughing blossoms bear,
And with fresh colours deck the wanton prime,
And eke at once the heavy trees they climb,
Which seem to labour under their fruit's load:
The whiles the joyous birds make their pastime
Amongst the shady leaves, their sweet abode,
And their true loves without suspicion, tell abroad."
SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE.

"Great Spring, before,

Greened all the year: and fruits and blossoms blushed
In social sweetness on the self-same bough.”

"the leafy arbute spreads

THOMSON'S SPRING.

A snow of blossoms, and on every bough
Its vermeil fruitage glitters to the sun."

ELTON.

This tree is a native of Greece, Palestine, and many other parts of Asia; of Ireland, and of many parts of the south of Europe. In Spain and Italy the country-people eat the fruit, which is said to have been a common article

it is there used for enclosures and palisades, for boats, and the floors of rooms. It is reckoned one of the best woods for the use of the lime-kiln; and besoms made of its branches are carried over Canada by the Indians for sale. When fresh, they have a very agreeable scent, which is perceptible in houses swept with them. The leaves have medicinal properties. In England the wood is used for bowls, boxes, cups, &c.

This tree is sometimes called the white cedar. It begins to flower about May. A young plant may be procured from a nursery as soon as its education is so far advanced that it may be introduced to the world with propriety. It will thrive well in a pot for many years: but the best species for this purpose is the Chinese Arbor-vitæ, which does not grow too large for a pot. It will bear our climate in all its seasons, only requiring to be watered occasionally in dry weather.

ARBUTUS.

ERICINEÆ.

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Strawberry-tree.-French, le fraisier en arbre, l'arbre à fraises, both similar to the common English name: the fruit is called arbouse, arboise, or arboust.-Italian, arbuto, albatro, albaro, corbezzolo, from the fruit called corbezzola. By Pliny the fruit is called unedo.

THIS is called the strawberry-tree, from the resemblance of its fruit to a strawberry. Although it attains a considerable size, it is frequently grown in pots, and will bear transplanting very well. For this operation, April is the most favourable time; the cultivator taking care to preserve the earth about the roots, and to shade them from the mid-day sun, when newly planted.

As the leaves of the Arbutus remain all the winter, and in spring are pushed off by the shooting of new ones, the tree is always clothed. In June the young leaves are extremely beautiful; in October and November it is one of the most ornamental trees we have; the blossoms of the present, and the ripe fruit of the former year, both adorning it at the same time. There is an Arbutus now in the garden (in October) before my window, more lovely than I can find language to express. When other trees are losing their beauty, this is in its fullest perfection; and realises the exuberant fiction of the poets,-bearing at once flowers and fruit:

"There is continual spring, and harvest there
Continual, both meeting at one time;
For both the boughs do laughing blossoms bear,
And with fresh colours deck the wanton prime,
And eke at once the heavy trees they climb,
Which seem to labour under their fruit's load:
The whiles the joyous birds make their pastime
Amongst the shady leaves, their sweet abode,
And their true loves without suspicion, tell abroad."
SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE.

"Great Spring, before,

Greened all the year: and fruits and blossoms blushed
In social sweetness on the self-same bough."

"the leafy arbute spreads

THOMSON'S SPRING.

A snow of blossoms, and on every bough
Its vermeil fruitage glitters to the sun."

ELTON.

This tree is a native of Greece, Palestine, and many other parts of Asia; of Ireland, and of many parts of the south of Europe. In Spain and Italy the country-people eat the fruit, which is said to have been a common article