Texas madrone, amazaquitl or Texas madroño, Arbutus xalapensis. Native to North America, Mexico and Central America, imported by Lord William John Napier. Laurel-leaved strawberry tree, Arbutus laurifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards’ Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1839.

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