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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Arbutus

a genus of plants belongin the neighborhood of the Lakes of Killarney. It has panicles of large, pale greenish-white flowers and ing to the order of ericaceæ (heath parently wild, in the neighborhood of the parently wild, in large, pale greenish-white flowers and red fruit, which, with the evergreen leaves, are especially beautiful in the months of October and November. Trail- ing arbutus is a creeping or trailing plant red fruit, which, with the evergreen leaves, are especially beautiful in the months of October and November. Trailthe spring. Commonly called May flower, ing arbutus is a creeping or trailing plant or sometimes ground laurel. (epigza repens) with rose-colored blossoms, found chiefly in New En England in

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