> From: "BRIAN SYMES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Untill i moved out to Oregon i never understood what Arbutus was which Joni
> rfers to at the end of FTR.
> it is the evergreen tree that is on the Album Cover to the right of Joni
> growing out of the hill side.
> This tree grows from the lower B.C. coast down to California. the glossy
> leaves rustle in the wind i think of this song when i vist my favorite
> deserted beaches on the south coast.
The arbutus is Canada's only broadleaved evergreen and I think is called
madrona as you get further south on the coast. I've always thought the
rustling came from the bark which peels off in strips and hangs on the
trunk, rustling like paper in the wind.
Ranger Rick
