your right, arbutus are evergreen trees or shrubs in the heath family
(manzanita) of plants. happy holidays you all.
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Subject: Re: For The Roses Trivia
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> > << 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 >>
> >
> > That's not how Joni described it when introducing the song at a concert
I
> > attended in 1973. She made it clear that the sound came from the arbutus
> > leaves rustling in the wind.
> >
> > Paul I
>
> Damn, another childhood illusion shattered!
> Rick
