Thats Right the Pacific Madrone is a common name used here in Oregon, the
Botanical name is Arbutus Menzesii
small detail JONI thought it would be allright to have her moon on the
cover, i like her in green velvet and boots better.
Brian
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Subject: Re: For The Roses Trivia
> > 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
