FLOWERING SHRUBS. 121 



Creeping Snow-herrv. — Chiogenes hispidula, (T. & G.) 



This interesting little plant forms beds in the spongy soil of the 

 damp cedar swamps, spreading its matted trailing branchlets over the 

 mossy trunks of fallen trees. The foliage is dark green — very small — • 

 and myrtle-like in texture, hard and glossy. The flowers, which are 

 solilary in the axils of the leaves, are not very showy ; they are bell- 

 shaped and four-cleft at the margin, greenish-white in colour. The berry 

 is pure white and waxy, and lying on the deep green mat of tiny- 

 evergreen leaves, has a charming effect. 



Chiogenes hispidiila belongs to the Heath family, and grows in 

 cool peat bogs and mossy mountain woods, in the shade of evergreens • 

 the whole plant has the aromatic flavour of the Teaberry or Aromatic 

 Winter-green, Gault/ieria procumbens. 



Huckleberries — Blueberries. 



Several varieties of this useful and agreeable fruit are spread all 

 over the country, even to the farthest Northern and Eastern portions of 

 the now widely extended Dominion. Many of the species are hardy, 

 and will bear the severity of almost Polar cold, and will flourish in the 

 poorest soil. The commonest to be met with are the large Blueberries, 

 Vacciniiim Feimsylvanicum, V. Canadense and V. corymbosiivi^ which 

 abound in the Oak-openings, in swamps, and on the stony islands of 

 our back lakes. 



Dwarf Blueberry — Vacciniiim Pennsylvanicuni^ (Lam.) 



Is the earliest to ripen its large sweet berries. The flowers, which are 

 delicate waxy bells, appear early in May, and are with the young leaves 

 pinkish in colour. The leaves are lanceolate with serrated margins, 

 smooth and shining on both sides. The berry is ripe early in July, 

 and is the earliest Blueberry brought to the market. 



This is a low bush, one to two feet high, found growing in woods 

 and on the borders of swamps. 



Canad.\ Blueberry. — Vacciniiim Canadense., (Kalm) 



Is a low shrub with downy branches and leaves, very similar to the 

 above, but generally smaller, and with shorter greenish flowers, striped 

 with red ; the leaves are not serrated at the margin, and the fruit is not 

 quite so early. It generally grows in damper situations. 



Swamp Blueberry. — Vaccinium coiymbosiun, (L.) 



This is a large handsome shrub, five to eight feet high, found in 

 many varieties growing in swamps. The corolla is larger than either of 



