1156 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART IT1. 
# 3. L. CANADE’NSE Lodd. The Canadian Ledum. 
Identification, Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1049. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 851. Eat 4 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1049. ; and our fig. 968. : 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-petiolate, white beneath. 
Flowers disposed in terminal umbellate corymbs, large. 
Flowers white. (Don’s Mil/., iii. p. 851.) A shrub, 
from 3 in. to 6 in. high ; a native of Canada, in swamps ; 
and flowering in April and May. It is in cultivation Se 

in British gardens, but the year of its introduction is 
uncertain. 
968 

Sect. III. Vaccinre‘# D. Don. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 152.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 851. 
Sect. Char.,§c. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary connate with the calyx. Disk 
perigynous, nectariferous. Fruit baccate. Gemmation scaly. The genera in 
this section agree with Vaccinium in the ovary adhering to the calyx. (Don’s 
Miil., iii. p. 851.) Deciduous and evergreen shrubs, natives of Europe and 
North America; cultivated in peat soil, and propagated, generally, by di- 
vision of the plant, but sometimes by layers, and, when necessary, by 
cuttings or seeds. 
Genus XXVI. 
JISC laa 
VACCYNIUM ZL. Tue Wuortiepserry. Lin. Syst. Oct-Decandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 191.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p.355.; Pursh Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282.; Juss. 
Gen., 162.; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 263.; Lam. IL, 286.; Gertn. Fruct., t.28.; Don’s Mill., 3. 
Scie ities Vitis ide‘a Tourn. Inst., t.377.; Airelle, Fx.; Heidelbeere, Ger. 
Derivation. An ancient Latin name, but whether of aberry or a flower, has been a point in dispute 
among critics, as well as its etymology. 
Description. The species are shrubs, varying in height from 6in. to 10 ft., 
some natives of Europe, but the greater part of North America. They are 
gemmaceous, with the bud scales often permanent on the base of the small 
branches; and the leaves often beset with resinous dots. The flowers are 
pedicellate, and either in solitary racemes, or in tufts. They are generally 
drooping, inodorous, tinted with various shades of red or pink, never blue, 
and scarcely ever yellow. They are succeeded by berries, black, purple, 
bluish, or red, covered with a fine bloom, generally eatable: some of them 
agreeable, and excellent in tarts; and others austere, acid,and scarcely whole- 
some in a raw state. In general, it may be observed, that the species are in a 
good deal of confusion, from the whole of them never having been studied 
together in the same garden. We have followed the arrangement of G. Don, 
as the latest and best, not having had an opportunity ourselves of examining 
all the species said to be in cultivation in British gardens. The best collec- 
tion of large plants of the genus Vaccinium, in England, is at White Knights ; 
and of plants for sale, at Messrs. Loddiges’s. Price, of the common sorts, 
from ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. each; of the rarer kinds, from 3s. to 5s. each. 
A. Leaves deciduous. 
a. Pedicels 1-flowered, usually solitary, rarely twin, or fasciculate. 
« 1. V. Myrti‘tius L. The Little-Myrtle-dike Whortleberry, or common 
Bilberry, or Bleaberry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 498.; Ger. Emac., 1415.; Matth. Valgr., 1. p.410.; Cam. Epit., 135. ; 
Smith Eng. Fl. 2. p 219.; Don’s Mill, 3. p.851.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 456. ; Fl. Dan., t.974.; and our fig, 969. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered. Leaves serrated, ovate, smooth. 
