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DWARF BILBERRY 



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Stems: much branched. Leaves: obovate to cuneatc-ol^Ioii;^, obtuse, 

 thickly scnuhUe, reticulate-veiny. Flowers: corolla ovate. Fruit: larj^e, 

 sweet, blue berry, with a bloom. 



The Dwarf Bilhcrn- is really a tiny .shrub, hut is placed in 

 this Section, as it is so sniall that lew j)coi)le would think of 

 looking for it in the Mowerin-- Shrubs Section. 



It grows only from three to sc\en inches high, and has 

 many little fine branches thickly co\ered with leaves, which are 

 bright green on both sides. These stem-branches bear numer- 

 ous tmy, bell-shaped, pinkish or white Howers, with the calw 

 five-toothed and about ten stamens. These in time tin-n to 

 sweet blue berries, covered with a rich bloom, and so large as 

 to be out of all proportion to the ])lant. 



]^. Myrtillus, or Alpine Bilberry, closely resembles the pre- 

 ceding species, but grows slightly taller and has a verv ])romi- 

 nent mid-rib in its leaves, which latter are extremelv shinv. 

 It also has pale pink or white bells. The berry is black and 

 nodding. 



MOUNTAIN CRANBERRY 



Vacci)iiu)ii I'itis-Iihca. Hucklcbcrr\- I'amil\- 



Branches tufted h-om creeping stems. Leaves: crowded, oval, emari^d- 

 nate, shining above, pale bristly and dark-dotted beneath. Flowers: 

 crowded in a short terminal .secund and no{ldin<.j bracteate raceme. 



The most remarkable feature of this low, creejiing, exergreen 



shrub is that it has numerous black bristl\- dots beneath the 



leaves. The clusters of tiny, wa.xen, jiink bells grow on erect 



branches, which sj^-ing from the cree|iing stems and attain to 



a height of about eight inches. The i)erries are dark red and 



verv acid. 



