IN EXTRA-TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 



Vaccinium caespitosum, Michaux. 



Canada and Northern States of North America. A deciduous- 

 leaved small bush, with bluish edible berries. V. ovalifolium 

 (Smith) is an allied species. 



Vaccinium corymbosum, 



The Swamp Blueberry or Blue Huckleberry. Canada and 

 United States of North America. A good- sized shrub up to 

 15 feet high with deciduous foliage. Berries bluish black, 

 rather large, aromatic, of sweetish taste, ripening late in the 

 season. 



Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Michaux. (Oxy coccus erectus, Pursh.) 

 Carolina and Virginia, on high mountains. An upright bush 

 of a few feet in height, with deciduous leaves. The transpa- 

 rent scarlet berries, according to Pursh, are of excellent taste. 



Vaccinium grandiflorum, Dombey. (Ceratostemma grandiflorum, 

 Ruiz and Pa von.) 



Andes of Peru. A tall evergreen shrub. The berries of a 

 pleasant acidulous taste. 



Vaccinium humifusum, Graham. 



North-Western America, on the Rocky Mountains. Berries 

 of this bush well flavoured. 



Vaccinium Leschenaultii, Wight. (Agapetes arlorea, Dunal.) 

 India, Neilgherries, and Ceylon. This evergreen species attains 

 the size of a tree, flowering and fruiting throughout the year. 

 The fruits resemble cranberries. 



Vaccinium leucanthum, Cham. 



Mountains of Mexico. An arborescent species. The blackish 

 berries are edible. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon, Aiton.* (Oxy coccus macrocarpm, Per- 

 soon.) 



The large Cranberry. From Canada to Virginia and Carolina, 

 particularly in sandy and peaty bogs, and in cold mossy 

 swamps. A trailing evergreen bush, with stems attaining a 

 length of 3 feet. It is this species which has become so ex- 

 tensively cultivated in the eastern parts of the United States, 

 where on moory land, often not otherwise to be utilised, enor- 

 mous quantities of this fruit have been produced by regular 



