342 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



culture at a highly profitable scale. The berries are of the 

 acid taste, pleasant aroma, and scarlet brightness of the British 

 Cranberry, but considerably larger. 



Vaccinium meridionale, Swartz. 



Jamaica, from the summits of the highest ranges down to the 

 coffee regions. It attains a height of 30 feet and is evergreen. 

 The small berries are of the taste and colour of those of 

 V. Vitis Ida?a. 



Vaccinium Mortinia, Bentham. 



Mountains of Columbia. A shrub several feet high. The 

 fruits resemble those of V. Myrtillus, but are more acid. 

 They come under the name Mortina to the Quito market. 



Vaccinium myrtilloides, Michaux. 



Michigan, Canada, Newfoundland, Labrador. The large edi- 

 ble berries are called Bluets. This little bush is adapted for 

 higher Alpine country. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, Linne'.* 



The British Whortleberry or Bilberry. Throughout Europe, 

 North and Middle Asia, remotest North America, in heathy 

 and turfy forest land. A shrub, a few feet high or less, de- 

 ciduous, erect, of great value for its copious supply of berries. 

 They are, as well known, black with a bluish-grey hue, and of 

 exceedingly grateful taste. The naturalisation of this plant 

 on Alpine ranges and in cooler woodlands would prove a boon. 

 The berries can be utilised for their dye. The whole bush con- 

 tains quina acid. 



Vaccinium ovalifolium, Smith. 



North- West America from Mendocina to Oregon. This shrub 

 bears large edible berries (Gibbons) . 



Vaccinium ovatum, Pursh. 



Common throughout California, also in British Columbia, at 

 an altitude of from 100 to 2,000 feet, attaining a height of 

 about 8 feet. It bears its fruit in densely crowded racemes, 

 the dark-blue berries being sometimes four lines in diameter 

 and of good flavour. This species would doubtlessly form 

 a valuable accession among cultivated fruits (Gibbons). 



Vaccinium oxy COCCUS, Linne. (Oxy coccus palusiris, Persoon.) 



The British Cranberry. Throughout Europe, North and Middle 



