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Vaccinium humifusum, Graham. 



North-Western America, particularly on the Rocky Mountains. 

 Berries of this bush well flavored. 



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



Southern India, extending to Ceylon, at elevations from 4,000 to 

 8,000 feet. This evergreen species attains the size of a small tree, 

 flowering and fruiting throughout the year. The fruits resemble 

 cranberries. 



Vaccinium leucanthum, Chamisso. 



Mountains of Mexico. An arborescent species. The blackish 

 berries are edible. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon, Aiton.* (Oxy coccus macrocarpus, Persoon.) 



The large Cranberry. From Canada to Virginia and Carolina, 

 particularly in sandy and peaty bogs, and in cold mossy swamps, 

 Hardy to Christiania. A trailing evergreen bush, with stems attain- 

 ing a length .of 3 feet. In sunny places more fruitful than in shady 

 localities. It is this species, which has become so extensively culti- 

 vated in the eastern parts of the United States, where on moory laud, 

 often not otherwise to be utilized, enormous quantities of this fruit 

 have been produced by regular culture at a highly profitable scale. 

 The berries are of acid taste, pleasant aroma and the scarlet bright- 

 ness of the British cranberry, but considerably larger. The plant is 

 rooting also along its depressed stem, from which it can be readily 

 multiplied. 



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 color of those of V. Vitis Idaea. 



Vaccinium Mortinia, Bentham. 



Mountains of Columbia. A shrub, several feet high. The fruits 

 resemble those of V. Myrtillus, but are more acid. They come to 

 the Quito-market under the name Mortina. 



Vaccinium myrtilloides, Michaux. 



Michigan, Canada, Newfoundland, Labrador. The large edible 

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

 country. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, Linn&* 



The British Whortleberry or Bilberry. Throughout Europe, 

 Northern and Middle Asia, remotest North-America, extending to the 

 Calif ornian Sierra Nevada; in heathy and turfy forest-land. In Norway 

 it is found wild to lat. 71 10' (Schuebeler). A shrub, a few feet high or 

 less, deciduous, erect, of great value for its copious supply of berries. 

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

 grateful taste and very wholesome. The naturalization of this plant 



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