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may therefore deserve culture or naturalisation in forest-ravines or 

 on sub-alpine heights. They occur from Peru to Mexico, also in 

 the West- Indies. One species, Yaccinium melliflorum (Thibaudia 

 melliflora, Ruiz and Pavon), has its flowers parti cularly rich in 

 honey-nectar. 



Vaccinium caespitosum, Michauz. 



Labrador, Canada and ISTorth-Eastem States of the American 

 Union. A deciduous-leaved small bush, with bluish edible berries. 

 Y. ovalifolium (Smith) is an allied species. 



Vaccinium Canadense, Kalm.* 



From the Middle States of North- America northwards. A dwarf 

 shrub in swampy ground of woodlands. Yields, like Y. Peiinsyl- 

 vanicum, to which it is allied, edible blueberries or huckleberries. 

 Mr. Marity calls the berries delicious, fetching a high price up to 

 11 dollars a bushel, never lower than 5 dollars, in New York. One 

 bush yields from a pint to a quart of berries. It thrives through 

 all grades of soil and exposure. The berries are rather large and 

 aromatic ; for cooking and preserves they locally take precedence 

 to any other kind of berry ; they are easily dried, and retain their 

 full delicious flavor. The bush grows occasionally to a height of 

 15 feet. 



Vaccinium corymbosum, Linne. 



The Swamp -Blueberry or Blue-Huckleberry. Canada, Eastern 

 and Western States of North-America. A good-sized shrub, reach- 

 ing a height of 15 feet, with deciduous foliage. Berries bluish- 

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

 season. The frequency of this bush in its native countries induces 

 the anticipation, that it could readily be disseminated elsewhere in 

 apt climes and soils. 



Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Miehaux. (Oxycoccus erectus, Pursh.) 



Carolina and Virginia, on high mountains. An upright bush, a 

 few feet in height, with deciduous leaves. The transparent scarlet 

 berries, according to Pursh, are of excellent taste. Y. Japonicum 

 (Miquel) is a closely allied East- Asiatic representative. 



Vaccinium grandiflorum, Dombey. (Ceratostemma grandiflorum, Ruiz 

 and Pavon.) 



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

 pleasant acidulous taste. 



Vaccinium humifusum 9 Graham. 



North- Western America, particularly on the Rocky Mountains. 

 Berries of this bush well-flavored. 



