BLUE 271 



Flowers. — The white or pink bell-shaped 

 flowers grow on very short pedicels, in short 

 racemes. May. 



This low shrub, scarcely exceeding a foot in 

 height, has a limited range, occurring in dry 

 woods from Delaware and Pennsylvania to Vir- 

 ginia. 



GREAT BILBERRY 

 Vaccinium uliginosum Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. — The blue, bloom-covered, globular 

 berries usually grow singly or in clusters of 

 from two to four. They are four- or five-celled, 

 sweet, and not very abundant. July, August. 



Leaves. — The oblong or obovate leaves, when 

 fully grown, are thick, bright green above and 

 paler beneath. They are entire and nearly 

 stemless. 



Flowers. — The solitary or few-clustered pink 

 flowers have their parts mostly in fours. 



This is a low tufted shrub with many 

 branches. It inhabits the mountain heights of 

 New England and New York, the shore of Lake 

 Superior, and thence northward to Alaska. It is 



