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the manner of strawberries; and they make tolerable 

 tarts and jellies. 



2. V. vitis idaa, clusters terminal, drooping, with ovate con- 

 cave bracteas longer than the flower-stalks ; leaves obovate, dot- 

 ted beneath, revolute, minutely toothed; corolla bell-shaped, 

 flesh-coloured. Cow-berry. 



Hob. Higher parts of Cheviot, Winch. Jifne. \^ 



The berries are deep red, astringent and acid, with much 

 bitterness, which they lose by immersion, for some hours, 

 in water before they are made into pies, rob or jelly. In 

 the latter state this fruit is excellent for colds and sore 

 throats ; as well as for eating with venison, or other roast 

 meat, as is practised generally in Sweden. SM. 



3. V. oxycoccus, stems creeping, thread-shaped, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate, entire, smooth, revolute, acute ; flowers terminal, bright 

 rose-colour, drooping ; corolla deeply 4-cleft. Cranberry. 



Hob. Peat-bogs amongst moss. " Moors between Belford 

 and Wooler plentiful," Thomp. Haiden Dean ; bog be- 

 low Shoreswoopl Hall, Dr Thompson. June. ?j 



The berries are spotted in an early state, but become deep 

 red in maturity. At Longtown, on the borders of Cumber- 

 land, they are made so considerable an article of com- 

 merce, that, at the season when they are ripe, not less 

 than L. 20 or L. 30 worth are sold by the poor people, 

 each market day, for five or six weeks together, which are 

 afterwards dispersed over different parts of the kingdom, 

 for making the well-known cranberry tarts. LIGHTFOOT. 



125. CALL UN A. 



1. C. vulgaris, stems bushy ; leaves small, opposite, imbricat- 

 ed, ever-green ; flowers drooping, in longish unilateral clusters. 

 Common Ling. 



Hab. The principal covering of our moors, and not un- 

 common on the sea-coast. The flowers are commonly 

 rose-coloured, but a variety with them white is not 

 rare. July, Aug. ?j 



Ling, or Heather, is extensively used for thatching cottages 

 and making besoms; and the Highlanders frequently 

 make their beds with it, laying the roots downwards, and 



