FLOWERING SHRUBS 



Chiogenes hispidula belongs to the Heath family and 

 grows in cool peat bogs and mossy mountain woods, in the 

 shade of evergreens; the whole plant has the aromatic 

 flavor of the Teaberry or Aromatic Wintergreen, Gaultheria 

 procumbens. 



HUCKLEBERRIES BLUEBERRIES. 



Several varieties of this useful and agreeable fruit are 

 spread all over the country, even to the farthest northern 

 and eastern portions of the now widely extended Dominion. 

 Many of the species are hardy and will bear the severity of 

 almost Polar cold, and will flourish in the poorest soil. 

 The commonest to be met with are the large Blueberries, 

 Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum, V. Canadense and V. corym- 

 bosum, which abound in the oak-openings, in swamps, and 

 on the stony islands of our back lakes. 



DWARF BLUEBERRY Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum (Lam.), 



is the earliest to ripen its large sweet berries. The flowers, 

 which are delicate waxy bells, appear early in May and with 

 the young leaves are pinkish in color. The leaves are 

 lanceolate, with serrated margins, smooth and shining on 

 both sides. The berry is ripe early in July, and is the 

 earliest Blueberry brought to the market. 



This is a low bush, one to two feet high, found growing in 

 woods and on the borders of swamps. 



CANADA BLUEBERRY Vaccinium Canadense (Kalm.), 



is a low shrub with downy branches and leaves, very similar 

 to the above but generally smaller and with shorter greenish 

 flowers, striped with red; the leaves are not serrated at the 

 margin, and the fruit is not quite so early. It generally 

 grows in damper situations. 



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