WHORTLE-BERRY.-VACCI 

 NIUM: 



Often called HURTS, or HURTLE-BERRY, and 

 BILBERRY. 



In Botany, a Genus of the Octandria Mono- 

 gynia Class. 



THERE are several varieties of this fruit, 

 some of which are black, others red, and some 

 white. The whortle shrub is a native of this 

 country, and grows on most of our wild 

 heathy commons and uncultivated hills : it is 

 found in great abundance on Leith Hill, which 

 is the most elevated part of Surry. The fruit 

 seldom reaches the London market, although 

 it is much admired by many people either in 

 tarts or with cream. The berries are gathered 

 by the children of the cottagers, and by them 

 carried to the nearest market towns, and often 

 in quantities that load several asses. 



