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cream, made into tarts and into dried preserves that keep for several years. Some wine 

 merchants use the juice to color white wines; it imparts a very pretty violet color. 



Virgil is thought to have had this bush in mind when in his second Eclogue he 

 said: 



Alba liguslra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur. 



[Translation'. "White privet flowers fall away, but the black bilberries are gathered"] 



CULTIVATION. It's difficult to successfully acclimatize this bush in gardens and 

 in collections. However, it can be propagated from seeds, but they must be planted in 

 heath soil, in the shade, and watered often. It also can be transplanted as well as 

 propagated by layers, which take root quite readily. 



KEY TO PLATE. 



Bilberry. 1. Branch and flower. 2. Stamens and pistil. 3. Open corolla. 4. Intact 

 fruit. 5. Same, transverse section. 6. Seed, natural size and enlarged. 



