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puddings. Their juice has been employed to stain paper or linen purple. 
In autumn, many kinds of game live upon them, and the plant affords them 
shelter. In gardens, it may be cultivated in sandy peat, kept moist, in a situ- 
ation airy, but somewhat shaded. 
2. V. utieino’sum L. The Bog Whortleberry, or great Bilberry. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 499. ; Smith Eng. Fl., 2. p. 210. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 851. 
Synonyme. Myrtillus grandis Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 518. 
ngravings. Fl. Dan., t. 231. Eng. Bot., t. 581. ; and our jig. 1154. 
Spec. Char., §c. Pedicels somewhat aggregate, 1-flowered. Leaves obovate, 
entire, smooth. Branches terete. Taller than the common bilberry, 
and of a more glaucous hue. Leaves glaucous be- 
neath. Flowers flesh-coloured, with 8 long-horned 
stamens. (Don’s Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. 
North of Europe, North. America, and North of Asia, 
in marshy mountain heaths and alpine bogs. Height 
lft. to 2ft. Flowers flesh-coloured; April and May. 
Berries large, juicy, black, and covered with a mealy 
bloom ; ripe in October. ° 
The berries are agreeable, but inferior in flavour to 
those of VY. Myrtillus; eaten in large quantities, they 
occasion giddiness, and a slight headache. In France 
they are used to colour wines red; and in Siberia and 
Sweden they furnish an ardent spirit that is highly vola- i154. utigindeam. 
tile and intoxicating. They afford excellent sustenance 
to game. In gardens, it may be cultivated like the preceding species. 
«3. V. ancustiFo‘Lium Ait, The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 356. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 852. 
onyme. V.tmyrtilldides Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 234. 
ngravings. Bet. Mag., t. 3447.; and our fig. 1155. 
Spec. Char., §c. Pedicels scattered, mostly solitary, 1-flowered, naked. 
Leaves lanceolate, nearly entire, downy at the ribs and 7 
margins. Berries large, and known by the name of 
bluets. (Don’s Afi.) A low deciduous shrub. Ca- 
nada, about Hudson’s Bay and Labrador; and the 
high alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains, from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific. Height 1 ft. to 2ft. Intro- 
duced in 1776. Flowers flagon-shaped, yellowish vreen, 
or white tinged with red; April and May. Berries 
large, globose, blackish purple, highly esteemed by the 
inhabitants of the countries where the plant is indige- 
nous ; ripe in October. 1155. V- angustifdlium. 
« 4, V. casprro'sum Miche, The tufted Whortleberry 
Adentification. Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234.; Don’s Mill., 3, p. 852. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3429. ; and our jig. 1156. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers lateral, solitary, nearly sessile. 
Leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, rounded, obtuse, 
serrated, membranous, very smooth. A little shrub, 
with many crowded stems, from 2in. to 4in. high, 
very smooth in every part. Corolla of a short urceo- 
late form. [Berries nearly sessile, globose. (Don’s 
Mill.) A small deciduous shrub, with crowded stems. i4¥ 
Hudson’s Bay, in the Island of Sitcha, and on the Rocky 
Mountains. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1823. Flowers 
numerous, exceedingly delicate and beautiful, white, 
with a deep tinge of blush; May. Berry blue black, 
with a glaucous bloom ; ripe in October. 1156. V7. cwspitdsum. 
