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. 
H{UCKLEBERRIES— 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. 
DWakF 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—Vacciniwum 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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