TKACHELIUM 



GRANBEBRY ORDER 



GAYLUSSACCIA 



571 



T. caruleum. — A bushy perennial 

 1-2 ft. high, native of Italy and Spain. 

 Leaves ovate acute, shortly stalked, deeply 

 toothed. Flovyers from June to August, 

 violet-blue, salver-shaped, with a long 

 narrow tube. The variety albiim, has 

 white flowers. 



Culture and Propagation. — This spe- 

 cies likes sandy loam and leaf soil, and 

 is best grown in warm corners of the 



rockery. It has an elegant bushy habit, 

 and when covered with its trusses of blue 

 flowers is very effective. It is increased 

 by seeds sown in gentle heat in March, or 

 in cold frames in autumn as soon as ripe ; 

 or by cuttings of the young shoots in early 

 summer, inserted in sandy soil under glass. 

 The roots may also be utilised for the 

 purposes of increase. 



Series II. Hypogyn^ (see p. 125). 



LXIV. VACCINIACEiE-Cranberry Order 



This order consists of 26 genera and 320 species of erect or prostrate, often 

 epiphytical shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate or scattered, sometimes 

 in two rows, sessile or stalked, usually evergreen, entire, crenate or serrate, 

 teeth sometimes gland-bearing. Stipules none. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 regular or nearly so. Calyx adnate to the tube of the ovary ; Hmb 5-, rarely 

 4-7-lobed or parted. Corolla gamopetalous, round, bell-shaped, tubular or 

 inflated, 5-, rarely 4-7-lobed. Stamens twice as many, rarely equal in number 

 to the lobes of the corolla. Ovary inferior 2-10-celled, crowned with an 

 epigynous disc. Fruit a berry, rarely a drupe, or dry, often very fleshy. 



GAYLUSSACCIA.— A genus con- 

 taining about 40 species of smooth or downy 

 shrubs or bushes having entire or serrate, 

 evergreen or rarely deciduous leaves. 

 Flowers small, white, or scarlet, borne in 

 few- or many-flowei'ed racemes m the leaf 

 axils. Calyx tube obconical or top-shaped, 

 5-lobed or toothed. Corolla more or less 

 urn-shaped or tubular bell-shaped, with a 

 round or 5-ribbed tube, and 5 small erect 

 or reflexed lobes. Stamens 10. Ovary 

 S-celled. Fruit small, baccate. 



Culture cmd Propagation. — Gaylus- 

 saccias are closely related to and often 

 mixed up with the Vacciniums, and require 

 practically the same cultural treatment. 

 They flourish in moist peaty soil and may 

 be grown in front of Rhododendrons and 

 Azaleas, or with dwarfer members of the 

 Heath order (p. 574). The plants maybe 

 increased from seeds sown as soon as ripe 

 or in spring on the siu^face of fine sandy 

 peat and loam, and require little or no 

 covering, owing to their small size. New 

 plants may also be obtained by layering 

 the branches in autumn and detaching 

 them the following spring if well-rooted. 

 Cuttings of the roots about a couple of 

 inches long will also often produce plants 

 if placed in sandy soil in brisk bottom 

 heat in early spring. 



G. dumosa [Vaccinium dumosum). — 

 A deciduous N. American shrub 2-6 ft. 

 high with entire obovate oblong thickish 

 green leaves, and white or rosy bell-shaped 

 flowers produced in long racemes in June 

 and July, followed by black berries in 

 autumn. 



Culture rfc. as above. 



G. frondosa {Vaccinium frondosuin). 

 A slender-branched deciduous N. Ameri- 

 can shrub 3-6 ft. high, with entire obovate- 

 oblong pale green leaves, with a blue-green 

 under surface. The drooping greenish- 

 purple roundish bell-shaped flowers appear 

 in May and June in loose racemes, and 

 are succeeded in autumn by deep blue 

 glaucous berries which have an agreeable 

 flavour. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



G. resinosa ( Vacciniuin parviflorum ; 

 V. resimosumi)^ — A deciduous N. American 

 shrub 1-3 ft. high, with entire oval or 

 oblong leaves which, when young, are 

 covered with resinous globules. The red- 

 dish conical or cylindrical flowers are pro- 

 duced in short one-sided racemes in May 

 and June, and are followed by black 

 smooth sweet-tasting berries. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



