246 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



K. Shrubs under 2 feet high. (L.) 

 L. Twigs hairy; leaves entire; fruit blue, with bloom. 



SooR-TOP or Velvet-leap Blueberry — Vaocinium 



canad^nse. 

 Ii. Twigs, leaves, and fruit hairy. Hairy Huckleberry 



— Vaccinium hirstitum. 



L. Twigs warty; leaves minutely notched; berries bluish 

 black and glaucous. Low or Early Sweet Blueberry 



— Vaccinium peTinsylv^nioum. 



L. Twigs smooth; leaves minutely notched; berries black 

 without bloom. Low Black Blueberry — Vaccinium 

 pennsylvanicum nigrum (V. nigrum). 

 K. Shrubs generally over 2 feet high ; twigs green and warty ; 

 leaves pale beneath. (M.) 

 M. Leaves thick, about entire ; berry \ inch, blue with a 

 bloom. Late Low Blueberry — Vaccinium vacfllans. 

 M. Leaves thin, sharply notched ; berry larger. Mountain 

 Blueberry — Vaccinium oorymbosum pallidum (V. 

 pallidum) . 

 D. riowers open-bell-shaped. (N.) 



N. Flowers 4-notched ; leaves evergreen, small, under 1 inch ; 

 shrub under 1 foot ; berries dark red. Cowberry or Foxberky 

 (406) — Vaccinium Vitis-IdSea. 

 N. Flowers 5-notohed ; leaves evergreen, ^ inch or less long; 

 creeping plant, with black berries, hardy South. Evergreen 

 Vine Blueberry (407) — Vaccinium crassifblium. 

 N. Flowers 5-notched ; leaves deciduous ; shrubs over 2 feet. (O.) 

 O. Stamens much exserted; berry green or yellow; shrub 2-5 

 feet high. Deerberry or Buckberry (408) — Vaccinium 

 stamfneum . 

 O. Similar to the last, berry larger, shining black. "A valu- 

 able shade-enduring ornamental shrub." Southern Goose- 

 berry — Vaocinium melanocArpum. 

 O. Stamens included ; berry black, ripe in Oct. Shrub or tree 

 8-30 feet. Farklebekky or Spabkleberby (409) — Vac- 

 cinium arbbreum. 



Arctostdphylos. This genus contains a number of species (30) of 

 shrubs or small trees and includes some trailing vines. All in cultivation 

 here are American. (Only the trailing species are hardy North and of 

 course are omitted.) The leaves are alternate, usually evergreen with 

 entire margins. Flowers small, globular in terminal clusters, panicles, 

 in spring. Fruit a red berry. [Seeds ; twig cuttings.] 



