246 DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



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

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



SooE-TOP or Velvet-leaf Bluebekkt — Vacoinium 



canad^nse. 

 L. Twigs, leaves, and fruit hairy. Haikt Huokleberrt 



— Vaccinium hirstitum. 



L. Twigs warty; leaves minutely notched; berries bluish 

 black and glaucous. Low or Eaelt Sweet Blueberry 



— Vaccinium pennsylvAnicum. 



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 J inch, blue with a 

 bloom. Late Low Blueberry — Vaccinium vacillans. 

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

 Blueberry — Vaccinium oorymbosum pSLllidum (V. 

 pallidum) . 

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



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

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

 (406) — Vaccinium Vitis-Idsea. 

 N. Flowers 5-notched ; leaves evergreen, J inch or less long ; 

 creeping plant, with black berries, hardy South. Evergreen 

 Vine Blueberry (407) — Vaccinium crasslfblium. 

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

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

 feet high. Deerbbrry or Buckbeery (408) — Vacoinium 

 stamfneum. 

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

 able shade-enduring ornamental shrub." Southern Goose- 

 berry — Vaccinium melanocirpum. 

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

 8-30 feet. Farkleberet or Sparkleberry (409) — Vac- 

 cinium arbbreum. 



ArctostSphylos. 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.] 



