[Reprinted from the Joi'knal of the New York Botanical Gakiien, 20: 221-225, Nov.. 1919.] 



HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Oxydendrum. Sourwood 



Oxydendrum arboreum. Sourwood. 



Location: Fruticetum. East bank of West Lake. 

 Natural distribution: Southeastern United States. 



Epigaea. Trailing Arbutus 

 Epigaea repens. Trailing Arbutus. 



Location: Wild, very scarce, though formerly more common; 



exterminated by the public. 

 Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 



Gaultheria. Gaultheria 

 Gaultheria procumbens. Creeping Wintergreen. 

 Location: Wild, scarce. 

 Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 



Calluna. Heather 

 Calluna vulgaris. Heather. 

 Location: Fruticetum. 

 Natural distribution : Europe. 



VACCINIACEAE. Huckleberry Family 

 Gaylussacia. Huckleberry 

 Gaylussacia baccata. Black Huckleberry 7 . 

 Location: Fruticetum. 

 Natural distribution: Eastern North America. 



Polycodium. Deerberry 

 Polycodium stamineum. Deerberry. 

 Location: Fruticetum. 

 Natural distribution: Eastern United States. 



Vaccinium. Blueberry 

 Vaccinium angustifolium. Low-bush Blueberry. 

 Location: Fruticetum. 



Natural distribution: Northeastern North America. 



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