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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



a. 3. L. canadf/xse Lodd. The Canadian Ledum. 



Identification. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1049. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 

 Bngriumgs. Lodd. Bot, Cab., t. 1049. ; and our fig. 968. 



Spec. Char., Sec Leaves ovate-petiolate, white beneath. 

 Flowers disposed in terminal umbellate corymbs, large. 

 Flowers white. (Don's Aft//., iii. p. 851.) A shrub, 

 from 3 in. to 6 in. high ; a native of Canada, in swamps ; 

 and flowering in April and May. It is in cultivation 

 in British gardens, but the year of its introduction is 

 uncertain. 



Sect. III. Faccinie^ D. Don. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 152. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 851. 



Sect. Char., Sec. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary connate with the calyx. 



Disk 



perigynous, nectariferous. Fruit baccate. Gemmation scaly. The genera in 

 this section agree with Faccinium in the ovary adhering to the calyx. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 851.) Deciduous and evergreen shrubs, natives of Europe and 

 North America ; cultivated in peat soil, and propagated, generally, by di- 

 vision of the plant, but sometimes by layers, and, when necessary, by 

 cuttings or seeds. 



Genus XXVI. 



rACCFNIUM L. 



The Whortleberry. 

 Monogynia. 



Lin. Syst. Oct-Decandria 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 191. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 355. ; Pursh Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Juss. 



Gen., 162. ; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 263. ; Lara. 111., 286. ; Gaertn. Fruct., t. 28. ; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. 851. 

 Synonymes. Fltis idas'a Town. Inst., t. 377. ; Airelle, Fr. ; Heidelbeere, Ger. 

 Derivation. An ancient Latin name, but whether of a berry or a flower, has been a point in dispute 



among critics, as well as its etymology. 



Description. The species are shrubs, varying in height from 6 in. to 10 ft., 

 some natives of Europe, but the greater part of North America. They are 

 gemmaceous, with the bud scales often permanent on the base of the small 

 branches ; and the leaves often beset with resinous dots. The flowers are 

 pedicellate, and either in solitary racemes, or in tufts. They are generally 

 drooping, inodorous, tinted with various shades of red or pink, never blue, 

 and scarcely ever yellow. They are succeeded by berries, black, purple, 

 bluish, or red, covered with a fine bloom, generally eatable : some of them 

 agreeable, and excellent in tarts; and others austere, acid, and scarcely whole- 

 some in a raw state. In general, it may be observed, that the species are in a 

 good deal of confusion, from the whole of them never having been studied 

 together in the same garden. We have followed the arrangement of G. Don, 

 as the latest and best, not having had an opportunity ourselves of examining 

 all the species said to be in cultivation in British gardens. The best collec- 

 tion of large plants of the genus Faccinium, in England, is at White Knights ; 

 and of plants for sale, at Messrs. Loddiges's. Price, of the common sorts, 

 from Is. (id. to 2s. 6d. each; of the rarer kinds, from 3s. to 5s. each. 



A. Leaves deciduous. 



a. Pedicels \-jlowcrcd, usually solitary, rarely twin, or fasciculate. 



jm J. V. My rti'llus L. The Little-Myrtle-/i/cc Whortleberry, or common 



Bilberry, or Bleabcrry. 



Identifier hon. Lin. Sp ., <88j Or. Krnao., 1415. ; Matth. Valgr., 1. p. 410. ; Cam. Epit, 135.; 



Spec Char.fSfc, I 



Matth. Valgr., 1. p. 410. 

 Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 t l ft , FL Dan., t. !)74. j and our fix. 06ft 



edicelfl solitary, I -flowered. Leaves serrated, ovate, smooth. 



Smith Eng, PI , 2. a 21'). ; Don'fMtfL, 3. p. 851 



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