MOUNTAIN CRANBERRY 
Vaccinium vitisidaea minus Loddiges 
FRUIT OF PLATE 193 
The fruit of the mountain cranberry 1s sout, but it is relished by 
birds, and its beautiful red color always attracts the eye. Where con- 
ditions of moisture and soil acidity ate favorable the stems cover the 
gtound in dense mats, and the berries attain twice the size of those 
on plants found in dry, sterile situations. 
The mountain cranberry grows throughout the colder parts of 
North Ametica, its southernmost known station being in northeast- 
ern Massachusetts. | 
The specimen sketched was procured in the valley of the Siffleur 
River, fifty miles north of Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude of 4,000 
feet. | 
PLATE 194 
