250 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Vaccinium corymbosum, Liime.* 



The Swamp-Bluebeny or Blue Huckle-berry. Canada and 

 United States of North America. A good-sized shrub with 

 deciduous foliage. Berries bluish-black of sweetish taste, 

 ripening late in the season. 



Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Michaux. {Oxycoccus erectus, 

 Pursh.) 



Carolina and Virginia, on high mountains. An upright bush 

 of a few feet in height, with deciduous leaves. The transparent 

 scarlet berries, according to Pursh, are of excellent taste. 



Vaccinium grandiflorum, Dombey. {Ceratostemma grandi- 

 Jlorum, Puiz and Pavon.) 



Andes of Peru. A tall evergreen shrub. The berries of a 



pleasant acidulous taste. 

 Vaccinium humifusum, Graham. 



North- Western America, on the Pocky Mountains. Berries 



of this bush well flavoured. 

 Vaccinium Leschenaultii, Wight. (Aga^jetes arborea,'D\m.sil.) 



India, Neilgherries and Ceylon. This evergreen species 



attains the size of a tree, flowering and fruiting throughout 



the year. The fruits resemble cranberries. 



Vaccinium leucanthum, Cham. 



Mountains of Mexico. An arborescent species. The blackish 

 berries are edible. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon, Alton.* (Oxycoccus macrocarpus^ 

 Persoon.) 



The large Cranberry. Prom Canada to Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, particularly in sandy and peaty bogs and in cold mossy 

 swamps. A trailing evergreen bush, with stems attaining a 

 length of three feet. It is this species which has become so 

 extensively cultivated in the eastern parts of the United 

 States, where on moory land, often not otherwise to be 

 utilised, enormous quantities of this fruit have been pro- 

 duced by regular culture at a highly profitable scale. The 

 berries are of the acid taste, pleasant aroma and scarlet 

 brightness of the British Cranberry, but considerably larger. 



Vaccinium meridionale, Swartz. 



Jamaica, from the summits of the highest ranges down to 

 the cofiee-regions. It attains a height of thirty feet and is 

 evergreen. The small berries are of the taste and colour of 

 those of V. Vitis Idsea. 



Vaccinium Mortinia, Bentham. 



Mountains of Columbia. A shrub several feet high. The 

 fruits resemble those of V. Myrtillus, but are more acid. 

 They come under the name Mortina to the Quito market. 



