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^TACCARIA. Vide Lychnis. 



VACCINIUM, The Bilberry, 

 Whortleberry, or Cranberry. 

 The Characlers are ; 



The Flower is of one Leaf and 

 Jhaped like a Pitcher, having a fmall 

 -permanent Empalement : th$ Germen 

 arifes from the Bottom of the Empale- 

 ment attended by eight Stamina, each 

 fujlaining a forked Summit : the Ger- 

 men afterward becomes a foft globu- 

 lar umbilicated Berry, having four 

 Cells inclojing fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Vaccinium caule angulato,fo- 

 His ferratis annuis. Lin. Flor. Com- 

 mon Black -whorts, or Bilberries. 



2. Vaccinium foliis perennanti- 

 husy obverfe ovatis. Lin. Flor. Ever- 

 green Red-whorts, or Whortleberries. 



3. Vaccinium ramis filiformibus 

 repentibus, foliis ovatis perennantibus. 

 Lin. Flor. Cranberries, or Bog- 

 whorts. 



The firft Sort grows very common 

 upon large wild Heaths, in many 

 Parts of England-, but is never cul- 

 tivated in Gardens, it being with 

 great Difficulty tranfplanted ; nor 

 will it thrive when it is remov'd thi- 

 ther : for from many Trials which 

 I have made, by taking up the Plants 

 at different Seafons, and planting 

 them into Gardens, I could never 

 fucceed fo as to preferve the Plants 

 above two Years, and thofe never 

 produe'd any Fruit ; fo that it is not 

 worth the Trouble of cultivating. 



The Fruit of this Sort is gathered 

 by the poor Inhabitants of thofe 



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Villages which are fituated in the 

 Neighbourhood of their Growth, 

 and earned to the Market-towns. 

 Thefe are by fome eaten with Cream 

 or Milk ; they are alfo put into 

 Tarts, and much efteem'd by the 

 People in the North ; but they are 

 ftldom brought to London. The \ 

 Shrub on which thefe grow, rifes 

 about two Feet high, having many 

 Stems ; which are garninV'l with ob- 

 long Leaves, (hap* J like thofe of the 

 Box- tree, but fomewhat longer ; and 

 are a little fawed on their Edges. 

 The Flowers are of a greenifti Co- 

 lour, fhap'd like thofe of the Arbu- 

 tus, or Strawberry-tree, of a green- 

 ifti - white Colour, changing to a 

 dark-red toward the Top. The 

 Fruit are about the Size of large 

 Juniper-berries, and of a deep-pur- 

 ple Colour ; having a Flue upon 

 them when they are untouched, like 

 the blue Plums ; which rub off with 

 handling. 



The fecond Sort is of much hum- 

 bler Grow'th, feldom rifmg above fix 

 or eight Inches high. The Leaves 

 of this Sort are fo like that of the 

 Dwarf box, as that, at a Diftance, 

 the Plants are often taken for it by 

 Perfons of Skill. This is an ever- 

 green Shrub, which grows upon 

 moory Ground in fcveral Parts of 

 the North ; but it is full as difficult 

 to tranfplant into Gardens, as the 

 other Sort j though I have been af- 

 fur'd by Perfons of Credit, that they 

 have feen this Sort planted to make 

 Edgings to the Borders of the Gar- 

 dens in Norway and Sweden ; where 

 the Plants may grow much better 

 from the Cold of thofe Climates, 

 than they will do in England; for 

 this is a Native of very cold Coun- 

 tries. I have feveral times received 

 Plants of this. Sort from Greenland, 

 by the Whale-Ships. The Berries 

 of this Sort are red, and have a more 



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