Some Account of the Snowberry. 95 



It was there planted under a north stone wall, shaded 

 behind by high trees, in a border of sandy peat, taken from 

 Skir-coat Moor adjoining ; and it succeeded pretty well nearly 

 in a similar situation at Chapel Allerton, during the eighteen 

 years of my residence at that place, often ripening its ber- 

 ries; but they being little esteemed, I only preserved a 

 patch of it as a rare plant. 



The flavour of the fruit, however, is exceedingly agreeable 

 to some persons; being strongly perfumed like Eau de Noyau, 

 or Bitter Almonds, and mixed with a pleasant acid. I now 

 regret that I never tried the berries baked with sugar in a 

 tart : if gathered before they are too soft, they may, no 

 doubt, be preserved in bottles, like Cranberries, and possibly 

 prove a valuable addition to our winter fruits of that sort. 



Michaux, in his work above quoted, informs us that 

 this plant grows wild in the Cypress swamps; and long 

 before his work was published, finding it mixed with Sphag- 

 num, in the package of some Zkania plants, sent to Sir 

 Joseph Banks, when he began to cultivate that aquatic 

 grass, I concluded that it delighted in a very moist situation. 

 Several roots of it were accordingly removed to the edge 

 of the pond at Chapel Allerton, among Pinguecula Vulgaris, 

 Anagallis Tenella, and other aquatics; yet those plants 

 never throve so well in that wet situation, as the original 

 patch brought from Shawhill, where the soil, though not dry, 

 was certainly not wet ; but it was completely shaded from the 

 sun, and consisted of pure sandy peat, such as that in which 

 Ericas delight. The climate of Shawhill, however, is very 

 cold and damp, being near the high mountains which se- 

 parate Yorkshire from Lancashire, as well as covered with 



