. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. A trailing shrub, resembling the preceding speciesj but larger and more robust. Canada to Virginia, in bogs, principally on a sandy soil; and also fre- quently found on high mountains. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1760. Flowers pink; May to July. Berries spheri- cal, red or purple ; ripe i
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. A trailing shrub, resembling the preceding speciesj but larger and more robust. Canada to Virginia, in bogs, principally on a sandy soil; and also fre- quently found on high mountains. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1760. Flowers pink; May to July. Berries spheri- cal, red or purple ; ripe in October, and remaining on through- out the 1196. 0. macruc^pus. 1197. O. macroc&rpus. Vanety. t, O. TO. 2 folm va- ' riegdlis Hort., raccinium ma- crocarpum fol. var. Lodd. Cat., has variegated leaves, and is a very ornamental plant for keeping in pots, or on moist rockwork. The fruit is used like that of the common cranberry; and like that species the plant may be propagated by cuttings taken from the points of the growing shoots, and planted in sand under a hand-glass ; or by layers, or division. This species is more frequently cultivated in British gardens for its fruit than the European cranberry; according to some, because the fruit is larger, and according to others, because the fruit is not only larger, but better flavoured. n. j» 3. O. ere'ctus Pursh. The erect Cranberry. Idcntificaticm. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8S8. Synonyme. facclnium erythrocarpum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 227. Engravings. Dend. Erit., t. 13.: and onr^^. 1198. Spec. Char., Sj-c. Leaves oval, acuminated, serrulated, and ciliated. Pedicels axillary. Corolla, before expan- sion, long and conical, at length revolute. Stem erect. Branches flexuous. Leaves membranous, somewhat hairy. Flowers red. Berries scarlet (Watson says black}, quite transparent, and of an exquisite taste. Very different in habit from the other species. {Don's Mill.) An erect sub-evergree
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