. 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. Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes bracteate. Corolla cylin- drically bell-shaped. Leaves ovate, acute, finely serrated. {Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1772. Flowers whitish ; May and June. ss 9. V. ARBO^REUM Marsh. The Tree-like Whortle- berry. Ide
. 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. Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes bracteate. Corolla cylin- drically bell-shaped. Leaves ovate, acute, finely serrated. {Don's Mill.) A low deciduous shrub. North America. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1772. Flowers whitish ; May and June. ss 9. V. ARBO^REUM Marsh. The Tree-like Whortle- berry. Identification. Marsh, in Michx. Fl. Bor. Arner., 1. p. 230.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 853. Sunont/me. V. difitlsum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 356. Engravings. Bat. Cab., t. 1886.; and our^. 1182. Spec. Char., ^c. Pedicels axillary and solitary, or terminal and racemose, naked. Leaves ovate, acute, 1161. with slight glandular serratures ; polished above, and rather downy beneath. Corollas bell-shaped, acute. Stamens the length of the tube. Berries globular, almost dry. Branches terete, downy while young. (Don's Mill.) An elegant deciduous shrub, with the habit of a tree. North Carolina to Florida, in dry woods, on the rocky banks of rivers. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1765. Flowers white, tinged with red; June and July. Berries black; ripe in November. This species joins the solitary-flowered species with the racemose-flowered species; the axillary flowers being soli- tary and pedicellate, and the terminal ones racemose. In British gardens, it flowers and fruits freely in peat soil. ncs. r. 10. V. stami'neum L. ., 3. p. 853. p. 285.; y. elevJitum Banks Herb. Deer Berry, Amer The /o«g-stamened Whortleberry. Identification. Lin. Sp., 498. ; Don's Mill. Synonyvies, V. Alburn Purs/i Sept. 1. p. 28 Engravings, Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 263. ; and our Jig. U63. Spec. Char., i^c. Racemes downy, with oval bracteas as long as the flowers. Anthers 2-horned on th
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