. 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. 1154. V ulif^n&aum. I 3. V. ANGUSTiFo^LiuM Ait. The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 1-flowered, 1155. V. anRUstifilium. Identi/tcation. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 366. ; Don's IMlll., 3. p. 852. Sunrniyme. V. myrtilloides Nichjc. Fl. Ear. Amer. 1. p. 234. Engravings. Bet
. 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. 1154. V ulif^n&aum. I 3. V. ANGUSTiFo^LiuM Ait. The narrow-leaved Whortleberry. 1-flowered, 1155. V. anRUstifilium. Identi/tcation. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 366. ; Don's IMlll., 3. p. 852. Sunrniyme. V. myrtilloides Nichjc. Fl. Ear. Amer. 1. p. 234. Engravings. Bet. Mag., t. 3447. j and our fig. 11.^5. Spec, Char., Sfc. Pedicels scattered, mostly solitary. Leaves lanceolate, nearly entire, downy at the ribs and margins. Berries large, and known by the name of bluets. (Don's Jli/l.) A low deciduous shrub. Ca- nada, abou t Hudson's Bay and Labrador; and the high alpine woods of the Rocky Mountains, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Heigiht 1 ft. to 2 ft. Intro- duced in 1776. Flowers flagon-shaped, yellowish green, or white tinged with red; April and May. Berries large, globose, blackish purple, highly esteemed by the inhabitants of the countries where the plant is indige- nous ; ripe in October. J* 4. V. cssPiTO^suM Jiiichx. The tufted Whortleberry IderUification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 234.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 852. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3429. ; and our.^. 1156. Spec. Char., ^c. Flowers lateral, solitary, nearly sessile. Leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, rounded, obtuse, serrated, membranous, very smooth, A little shrub, with many crowded stems, from 2 in. to 4 in. high, very smooth in every part. Corolla of a short urceo- late form. Berries nearly sessile, globose. (Don's Mill.) A small deciduous shrub, with crowded stems. Hudson's Bay, in the Island of Sitcha, and on the Rocky Mountains. Height 6 in. Introduced in 1823. Flowei's numerous, exceedingly delicate and beautiful, white, with a deep tinge of blush; May. Berry blue black,
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