. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1892 VACCINIUM VACCINIUM ee. Racemes shorter. F. Corolla cylindric: fr. blue 18. corymbosum ff. Corolla urn-shaped: fr. blmk 19, atrococcum a a. Species cultivated chiefly for ornament. B. Plants low, 1-2 ft. high. c.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1892 VACCINIUM VACCINIUM ee. Racemes shorter. F. Corolla cylindric: fr. blue 18. corymbosum ff. Corolla urn-shaped: fr. blmk 19, atrococcum a a. Species cultivated chiefly for ornament. B. Plants low, 1-2 ft. high. c. Stems creeping, with branches erect, or as- cending. D. Lvs. small, shining 20. crassifolium dd. it's. larger,pale orglau- cescent 21. uliginosum CO. Stems erect: twigs ..22. erythrinum BB. Plants taller, t-20 ft. high. c. Foliage evergreen, rigid. .23. ovatum 0C. Foliage deciduous. D. Surface shining above, more or less pubescent beneath 24. arboreum dd. Surface paler above, glaucous beneath 25. stamineuni ddd. Surface bright green both sides. (Here might be sought No. 5.) 5. erythrocarpon 1. Oxyc6ccus, Linn. Small Cranberry. Cranberry â of the Old World. Slender creeping plants with short, filiform stems 4-10 in. long: lvs. ovate acute or acumi- nate, M in. long, with revolute margins: pedicels 1-4, terminal: corolla deeply 4-parted, the lobes reflexed; anthers exserted, with very long terminal tubes: berry red, globose, %-% in. in diam., 4-loculed. Sphagnum swamps in subarctic and alpine regions.â Though smaller, its fruit is by many considered superior to that of the next. 2. macrocarpon, Ait. Larger American Cranberry. Stems slender, creeping, elongated (1â4 ft.), the flower- ing branches ascending: lvs. oblong or oval, obtuse or retuse, %-% in. long, whitened beneath: pedicels sev- eral, axillary and lateral: berry red or reddish, globose or pyriform, %-l in. long. N. America. 2586. Em. 2:456. See 2629. Cowberry or Mountain CranberryâVaccinium
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