. 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. 1894 VACCINIUM VALERIANA lets which later turn brownish: lvs. ovate or oblong to elliptical - lanceolate, usually entire: fls. in short ra- cemes on naked twigs; corolla ovate to urn-shaped, or oblong-cylindrical, whi
. 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. 1894 VACCINIUM VALERIANA lets which later turn brownish: lvs. ovate or oblong to elliptical - lanceolate, usually entire: fls. in short ra- cemes on naked twigs; corolla ovate to urn-shaped, or oblong-cylindrical, white or pinkish: berries blue-black, with much bloom, of excellent flavor. Moist woods or swamps, N. Amer. Em. 2:454. American Agriculturist 1886:364. 2:577.—Exceedingly variable, and nu- merous gradations unite the several varieties. V. co- rymbosum is one of the most valuable species both for fruit and as an ornamental shrub. It thrives in the gar- den and is readily susceptible of improvement by culti- vation. Var. amcenum, Gray ( V. amcenum, Ait.). A form with bristly ciliate, serrulate leaves, bright green on both sides, shining above, often pubescent on veins be- neath. Mainly in the Middle Atlantic states. 5:400. 3433 (as V. corymbosum). Var. pallidum, Gray ( F. pallidum, Ait. V. albiflo- rum. Hook. V. C6nstabhei, Gray). A pale and glaucous or glaucescent form, with or without some pubescence: ovary more completely inferior, generally low, other- wise resembling var. amcenum. Common in mountain- ous regions southward. 3428. 2:579. Var. fuscatum, Gray (I'. fuscatum, Ait.). A tall form with the mature and entire lvs. fuscous-pubescent be- neath : fls. virgate, somewhat spicate on the naked flowering twigs. Ala. and Fla. to La. and Ark. 19. atroc6ccum, Heller (V. corymbosum, var. atrocic- cum, Gray). Black Blueberry. A branching shrub with shreddy bark, similar to V. corymbosum: lvs. oval or oblong, dark green above, densely pubescent be- neath, ent
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