. 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. Gardening. VACCINIUM VACCINIUM 1893 3429 —It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbiiscula, (iray, passes into the ordinary form; while vars. angustifolium, Gray, aud cuneiiblium, Nutt., are found to be simply forms produced by shade. The last form, particularly, is common in New Eng- land, and ear
. 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. Gardening. VACCINIUM VACCINIUM 1893 3429 —It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbiiscula, (iray, passes into the ordinary form; while vars. angustifolium, Gray, aud cuneiiblium, Nutt., are found to be simply forms produced by shade. The last form, particularly, is common in New Eng- land, and early in the season the Ivs. are of the ordinary obovate type, while later they become elongated. Recommended by Warreu H. Manning for the rock garden. 11. FennsylvAnicum, Lam. Low Blueberry. Fig. SOIJO, A dwarf shrub, 0-15 in. high: Ivs. membrana- ceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong, distinctly serrulate with bristle-pointed teeth, mostly shining on both sides but often hairy on midrib beneath: fls. on short pedi- cels; corolla campanulate-cylindrical, short: berries large, globose, bluish black with bloom, sweet, the earliest to ripen north. N. Amer. 3434. 2:578. Em. 2:450. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898 2630, Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum — Low Blueberry (X/s). angustifolium, Gray. A dwarf form, with more decid- edly lanceolate Ivs. Lake Superior and northward.— This species is extremely variable in size and shape of fruit and flowers, but with the exception of the va- riety noted and the black-fruited form often asso- ciated with it, which is set off as V. nigrum, the varia- tions do not appear sufficiently constant to warrant mak- ing separations. In general, the plant is of low, semi- prostrate habit, is extremely prolific and thrives on dry, sandy hills. It furnishes the bulk of the Blueberries found in the eastern markets. When mown down or burned, the new erect shoots produce, the following year, a long, spike-like mass of bloom and fruit which may be stripp
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