. 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. VACCINIUM 3429—It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbuscula, Gray, passes into tbe ordinary form; while vars. angustifolium, Gray, and cuneifblium, Nutt., are found to be simply forms produc
. 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. VACCINIUM 3429—It is doubtful if varieties can be distin- guished. Var. arbuscula, Gray, passes into tbe ordinary form; while vars. angustifolium, Gray, and cuneifblium, 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 lvs. are of the ordinary obovate type, while later they become elongated. Recommended by Warren H. Manning for the rock VACCINU'M 1893 11. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Low Blueberry. Fig. 2630. A dwarf shrub, 6-15 in. high: lvs. 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. 2:456. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898 2630. Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum — Low Blueberry (XK). angnstifdlium, Gray. A dwarf form, with more decid- edly lanceolate lvs. 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 Y. 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
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