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border of peat soil, or to be grown in pots in a mixture of peat red, white, and black fruit. To this belong the followin<y sorts 



and sand, and placed among other alpine plants ; they are easily of strawberry. 



increased by detaching the runners. The shrubby species, being 1 Frasier de Montreuil a fruit blanc. Fruit ovate, large, of 



natives of tropical islands, require to be grown in the stove or a first-rate quality, ripening about the beginning of July. 



hot-house, and cuttings of them will root readily in heat, under 2 Fra&ier de Montreuil a fruit rouge, fr. de Montreuil a Mar- 



teaUi fressanty dent de chevalf de ville de bats. Differing from 

 the last only in the colour of the fruit. They are both only 

 fugitive varieties of the wood or alpine strawberries. 



Far. e, ejlagellis (Duchesn. in Lam. diet. 2. p. 532. no. 5.) 

 stolons very short or wanting altogether ; receptacle elongated, 

 roundish-ovate : leaves longer than the stem. To this variety 



a hand-glass. 



X. FRAGA^RIA (from fragrans^ fragrant; the perfumed 

 fruit of the strawberry is well known). Tourn. irist. 152. Nestl. 

 pot. 17. Duchesn. mon. frais. 1 vol. 8vo. Ser. inD.C. prod. 2. 

 p. 5C9. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria. 



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tube; the limb 10-parted, the outer 5 segments accessory. Petals 



Calyx with a concave belong the following sorts of strawberry. 



1 Red alpine bush-strawberry ^ frasier buisson, Jr. buisson a 



5. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, at length falling from fruit rouge, fr. commun sans filets/fr. sans coulans ordinaire, 

 the fleshy and succulent polyphore. Styles lateral. Seeds ap- fr. sans filets ordinaire, fr. buisson des alpes rouge, fr. des alpes 



pended. — Herbs, throwing out runners. Leaves trifoliate ; leaf- 

 lets coarsely toothed. Polyphore roundish, succulent, red, 

 rarely white. In this genus what is called the fruit is a fleshy 

 receptacle or polyphore, with carpels or seeds appended to it. 



* Carpels very numerous on the outside of the fleshy recep' 

 tacle. Stamens numerous* Flowers hermaphrodite. 



sans coulans a fruit rouge, fr. des alpes sans filets a fruit rougCy 

 fr. de gaillon a fruit rouge. Fruit roundish, ovate, middle- 

 sized. A second-rate sort, ripening in the beginning of July. 



2 White bush alpine strawberry, frasier buisson des alpes blanc, 

 fr, buisson a fruit blanc. Only differing from the foregoing in 

 the colour of the fruit. 



, « , /T. ^^rs 1 '/> in 1- far. li, multiplex (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 532. no. 7.) stoloni- 



1 F. VESCA (Lm. syst. 705.) stolomferous ; leaflets plicate, ^^ j receptacle small. Blackw. herb. t. 77. f. 3. 



thin, pilose beneath ; fruit pendulous ; sepals at length reflexed ; 

 hairs on the peduncles adpressed. 1/ . H. Native of Europe, 

 in woods ana on hills ; north-west coast of America ; plentiful 

 in Britain. Smith, engl. hot. 1524. 



Far. a, sylvistris (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 495.) Duch. in Lam, 

 diet. 2. p. 531. no. 2.) stoloniferous ; receptacles egg-shaped ; 

 calyx short. %. H. Native of Europe, in woods; plentiful 

 in Britain. F. v6sca sylv^stris, Lin. spec. 709. F. vulgaris, 

 Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 21. — Blackw. herb. 77. There are varieties 

 of this plant with red and white fruit. 



Far. /3, semperfldrens (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 531. no. 1.) stolo^ 

 niferous ; receptacle conical-oblong, shining. Native of the 

 alps of Jura. Nois. jard. fr. t. 11. f. 2. There are varieties of 

 this strawberry with red and white receptacles, viz. 



1 Red alpine strawberry, fr. des alpes a fruit rouge, fr. des 

 alpes de tous les mois a fruit rouge, fr. des alpes de quatre 

 saisons a fruit rouge, alpine rouge, scarlet alpine, prolific alpine.' 

 Fruit conical, large for a wood strawberry, and of a first-rate 

 quality, ripening from June to November. 



2 fVhite alpine strawberry, fr. des alpes a fruit blanc, fr. des 

 ' alpes de tous les mois (i fruit blanc, fr. des alpes de deux saisons 



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Double-blossomed strawberry, frasier a fieurs doubles, fr. afieurs 

 semidoubles. This variety is worthless as to its fruit. 



botrtjformis (Duchesn. 1. c. 2, p. 532. no. 7.) 

 niferous ; stamens transformed into flowers. Commonly called 

 in France Frasier couronne. 



Far. S, muricata (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 533. no. 8.) receptacle 

 small ; styles elongated, echinated ; petals wanting ; sepds fo- 

 liaceous. Commonly called in France Frasier arbrisseau a 

 fieurs vertes. 



Fertile, Wild, Wood, or Alpine Strawberry. Fl. April, May. 



PI. I to 1 foot. 



2 F. cALYciNA (Lois, fl.gall. 1. p. 299.) leaves ternate, pilose; 

 leaflets sessile, cuneated, roundish, coarsely toothed ; flowers 

 corymbose ; peduncles longer than the scapes ; calyx about 

 equal in length to the corolla. 11 . H. Native of France, m 

 woods. F. grandiflora, Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 264. F. v^sca 

 grandiflora, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 468. Flowers white. Fruit red. 



Large-caly xed Strawherry. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. ? Pl.^to^u. 



3 F. coLLiNA (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 26.) stoloniferous ; leaflets 

 plicate, thin, silky above and pilose beneath ; fruit erect? sepals 

 *^ "^ ^ H. Native 



^ r '. n J' J J 7 . • ^/•■. »7 after flowcrinff crcct ; hairs on peduncles erect. % 



ajrmt hlanc, fr. des alpes de quatre saisons d frmt blanc ^^. Switzerland and Germany. Flowers white. Fruit green 



alpine blanc. Fruit conical, large for an alpine strawberry. A 

 first-rate kind, ripening from June to November. 



3 American alpine strawberry. Fruit conical, large. A first- 

 rate kind, like i\\e red alpine strawberry. 



4 Danish alpine strawberry. 



Far. y, minor (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 431. no. 3.) stoloniferous ; 

 stem and leaves short ; receptacle spherical, shining, red or white. 

 . To this variety belong the following sorts of wood strawberry. 



1 Red wood strawberry, frasier d^ Angleterre, fr. a chassis, 

 fr. commun rouge, fr. commun a fruit rouge, fr. des bois a fruit 



rouge. Fruit roundish, large for a wood strawberry. A first- 

 rate kind, ripening from the end of June, through July. 



2 fVhite wood strawberry, fr. commun blanc, fr. commun a 

 fruit blanc, fr. des bois a fruit blanc* Fruit roundish, size of the 



last, of a first-rate quality, ripening end of June and through 



July. 



Far. d, hortensis (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 532. no. 4.) stoloni- 

 ferous ; stem and peduncles longer ; leaves pallid ; receptacle 

 elongated, rather compressed. There are varieties of this with 



Perhaps only a variety of F. vesca. 

 strawberries called 



To this species belong the 



. Green strawberry, green pine, pine apple, green a(p'^ » 

 green wood, powdered alpine, frasier vert d'Angleterre, jras 

 vert. Fruit roundish or depressed, globular, large, solid ; ties 

 greenish, very juicy, with a peculiar and somewhat pine app 

 flavour. A second-rate sort, ripening middle of July. 



Fruit roundish, middle-sized. 



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nutiams s green pine. 



second-rate sort, ripening end of June. - 



Hill Strawberry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1798. PL 1 l^^* 



4 F. PLATANoiDEs (Scr. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 570.) 1^^^^^ jn^ 

 mately 5-lobed, pilose ; lobes lanceolate, acute, oT^^soletely tootne ^ 



sepals lanceolate, acute, pilose, 

 rica? Petals red. 



Platanus-like Strawberry- Fl. April, June 



* * Carpels few, immersed in little pits in the receptack 

 (f. 71. d.). Stamens few (f, 71. c). Flowers usually dioecwu* 

 from abortion. 



5 F. Majau'fea (Duchesn. in Lam. diet. 2. p. 533.) stolom- 

 ferous; leaflets plicate, thin, pilose beneath; flowers Denn* 



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