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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



[ September, 



the Strawberry plants, if not already done, and fresh plantations may still be 

 made. I would advise Amateurs, who wish to prolong the Strawberry season, and 

 have fruit as late as possible, to plant the old Elton Pine. I have grown it for 

 the last twenty years, and during that time I have either grown, or seen grown, all 

 the late kinds that have come out ; but I have seen not one to equal it as an 

 abundant and late bearer. It is a very hardy variety, an immense cropper, and 

 continues later in bearing than any kind I know. I have exhibited it annually for 

 some years at some of the late autumn shows in this neighbourhood, and it has 

 mostly taken the prize. It has always been admired, and I have sometimes heard 

 more surprise expressed at a dish of these Strawberries than at all the other fruit 

 in the show. I have sometimes shown it well in September, and I have had it 

 fine occasionally in October. The flavour is very acid, which, perhaps, is the 

 principal reason why it is not more generally grown ; but the fruit is always 

 highly coloured, and is excellent for preserving. 



Stourton. M. Saul. 



ANDEOSACE PUBESCENS. 



HE Androsaces are dwarf tufted-growing herbaceous plants, often of great 



beauty, as is the case with our present subject, for the figure of which we 



are indebted to the Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of York, who, it is well 



known, pay especial attention to the culture and dissemination of these and 



similar Alpine gems. 



*M < Siva* 





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wmmBMM 



Androsace pubcscens is of this tufted habit, producing short crowded erect 

 stems, covered with imbricating bluntly spathulate leaves, which are ciliated and 

 more or less pubescent with stalked stellate hairs. The flowers, which are produced 

 in spring, are just elevated above the foliage, and are pure white, with a yellow 



