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the water; and it has not been done their ripeninfr: — White Alpine; Old 

 here, as I find I can produce all the | Scarlet; drove End Scarlet; Kcene's 

 steam I require, with little trouble, by 1 Seedling ; Roseberrv ; Garnstone Scar- 

 wetting the pipes with a watering-pot. j let; Myatt's Eliza ; Old Pine ; Myatt's 

 " I am persuaded that the advantages [ British Queen; Large Elat Hautbois ; 

 of this mode of heating, with its great I American Scarlet; Downton ; Elton; 

 simplicitv, will give satisfaction to every I Coul's Late Scarlet; and Turner's 

 practical gardener who has an oppor- 1 Pine. The chief bearing-time of these 



is from the end of June to the middle 

 of July ; but the White Alpine pro- 



tunity of trying it. When once the 



water is heated and the fires wel 



made, he may retire to rest, certain j duces successive crops until November. 



that the pipes will not get cold during I have even gathered from them a dish 



the night, but retain a considerable heat late in December. 



in the morning." — Trans. Hort. Soc. 



STRANV.BSIA glaucescens. Hardy 

 evergreen tree. Grafting or budding. 

 Common soil. 



STRAPWOOD. Corrigiola. 



S T R A T I O T E S aloidcs. Water 

 Soldier. Hardy aquatic perennial. 

 Suckers. Loam and peat. 



S T R A V A D I U M. Three species. 

 Stove evergreen trees. Layers. Sandy 

 peat. 



STR.\WBERRY. Fragaria. 



Species and Varieties. — F. Virgin- 

 iana : Scarlet or Virginia Strawberry. 

 American Scarlet; Bishop's Wick; 

 Black Roseberry ; Coul's Late Scarlet; 

 Garnstone Scarlet ; Grove End Scarlet ; 

 Melon ; Old Scarlet ; Roseberry ; South- 

 borough ; and Wilmot's Late Scarlet. 



F. Vesca Nigella: Black Strawberry. 

 Downton ; P21ton ; and Myatt's Pine. 



F. Grandiflora : Pine Strawberry. — 

 Myatt's British Queen ; Myatt's Eliza ; 

 Keene's Seedling; Old Caroline, or 

 Pine; Round White Caroline; and 

 Swainstone's Seedling. 



F. Chilensis : Chili Strawberry. — 

 The Scarlet Chili, Yellow Chili, and 

 Wilmot's Superb, are the only varieties 

 of this class at all deserving cultivation; 

 and even these are woolly and defi- 

 cient in flavour. 



F. Moschata : Hautboy Strawberry. — 

 Black Hautbois, Common Hautbois ; 

 Large Flat; Prolific, or Conical; and 

 Round-fruited Muscatelle. 



F. Collina Viridis : Green Strawber- 

 ry. — Of this class the Green Pine, or 

 Pine-apple, deserves culture ; its fruit 

 being solid, juicy, and fine-flavoured. 



F. Collina Alba and Rubra: .\lpine, 



or Monthly, and Wood Strawberry 



American .\lpine ; Red Alpine; Red 

 Wood (F. Vesrn Rubra) ; White Alpine ; 

 White Wood (F. V. Alba). 



The following is a selection from the 

 best of the preceding, in the order of 



Soil and Situation. — Any good deep 

 loamy soil will produce good strawber- 

 ries. It should be well trenched and 

 manured previously to planting. Though 

 they will succeed when partially shaded 

 by trees, yet they are best flavoureil 

 when grown in an open compartment, 

 with no other shade than that from their 

 own leaves. If Alpines are planted on 

 south-west, east, and north borders, 

 they will give a succession of fruit from 

 June till December. 



" Reds, four feet wide, should be 

 marked out with a foot-alley between 

 each, which is highly necessary to pre- 

 vent those who gather the fruit from 

 treading between the plants ; and lastly, 

 the runners arc planted two feet apart. 

 A bed thus made~will last three years, 

 without requiring anything further, not 

 even so mu^ as a top-dressing. My- 

 att's pine w'lTl grow profusely on light, 

 rich, sandy, alluvial soils, near the sea. 

 In such situations other strawberries 

 are apt to throw out too many runners ; 

 and for such Myatt's plan is well adapt- 

 ed." — Gard. Chron. 



Manures. — The best top-dressing for 

 strawberry beds is a little leaf-mould, 

 pointed in with a fork, early in March. 

 A good addition also is nitrate of soda, 

 three ounces to each square yard, 

 sprinkled over the surface at the same 

 season. Bone dust, and charred turf, 

 pointed in with a fork, in October, have 

 also been found highly beneficial. 



Propagation. — This is chiefly by run- 

 ners; but the Alpines are best propa- 

 gated by seed. All other kinds can 

 only be obtained true by planting the 

 runners. The first of these should ho 

 pegged down as early as possible, and 

 all others removed to promote the 

 quick rooting and strength of the young 

 plants. 



" It is a very good plan to encourage 

 the earliest runners by letting them 



