FRAGA'RIA IN'DICA. 



YELLOW-FLOWERED STRAWBERRY. 

 Class. Order. 



ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



ROSACES. 



No. 7. 



Fragaria, so named from the fragrancy of its fruit. 

 Indica, from its native country. 



The English name Strawberry is, without doubt, 

 derived from the practice of laying straw about 

 the roots of such plants, to preserve the fruit from 

 the soil. Straw, slates, &c. used in this way yield 

 two advantages ; at the same time as the fruit is 

 kept clean, the soil is preserved in a moist and 

 cool state. 



It is principally remarkable for its union of the 

 cinquefoil blossom with the fruit of the strawberry, 

 and certainly forms a pretty variety amongst the 

 closer sorts of rock plants. 



The Fragaria Indica is frequently treated as a 

 greenhouse plant, but is now found to bear our win- 

 ters without injury. Its fruit is of no further value 

 than for its ornamental appearance, not possessing 

 the prominent characteristics of its tribe, fragrance 

 and flavour. 



It propagates itself readily by its emission of roots 

 from the joints, as the common varieties usually do; 

 and flourishes in a sandy soil, where the situation is 

 warm and sheltered. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 273. 



