306 FOREST CULTURE AND 
the Dragon-tree of the Canary Islands. This is the 
only known high-stemmed species, the trunk at- 
taining a height of 50 feet and the huge panicle of ~ 
flowers 40 feet more. It dies, like many allied plants, 
after flowering. The species is recorded here as a 
fibre plant, but with us would mainly or solely be 
kept for its ornamental grandeur. 
Fragaria Chiloensis, Aiton.—In various of the cold- 
er parts of North and South America. Chile Straw- 
berry. 
& Fragaria collina, Ehrhart.—In various parts of Eu- 
rope. Hill Strawberry. 
Fragaria grandiflora, Ehrhart. (F. Ananas, Miller.) 
—Various colder parts of America. Closely allied to 
F. Chiloensis. Ananas Strawberry. ; 
Fragaria Illinoensis, Prince—North America. Ho- 
vey’s Seedling and the Boston kind from this plant. 
Fragaria pratensis, Duchesne. (Fragaria elatior, 
Ehrhart. )—In mountain forests of Europe. Cinnamon 
Strawberry. Hautbois. 
Fragaria vesca, L.—Naturally very widely dispers- 
ed over the temperate and colder parts of the north- 
ern hemisphere. Wild-wood Strawberry. From 
this typical form probably some of the other strawber- 
ries arose. Middle forms and numerous varieties 
now in culture were produced by hybridization. 
These plants, though abounding already in our gar- 
‘dens, are mentioned here, because even the tender- 
est varieties could be naturalized in our ranges. Any 
settler living near some brook or rivulet might readily 
set out some plants, which, with others, similarly 
adapted, would gradually spread with the current. 
Fragaria Virginiana, Miller, — North America, | 
Scarlet Strawberry. 
