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and at night freezing up again, oftentimes throwing the 

 roots completely out of the ground. 



The first warm day in April, the beds should be uncov- 

 ered, as the plants are liable to damp if it remained on ; the 

 weeds should be kept clear from the plants, and as soon as 

 the fruit is set, a little loose straw should be placed between 

 the rows for the trusses of fruit to lie upon, and protect them 

 from the dirt. The runners should be cut off two or three 

 times during the season. When the crop is gathered, the 

 same care should be taken, and all weeds hoed up, and the 

 runners cut ; strawberry beds are often ruined by ten or 

 twelve days' neglect. The produce is very good the first 

 season ; the second it is the greatest, and the third moder- 

 ate ; the fall of the third year they should be destroyed, and 

 new ones made. During spring, before the bloom, and also 

 after the fruit is set, the vines should have frequent and 

 copious waterings. In England, where the soil is always 

 moist, and where there is not, as Cobbett says, sun enough 

 to kill a weed when hoed up, they give their strawberry 

 beds large quantities of water. What should we do in our 

 climate, where, with the exception of one or two showers, 

 although they fall with force enough to dash the fruit com- 

 pletely into the ground, leave the soil as dry in a day or 

 two as ever? It should not escape the mind of the straw- 

 berry grower, to give plenty of water. 



This is the method we have practised, with the exception 

 of the distances we have recommended, and one or two 

 other particulars ; if it is followed, a good crop can be relied 

 upon. The Hautbois and the Wood varieties, need not be 

 set at so great distances, but judgment must guide in this, 

 as well as in other things. At some future opportunity we 

 shall resume the subject. 



Art. V. Some Remarks on the Propagation and Character of the 

 dark colored Variety of the JVasturlium. By Mr. Wm. Leathe. 



Dear Sirs, 



The TropaBolum majus, var. atro-sanguineum, a truly beau- 

 tiful and highly ornamental plant, I have now growing and 

 blooming in great perfection in my garden. The first time 

 I observed this variety was in the garden of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, at Mount Auburn, last season ; 



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