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to admit of the runners taking root; by this means, a 

 renewal may be made so often, arid the old stools being 

 taken away, leaves spaces between the beds as before. Or 

 new plantations may be made every season; because, after 

 the roots are fairly established, they multiply spontaneously, 

 as well by suckers from the parent stem, as by numerous 

 runners; all of which, rooting and forming a plant at every 

 joint, require only removal to a spot where there is room 

 for them to flourish. If taken off, and planted in rows in 

 August and September, they will produce fine fruit the fol- 

 lowing season, and will bear in full perfection the second 

 summer; some, however, prefer spring planting, which 

 answers very well, if done in damp weather. 



A plantation of the Alpine yields fruit the same year that 

 it is made. The Wood and the Alpine are often cultivated 

 from seed, which generally produces fine fruit. The other 

 species are uniformly propagated by offsets, except the inten- 

 tion be to try for new varieties. The Alpine and Wood 

 species may be planted in situations rather cool and shady, 

 in order that they may produce their fruit late in the season, 

 which is desirable. The Strawberry, with a little trouble 

 of choosing a succession of sorts, may be forced so as to be 

 had at the dessert every month in the year ; though, during 

 the winter months, they have not much flavour. 



Some gardeners lay straw an inch or two thick over their 

 beds in March, and set fire to it, in order to promote a 

 etocky growth of plants and early fruit; others recommend 

 mowing off the tops of such as are not required to fruit 

 early, while they are in blossom, with a view to obtain a 

 crop of Strawberries late in the season. 



The London Horticultural Catalogue contains the names 

 of about one hundred and fifty varieties of all the species, 

 which are classed according to their nature, colour, &c. 

 Class 1. Scarlet Strawberries; 2. Black Strawberries ; 3. 

 Pine Strawberries ; 4. Chili Strawberries ; 5. Hautbois 

 Strawberries; Green Strawberries; 7. Alpine and Wood 



