224 Fruits and Fruit- Trees. 



has made the genus an object of long-continued and 

 very minute study, classes all the known forms under the 

 eight following specific names : 



THREE EUROPEAN : 



1. Fragaria vesca. The common English wood-straw- 



berry. The most widely diffused of all, extending 

 from Iceland to Spain, Sicily, and Greece. On the 

 Alps bearing fruit at an elevation of over five 

 thousand feet, and in Scandinavia beyond 70 N. 

 Occurs also in Asia, in the north-east of the United 

 States, upon the north-western coast of North 

 America, and upon the highlands of Mexico. 

 Many varieties exist, the sempervirens including the 

 "alpines," so valuable as supplying an autumnal 

 crop of fruit. 



2. F. elatior. The old "Hautboy" of continental 



Europe. Generally more or less staminate only, 

 or pistillate, and even dioecious, so that individuals 

 are often sterile. 



3. F. collina. The Green Pine. Widely distributed 



over Europe, and extending into Asia. 



THREE AMERICAN : 



4. F. Chiloensis. The Chili Strawberry, native of 



Chili, Valdivia, and elsewhere on the Pacific shores 

 of South America. Said to have been originally 

 brought to France and cultivated in the Royal 

 Gardens at Paris, in 1715, whence it would be 

 conveyed to England. 



