FRUIT-GARDENING. 



197 



STRAWBERRY. FRAISIER. Fragaria. 



The Cherry, the Currant, and Strawberry red, 

 To the rich and the poor their refreshments have shed ; 

 Pomona has scattered her blessings abroad, 



The full-bearing branches bend down with their load. 



This is a genus of fruit-bearing herbaceous plants, of which 

 there are few in the vegetable kingdom that can equal the Straw- 



Wilson s Albany Strawberry. 



berry in wholesomeness and excellence. The fruit is supposed 

 to receive its name from the ancient practice of laying straw 



