THE STRAWBERRY. 83 



unlimited, which are natives of North America, 

 Chili, Hudson's Bay, England, and the Alps. Many 

 species are designated from their primitive country 

 or place of growth. 



Soil and location.- The soil best adapted to 

 the strawberry is a rich, mellow loam, and if a 

 portion of sand the better. The location should 

 be that of a tolerably moist place, well exposed to 

 the south and protected on the north quarter. 



Mode of propagation and culture. -The new 

 varieties of strawberries are obtained from seed of 

 the choice kinds, which may be sown in boxes or 

 pots filled with light rich earth in the fall ; the seed 

 must be sown very shallow and lightly covered ; the 

 boxes should be placed where they are partly pro- 

 tected in the winter from its severity ; and early in 

 the spring they may be placed in a frame or other 

 place, to start the seed into growth early. 



When the plants are grown into three or four leaves 

 they should be pricked out into a nursery bed, in a 

 cool, moist situation, partly shaded ; and in the fall 

 they may be planted out into a final bed for fruiting, 

 as directed for general culture. The method of 

 propagating the strawberry is from the runners of 

 the mother plant in the fall. This may be greatly 

 facilitated, by covering the earliest plants from the 

 vines with a little fine, light, rich earth, and giving 

 occasional waterings, in order to make the young 

 plants root freely. By this method the plants will 

 be much stronger for planting and withstand the win- 

 ter's severity better ; being more strongly rooted in 

 the ground, they will not be so liable to be drawn 

 out by the frost. 



Planting the bed. Previous to planting, the 



