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where it fell, which meant a considerable yearly increase of 

 organic matter to the soil. 



The advent of the Chilian strawberry in European 

 and American gardens, and its phenomenally rapid 



Fig. 112. Common wild or Virginian strawberry. 



amelioration, obscured the native species, however, 

 and the latter are now practically out of cultivation. 

 Now and then some evidence of native blood can be 

 seen in an early variety, but the influence of our 



