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SMALL FRUIT CTJLTURIST; 



plants are susceptible of change under certain circumstances, 

 and especially when these 

 are not perfectly natural. 



The Strawberry be- 

 longs to the same great 

 natural family as the rose, 

 but when placed under 

 those artificial circum- 

 stances to which it is 

 subjected when cultivat- 

 ed, instead of becoming 

 double, (although semi- 

 double varieties are occa- 

 sionally produced,) the 

 stamens are sometimes 

 suppressed, and varieties arc produced with flowers con- 

 taining pistils only. 



--PERFECT FLOWEK. 



Fig. 12. PERFECT FLOWER ENLARGED. 



Figure 11 shows what is termed a perfect or bi-sexual 

 flower. The pistils are in the center, while around them 



