278 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



1786. Quoimio de Bath. Fraisier de Bath. Duch. in Lam. Enc.= Fragaria grandifiora 



Ehrh. Don. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:545. 

 1786. Quoimio de Carolina. Fraisier de Carolina. Duch. in Lam. Enc.= Fragaria 



grandifiora Ehrh. Frasier Ananas. Vilm. 

 1 786. Quoimio de Cantorberie. Fraiser-Quoimo. Duch. in Lam. Enc.= Fragaria chiloensis. 



Don. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:545. 

 1786. Fragaria sylvestris. Duch. in Lam. Enc.= Fragaria vulgaris. C. B. i623.= F. 



sylvestris vel montana. Cam. Epit. 765. 1586. (See 1653.) Probably the same 



as Fresas, Ruell. 15^6.= Fragaria vesca Linn. 

 1786. Fragaria minor. Duch. in Lam. mc.= Fragaria wsca Linn. var. c. Don. 

 1790. Fragaria W5ca (China). Lour. Coc/tinc/i. 325. 1790. 

 1798. Fragaria collina Ehrh. Don. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:542. (See 1766.) 



We hence find the following as the dates of the mention of the species under cultiva- 

 tion, the synonyms taken from Steudel.- 



Fragaria vesca Linn. 1536, 1586, 1592, 1597, 1629, 1640, 1651, 1653, 1655, 1680, 



1742, 1744, 1786. 

 Fragaria elatior Ehrh.^ F. vesca var. pratensis Liim. 1576, 1613, 1623, 1629, 1726, 



1739, 1762, 1765, 1770. 

 Fragaria virginiana Ehrh. 1620, 1623, 1627, 1633, 1772. 

 Fragaria chiloensis Ehrh.^F. vesca var. chiloensis Linn. 17 12, 1786. 

 Fragaria collina Ehrh.= F. hispida Duch. 1742, 1766, 1798. {Fragaria alpina 



Pers.) 1748, 1764. 

 Fragaria grandifiora Ehrh.= F. ananassa Duch.= F. vesca var. ananas Ait. 1759, 



1762, 1786. 



Although this outline, confessedly imperfect, shows that strawberry culture had 

 received some attention preceding the present century, and that a considerable number 

 of varieties had been secured, yet it is in modem times that through the growing of seed- 

 lings, and the facilities for reaping a reward for alleged improvements, varieties have 

 become overwhelming in ntimber. In remote times, even towards the dose of the last 

 century, growers were wont to seek their suppUes from the woods and fields; now the 

 nurseryman is applied to. This increase in varieties may best be indicated by giving 

 in tabular form the mmiber of varieties that have been mentioned by garden writers of 



various dates. 



Kinds Named. 



1545. Estienne De Re Hortensi 2 



1612. Le Jardinier Solitaire i 



1629. Parkinson Paradisus 6 



1680. Morison Hist 8 



1692. Quintinye Complete Gardener 3 



1719. Toumefort Inst 10 



1765. Stevenson Card. Kal 9 



1771. Miller Diet 8 



1778. Mawe Card 23 



1786. Duch. in Lam. Enc 25 



1807. Miller's Diet 8 



1824. Pirolle L'Hort. Franc 14 



1826. Petit Du Jard. Petit 10 



