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■a dark green and of a more even surface, the 

 flowering-stems shorter,the fruitbeing frequently 

 concealed among the leaves. 



It varies with roundish leaves, and with 

 striped leaves. 



The Pine Strawberry,- in which the leaves 

 have a great resemblance to those of the Scarlet 

 Strawberry; hut are larger, of a thicker sub- 

 stance, and the indentures of their edges blunter; 

 the runners are much larger and hairy ; the pe- 

 duncles are stronger, flic flowers much larger, 

 and the fruit approaches in size, shape, and co- 

 lour to the Chili Strawberry, It produces a 

 great quantity of line large fruit, when the 

 plants are kep't clc-.r from runners. 



According to Mons. Duhamcl, it is raised 

 from the seed of the Chili Strawberry. The 

 flower is very large, and the fruit has something 

 of the smell and taste of the Pine-apple. It va- 

 ries in the form, of the fruit with ovoid, with ob- 

 late spheroid, and with irregular fruit. Tt is 

 much smaller than the Chili Strawberry. There 

 arc also the Green, Red, and Hautboy-fruited, as 

 well as the Chili Pine-apple Strawberry. 



The Carolina Strawberry, which greatly re- 

 sembles the above, but is much less in all its 

 parts, and less hairy : the flower-stems are 

 shorter: the flower-buds more lengthened out, 

 and less swoln : the fruit smaller, more regular 

 in the form, of a higher colour, but the perfume 

 not so pleasant. Martyn remarks that "the 

 Pine varies little when raised from seed, where- 

 as this varies much in the flower, fruits, &c." 



Culture. — In order to raise this sort of fruit 

 to the greatest advantage and perfection, the 

 soil should be of the friable loamy kind, with a 

 moderate degree of moisture. 



All the different varieties may he made use of 

 where large supplies are wanted ; but in other 

 cases a few of the small and large sorts may be 

 sufficient. The same varieties should always be 

 planted together in separate beds, or other 

 places, but never any mixture of different sorts 

 admitted. 



The usual practice in forming beds of this 

 sort of fruit is by planting out the offsets taken 

 from the sides of the old plants, or such as are 

 formed from the rooting of the joints of the 

 runners ; but the former are in general the bet- 

 ter plants. And in choosing them, they should 

 never be taken from such plants as are old,, ami 

 which have been neglected in their culture, but 

 constantly from such as have been well kept in 

 order, and are in a full bearing stale; such offsets 

 as stand nearest tothe old ( '.mtsbeingprclened to 

 such plants as arc formed by the trailingstems at 

 a distance. Upon a careful attention to these 

 circumstances much of the success of this sort 



of culture depends. In some of the varieties, :.s 

 those of the wood kind, the offsets are best when 

 taken from the wild bearing nlants ; as they are 

 not so liable to run as those taken from the cul- 

 tivated :>orts. 



These offsets or plants are mostly of sufficiently 

 strong growth the first year for being made use 

 of; but .when this is not ihc case, they may be. 

 set out in nursery rows till they have attained a 

 full growth. 



In preparing for plantations of this sortj the 

 ground should be well trenched over and effec- 

 tually cleared from all sorts of weed;, and after 

 being laid quite level, formed into beds four feet 

 in width, with paths of two feet or two tee t and 

 a half between them, for the convenience of 

 cultivation and gathering the produce. The si- 

 tuation should be quite open, and have as much 

 as possible a southern aspect i It is likewise a 

 great advantage when the beds can be formed in 

 a shelving or sloping manner towards the south, 

 so as to have the full influence of the sun. 



When the beds have been thus made up, 

 they are in a proper state for being planted 

 upon. 



The most suitable time for performing this 

 business is in the early autumn, as about the 

 latter end of September or beginning of the fol- 

 lowing month, in order that the plants may be 

 well rooted before the commencement of the 

 winter frosts. Some, however, plant in the 

 early spring ; but there is more danger of the 

 plants being destroyed by the heat of the sum- 

 mer. 



In executing the work, the plants or offsets 

 should be put in by means of a line and dibble, 

 in rows lengthways of the beds, at- different di- 

 stances, according to the kinds. 



The most usual distances are, for the wood 

 sort twelve or fifteen inches each way; and 

 eighteen inches for the Scarlets, Hautboys, Chili, 

 Alpine, and other large kinds. Much advan- 

 tage is always. gained by letting them have suf- 

 ficient room. It is usual to set them out m the 

 quincunx order, and great care should be taken 

 in the work of planting, to close the mould 

 well to the roots of the plants as they arc set out. 

 When the whole has been done, they should 

 hftve a good watering to settle the earth well 

 about their roots. 



But besides this mode of planting upon beds, 

 they succeed well on the fronts or clumps, bor- 

 ders, and other parts of pleasure -grounds, espe- 

 cially when set so as to have a due degree of 

 sun, and without being too much shaded. 



When new varieties of this sort of fruit are 

 wanted, the propagation must he effected by 

 sowing the seed produced, on the huit, when 



