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be able to formulate rules whereby groups of varieties could be 

 safel}' recommended for trial in localities of diverse climatic and 

 soil conditions. 



As an appendix it may be of service to furnish a list of figures 

 of the strawberry plant which antedate the present century. 



According to Sprengel the strawberry is not represented upon 

 the monuments of ancient Egypt or Greece. Figures occur as in 

 the following list : 



1484. Fragaria. Herbarius maguntae, c. Ixiii. 



1499. Fragaria. Jacobus de Dondis. Aggregator practicus. 



(According to Sprengel.) 



1511. Fragaria. Ortus Sanit. c. 188. 



1536. Fragaria. Brunf. 40. 



1540. Fragaria. Dorst., Bot. 131. 



1542. Fragaria major et minor. Fuch., 853 ; ib., 1551, 808. 



1550. Fragaria. Roszlin, Kreut., 153. 



1552. Fragaria. Trag. de Stirp., 500. 



1561. Fragaria. Pinaeus Flist., 480. 



1570. Fragaria. Matth., Comm., 651. 



1571. Fragaria. Matth., Comp., 686. 

 1576. P'ragaria and fraga. Lob., Obs., 396. 

 1583. Fraga altera. Dod., Pempt., 661. 

 1583. Fragaria and ft-aga. Dod., Pempt., 661. 



1586. Fragaria. Cam., Epit., 765. 



1587. Fragaria. Dalechamp, Hist., 614. 



1588. Fragaria. I. Tabern., Kreut., 429. 

 1588. Fragum album. II. Tabern., Kreut., 429. 



1590. Fragum. Trifolium fragiferum. Tabern., Ic, 118. 



1590. Fragum album. Tabern., Ic, 119. 



1591. Fragaria and fragu. Lob., Ic, 697. 



1591. Fragaria and fragu major subalbida. Lob., Ic, 697. 



1597. Fragaria and fraga. Ger., Herb., 844. 



1597. Fragaria and fraga subalba. Ger., Herb., 844. 



1598. Fragaria fructu albo. Matth., Comm., 721. 

 1613. Fragum. I. Tabern., Kreut., 353. 



1613. Fragaria album. II. Tabern., Kreut., 354. 



1613. Fraga fructu maguo. Eyst., Vern., ord. 7, fol. 8, p. 1. 



1613. Fraga fruclo albo. Eyst., Vern., ord. 7, fol. 8, p. 2. 



1613. Fraga fructu rubro. Eyst., Vern., ord. 7, fol. 8, p. 2. 



1616. Fraga altera. Dod., Pemp., 672. 



