26 WOOD STRAWBERRY". 



drink, called Bavaroise a la Grecque, which 

 consists of the juice mingled with lemon, 

 sngar, and water. The sweet odour of the 

 Strawberry well deserves the allusion made to 

 it in its botanical name, which is taken from 

 fragrans; while our familiar one of Strawberry- 

 was probably given to it from the old practice 

 of threading the fruits on a straw, and thus 

 offering them for sale, a practice still followed 

 in some villages. If we remove our wild 

 Strawberry from the shade of the woodland 

 boughs, and plant it in a garden where the 

 sun can reach it, its flavour becomes sweeter. 

 It was probably the first species cultivated in 

 this country, and the Strawberry was reared 

 in the English garden at an early period. 

 Lidgate's song, composed at a date previous 

 to the year 1483, shows that it was sold in 

 London about that time. 



" Then unto London I did me hye, 



Of all the lands it beareth the prjse ; 

 Gode pescode owne began to cry, 



Strabery rype, and cherrys in the ryse." 



The Hautboy is sometimes found in our 

 woods, but is probably not truly wild. 



