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commenced to decay at the ends. No matter how'care- 

 fully the plants are taken up, some of the fibres will be 

 broken off, and it is much better to sever all iihe roots 

 with a clean cut than to plant them with ragged and 

 broken ends. Boots pruned in this way are more readily 

 spread out when placed in the ground again than when 

 left intact or of full length. 



Selection of Plants. Young runners of one sea- 

 son's growth are best, and old plants should not be used 

 for transplanting, if it can be avoided. But, if a variety 

 is scarce and valuable, the old stools may be taken up 

 and pulled apart, and the lower end of the central stalk 

 cut away as recommended for the Bush Alpines, and 

 then set out again, planting deep enough to ensure the 

 emission of new roots above the old ones. 



DIFFERENT MODES OF CULTIVATION. 



The cultivators of the Strawberry are not all of one 

 opinion in regard to the best mode of cultivation either 

 in the field or garden ; consequently, we hear much 

 about raising Strawberries in hills, rows, matted beds, 

 annual renewal systems, etc., all of which may give good 

 results, with productive varieties and on rich soils. 



But different varieties often require a different mode 

 of culture in order to obtain the largest yield and the 

 largest berries. The large, coarse-grown varieties of the. 

 Chili species, or the hybrid between these and the Vir- 

 ginia Strawberry, succeed best when grown in hills or sin- 

 gle rows, and they are usually quite unproductive if the 

 plants are permitted to run together and become in the 

 least crowded. The Triomphe de Grand, Jucunda, 

 Champion, Agriculturist and Lennig's White are well- 

 known varieties of this type ; while others, such as 

 Charles Downing, President Wilder, Green Prolific and 



