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rifb, but they would not be Co 

 fruitful as upon a moderate Soil. 

 The Ground fliould be well dug, 

 and clear'd from the Roots of all 

 noxious Weeds ; and after it is le- 

 vell'd even, you muft mark it out 

 into Beds about three Feet and a 

 half wide, leaving a Path between 

 each Bed two Feet broad, for the 

 Conveniency of walking between 

 them to water and clean them, as 

 alfo to gather the Fruit. In thefe 

 Beds may be planted four Rows 

 of Plants, whereby they will be 

 about a Foot afunder. Row from 

 Row ; and in the Rows they fliould 

 be planted at leaft eight Inches di- 

 flant Plant from Plant j for if they 

 are planted nearer, they will, in 

 one Year's Time be Co thick, that 

 they will not have room to thrive. 

 Note, The Diftancc here alTign'd, 

 being for the Wood - Strawberry 

 which is of the leaft Growth, the 

 other large growing Kinds muft 

 have a greater Share of Room, ac- 

 cording to their different Degrees 

 of Growth i as for Example, the 

 Scfirlet' Strawberry fliould be planted 

 a Foot iquare Plant from Plant, and 

 the Hautboy fix teen or eighteen 

 Inches Diftance each Way, and the 

 Chili Strawberry twenty Inches or 

 two Feet. 



In the Spring of the Year, when 

 the Strawberries begin to flower, 

 if the Seafon be dry, you muftob- 

 ferve to water them plentifully, 

 otherwife the Flowers will fall 

 away without producing any Fruit. 

 Y'ou muft alfo carefully clean your 

 Beds of Strawberries from Weeds, 

 from Time to Time, as they fhall 

 require ^ for if they arc once fut- 

 fer'd to over-bear the Plants, they 

 will decay in large Patches, and 

 alfo greatly weaken all thofc that 

 may continue alive. About M/- 

 chaehnas you fliould clear off all 



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the Weeds from the Beds, as alfo 

 cut off all the Strings or Runners 

 from the Roots, pulling out all 

 weak Plants where they are too 

 clofe,- then dig up the Walks be- 

 tween the Beds, burying the Weeds 

 that came off in the Bottom, and 

 throw a little fine Earth over the 

 Beds between the Plants, being 

 very careful not to lay it fo thick 

 as to bury the Plants: This will 

 greatly ftrengthen them, and caufe 

 their Fruit to be larger and in 

 greater Quantities then they would 

 be it left undrefs'd. 

 _ Thefe few Rules will be fuffi- 

 cient, if duly obferv'd, for culti- 

 vating thefe Plants. I would only 

 farther obferve, that thefe Beds 

 will not continue bearing well 

 more than three Years, therefore 

 in order to have a conftant Supply, 

 you fliouid plant a frefh Plat of 

 Ground a Year before you deftroy 

 the old Beds, otherwife ('your 

 young Plantation producing little 

 or no Fruit the firft Year) you will 

 be deftitute a whole Seafon, 



The IVood Strarvberry is by many 

 People preferr'd for the Firmnefs 

 of its Fruit and Delicacy of Fla- 

 vour : Others greatly admire the 

 Scarlet Sort for its Goodnefs, and 

 the Hautboy is efteem'd for the 

 Largenefs of its Fruit. The Chili 

 Strawberry was brought firft into 

 Europe by Monfieur Frezier, Engi- 

 neer to the late French King, and 

 given to Monfieur de Jejfieu, Pro- 

 feffor of Botany to the Royal Gar- 

 den at Varis, who hath fprcad it 

 into divers Parts o^' Europe. This 

 Plant, Mov)iieuv Frezier fays, is cul- 

 tivated in the Fields near Chili in 

 great Plenty, and that it differs from 

 the European Kinds, in having 

 larger, thicker, and more hairy 

 Leaves : The Fruit is generally as 

 lar^e as a Walnuti and fometimes 



