THE CULTURE OF 



Advantages of Situation. 



In creeping HERBACEOUS PLANTS, form- 

 ing roots at the joints of the runners, in 

 manner of the STRAWBERRY, it will gene- 

 rally be found that the growth and vigour 

 of such are abundantly promoted by mois- 

 ture and shade ; as in Viola, Violet; Glecoma, 

 Ground Ivy, &c. And of hardy trees and 

 ligneous plants, whose shoots freely afford 

 fibrous roots, adhering to other trees, or 

 walls, for their support, as in several varie- 

 ties of Hedera, Ivy, such, in northern expo- 

 sures, will far surpass in growth those in 

 more warm and sunny situations. 



From the prevailing mode of planting 

 STRAWBERRIES on any common earth, 

 without discrimination, it may be supposed 

 that an attention to soil is of trivial im- 

 portance ; and especially as some eminent 

 horticultural writers appear to have consi- 

 dered this as of little moment ; but in this 

 we are not agreed, considering that every 



