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No further trimming need be practised 

 until the following March, in the early 

 part of which all the decayed and in- 

 jured foliage may he cut away. The 

 rows being three feet apart, at the end of 

 October, one foot in the centre only is to 

 be dug, thus leaving the plants one foot 

 of roots on each side entirely undis- 

 turbed. Introduce some decayed manure 

 annually in this centre, and the small 

 amount of k ^ of root is more than com- 

 pensated 1 y the volume, of new while 

 fibres which, by the month of May fol- 

 lowing, have fully invested the new 

 ground. The dung or vegetable matter 

 should be somewhat fresh ; such is pre- 

 ferable to rotten manure- 



Making new Plantations. Trenching 

 should be had recourse to, going as deep 

 as the good soil will permit, placing the 

 manure necessary principally between 

 the two spits. If the soil be shallow, of 

 course the manure will be dug down with 

 a single spit. If good runners can be 

 obtained early in July, and carefully cul- 

 tivated, they may be expected to bear a 

 respectable crop the following summer. 

 From those planted in February, of course, 

 little can be expected. It is by far the 

 best to keep a little nursery for runners 

 in a very open situation, and the plants a 

 long way apart. 



Strawberry Walls or Banks. These 

 have been highly recommended, and are 

 doubtless, very useful, as heightening 

 flavour. They have, however, never be- 

 come very general, owing to their being 

 rather expensive in constructing. A 

 strawberry wall, in the direction of eas 

 and west, would be a useful adjunct ir 

 high gardening if properly managed 

 On the south side plant the Black Princ< 

 and the Keen's Seedling; and on the 

 north side the Elton. The former woult 

 ripen a fortnight earlier than ordinary 

 ones, and the latter continue bearin 

 until October. These walls may be buil 

 of any kind of material which will main 

 tain its position, and should be as nea 

 to an angle of 45 as can be approach 

 They may be thus constructed 



Strawberry Forcing, One principa 



oint here is to obtain very early run- 

 ers, which is generally effected by lay- 

 g the earliest in small pots, in a sound 

 ompost. These, when full of roots, are 

 epotted into larger ones ; and the whole 

 usiness henceforth is to give them 

 indly cultivation, as to regular water- 

 igs, <fcc., and to keep them in an open 

 ^nation. By the end of September they 

 ill possess stout buds, and must be 

 lunged up to their rims for the winter, 

 brcing must be commenced very gently, 

 ith plenty of atmospheric moisture, 

 ay, commence with the temperature at 

 5, and rise gradually, by the time the 

 eaf is thoroughly developed, to 60, and 

 he less advance that is made beyond 

 his the better, except in sunny weather. 

 They love to be near the glass, and to 

 lave abundance of air. 



Culture of the Alpines Sow seed from 



hoice fruit at tbe end of January in 

 gentle heat, and prick the seedlings out 

 nto boxes, still under glass, in rich soil. 

 Towards the end of April, the plants, 

 .laving been hardened off, may be planted 

 iut finally; and an elevated bed, in a 

 sunny situation, should be chosen. They 

 nay be planted in double rows, half a 

 yard apart in the row, and the rows two 

 'eet apart. The soil should be a rich 

 cam ; and when they are fruiting, some 

 slates or tiles may be placed beneath 

 hem, as the autumn rains are apt to rot 

 them. They should be liberally watered 

 during dry weather. 



STRAWBERRY-ELITE. Bli'tum. 



STRAWBERRY- SPINACH. Bli'tum. 



STRAWBERRY-TREE. A'rbntus. 



STRELI'TZIA. (Named after Charlotte, 

 queen to George III., of the house of 

 Mecklen burgli-Strelitz. Nat. ord., Musads 

 [Musacesej. Linn., 5 Pentandria 1-Mo- 

 nOf/ynia.) 



Stove, yellow-flowered, herbaceous perennials, 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. By seeds in a good, 

 moist heat, in sprinar ; generally by suckers and 

 dividing the plant; fibry loam and a little peat. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 55; summer, 60 to 80. 

 S. aiignstifu'lia (narrow-leaved ). 6. May. 1778. 



augu'sta (grand). 18. White. March. 1791. 



furinu'sa (mealy- stalked). 5. February. 1795. 



hu'milin (humble). 6. May. 



ju'iice'i (rush-leaned). 6. May. 



ova'la (egg-leaved). 8. March. 1777. 



parvifo' liu (small-leaved). 6 June. 17fi6. 



regi'ncs (queen's). 8. April. 17/3. 

 bTREPTA'NTHERA. This genus is united 



to Gladiolus ; and the following are now 

 G. cu'prea (copper-coloured), jf- Copper. June. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1825. 



e'leguns (elegant). . White, blue. May, Cape 



of Good Hope. 1827. 



