ROSE FAMILY. 



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with Cinquefoil. 

 worst of soils. 



Lime and manure, however, will work wonders iu the 



7. FRAGA'BJA, Tourncf. STRAWBERRY. 



[Latin, fragrans, odorous ; in reference to its fragrant fruit.] 



Calyx, corolla, and stamens, the same as in Potenlilla. Styles deeply 

 lateral. Akencs numerous, smooth, scattered on the enlarged succulent 

 or pulpy receptacle, or embedded in pits on its surface. Perennial sto- 

 lonitbrous herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets coarsely dentate. Flowers 

 several, cyrnose on a scape-like peduncle ; sometimes dmcious by abor- 

 tion. 



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A.M. 



L F. ves'ca, L. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves ; calyx of the 

 fruit reflexed ; fruit conical or hemispherical, the akenes superficial. 

 EATABLE FRAGARIA. English Strawberry. Garden Strawberry. 

 Fr. Le Fraisier. Germ. Die Erdbeerpflanze. Span. Fresera. 



Whole plant hairy. Root perennial, and the leaves often green through the winter. 

 Stem, very short but several slender prostrate radicating runners, 1-2 feet long, are 

 thrown out from the crown of the root. Leaves mostly radical ; common petioles 3-8 or 9 

 inches long ; leaflets ovate or cuneate-obovate, plicate, 1-3 or 4 inches long. Cymes 5-12 

 or 15-flowered, with 2 or 3 foliaceous bracts at base, on peduncles 4 or 5-10 or 12 inches 

 in length. Flowers sometimes abortive. Petals white. Receptacle (commonly regarded 

 as the fruit) red or yellowish white, often long and slender, bearing the akenes super- 

 licially and rather prominently on the even surface. 



Gardens : cultivated ; also indigenous. Fl. April. Fr. May -June. 



FIG. 83. The Strawberry flower (Fragaria vesca) with numerous stamens and pistils. 

 84. The fruit which consists of true fruits (akenes, one from each pistil) scattered over the 

 surface oi'aii enlarged and pulpy receptacle. 



