ROSE FAMILY. Rosacese. 



Fragaria 

 Virginiana 

 White 

 April-June 



«,...„. . . Our commonest wild strawberry, at 



Wild Virginia , • .u i j ^ • i \ ,. 



Strawberry home in the rough dry pasture lands of 



the north and south. Rather broad, 

 coarsely toothed leaflets, blunt- tipped, and 

 hairy. The flower-stalk not longer than 

 the leaves, and with spreading hairs. The 

 flower lias many orange-yellow stamens offset by the 

 Ave round white petals. The scarlet fruit is ovoid, and 

 the tiny seeds are imbedded in pits over the surface. \ 

 3-6 inches high. Common throughout our range ; gen- 

 erally in fields. The name from the Latin fraga, 

 fragrant. 



A slender species with thin leaflets which 

 are more ovate and less wedge-shaped 

 than those of the other species, and have 

 silk-silvery hairs on the under side. The 

 scarlet fruit is more conical, and the seeds 

 are borne, not in pits, but upon the shining, 

 smooth surface. The sepals are reflexed or 

 turned backward from the fruit. This species is remark- 

 able for its very long, delicate runners. 3-6 inches high. 

 In rocky woodlands and pastures. From N. Eng., N. J., 

 and Pa., west. 



Until recently both these veiy distinct species were in- 

 cluded under one title; but the types are easily distin- j 

 guished apart, even by the leaves, and the fruit is 

 certainly conspicuously different. Of the two species 

 Fragaria Virginiana is certainly the commoner, at least 

 in central New Hampshire ; both are deserving of the 

 name Fragaria, for nothing is more deliciously fragrant 

 than a basketful of the wild berries. 



American 



Wood 



Strawberry 



Fragaria 



Americana 



White 



May-July 



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