Remarks on the Strawberry. 51 



luxuriance was also due to the charcoal. I trust, there- 

 fore, that other horticulturists, who have the means, will 

 undertake farther experiments on this subject, so that we 

 may not in this countrj^ he behind the rest of the world, in 

 the astonishing advances which are every year being made 

 in that most delightful of all pursuits — ^Horticulture. 



Yours, 



J. E. Teschemacher. 

 Boston. Jan. 24, 1844 



Art. III. Remarks on the Straivberry , its dioecious charac- 

 ter, habits, (^c. By G. W. Huntsman, Flushing, L. I. 

 New York. 



Having read the articles that have appeared in your Mag- 

 azine of late, on the Strawberry, and having been a close 

 observer myself, for some time, of the habits and nature of 

 the plant, 1 wish to make some remarks on it. 



You are right in regarding the Strawberry anomalous in 

 reference to its dioecious character. In point of fact the dif- 

 ferent varieties may be classed under three divisions. 



1st. Those in which the male and fcTnale organs are both 

 perfect. 



2d. Those in which the male organs are perfect, but the 

 rudiments of the fruit more or less incomplete — and, 



3d. Those in which the rudiments of the fruit are largely 

 developed, but the stamens incomplete. 



Those in the 1st and 2d divisions seem to merge into 

 each other, and it is sometimes difficult to say to which a 

 plant belongs. Plants belonging to the first division are 

 considered good bearers, but the fruit is generally small. 

 As to varieties belonging to the 2d division, not much need 

 be said as it is admitted on all hands that they are not val- 

 uable for general cultivation. The rudiments of the fruit 

 being so imperfect as frequently not to swell at all. The 

 3d division, on account of its great productiveness, offers 

 the greatest field of interest, although it has presented sub- 

 jects for conflicting opinions. Your seedling may be con- 

 sidered as a type of this division — the stamens being not 



