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we consider it better that the nomenclature of the Society, even 

 though it may not be in every instance the best, (and what is 

 perfect?) ought to be followed without deviation, in order to 

 prevent farther confusion. The Bostock strawberry is so 

 called because it was raised at Bostock, in Cheshire : it is 

 often called the Rostock, which has given rise to a supposition 

 that it was a sort received from Rostock, in Pomerania. The 

 word Pine, as applied to strawberries, is supposed to have 

 originated from the French name, Fraisier Ananas, applied by 

 Duhamel to the Surinam strawberry, from its pine-apple fla- 

 vour. The Hautbois strawberry is dioecious, and it has been 

 usual to introduce male plants as an essential part of the plant- 

 ation of a bed of this species. Mr. Barnet thinks this may 

 be dispensed with, as " all the varieties of the Hautbois in the 

 garden of the Society are remarkably productive, and even the 

 Globe Hautbois, which usually has been supposed to require 

 proximity of the male plants, bore as well as others, and yet 

 none of these had been introduced when the beds were formed. 

 They were probably fecundated by the pollen of other varieties 

 which produce hermaphrodite flowers with perfect stamens." 



It is stated as a fact, that strawberries frequently re-produce 

 themselves, unchanged, from seed. Perhaps the same thing 

 may happen occasionally with the fruits of ligneous plants ; 

 and, if so, the golden pippin may be perpetuated from seed, as 

 has been (Gard. Mag. 223.) suggested. 



16. Description of a Green-house in the Garden of Sir Robert 

 Preston, Bart, at Valleyjield, in Perthshire. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By Mr. Alexander Stewart, C.M.H.S. Read De- 

 cember 7. 1824. 



The singularity and beauty of this green-house consists in 

 the form of the stages (Jig. 86. a, b), which are calculated to 



