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whose tips are sometimes seen in the center of these little petals. Whether the stamens 

 have turned into petals, or whether the petals have replaced them, the stamens themselves 

 decrease to about five to ten in number. The stem supporting the pistil & the fruit that 

 develops from it are smaller than those of strawberry plant n°.l. But the color, flavor, & 

 fragrance of the fruit are the same. 



There's no advantage to cultivating this strawberry plant, neither for its fruit that 

 is not much bigger than the wild strawberry, nor for its flowers that are small and can't 

 contribute any special decoration to a flower bed. As a result they're found only in the 

 gardens of certain specialists. 



In the wild & in seed plots of common strawberry plants, some strawberry plants 

 have variegated leaves: common strawberry plant with variegated leaves. H.R.P. I don't 

 believe that these should be considered a variety, because the blemish often disappears 

 when these strawberry plants are cultivated in good soil. If it persists, it's transmitted only 

 to the plants produced by their runners & not to the progeny of their seeds. 



IV. Common STRA W BERRY PLANT without creeping runners (like small branches). 



Common STRA W BERRY PLANT lacking runners. Du Ch. 

 STRAWBERRY PLANT without runners. 



It's noteworthy that in beds of cultivated strawbeny plants, the plants that put out 

 lots of runners don't throw out many suckers, and most of their offshoots don't grow 

 upright shoots. Doubtless this is because the material necessary for their formation is 

 absorbed by the runners themselves; they can be thought of as kinds of sucker shoots that 

 only propagate the strawberry plant to the detriment of fruitfulness. The special feature of 

 the strawberry plant without runners is that its offshoots form a very wide bush, 



