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over the two lateral ones and conceals their tips. The sides of this leaf are so broad that at 

 the time that they open up they often overlap each other & cover the end of the stalk. Or 

 they're joined like flags, demonstrating, as M. du Chesne says, that "this leaf is not simple 

 because the two lateral leaflets are suppressed, but on the contrary, they're merged with 

 the central one". The veins, like the ones on the Versailles strawberry plant, make almost 

 a right angle with the midrib, just as they do on the large sides of lateral leaflets. 

 Rudiments of leaflets that originate on some leafstalks of strawberry plants suggest that 

 each lateral leaflet is the result of several of them being joined together, & that the leaf of 

 the strawberry plant could be made up of five or more leaflets. This is found on some 

 strawberry plants, & especially on a green strawberry plant recently obtained by M. du 

 Chesne. 



Frequent casualties among the flowers & the fruit of the Versailles strawberry 

 plant are the result of the great vigor of strawberry plants. Nevertheless, judging by the 

 fewer and smaller leaves on each of its offshoots compared to the common strawberry, & 

 by its thinner stalks & runners, this one doesn't seem to grow with such great force. 



VI. Garden STRAWBERRY PLANT. 



Cultivated STRAWBERRY PLANT Fressant's STRAWBERRY PLANT DuCh, 



Strawberry plant nurseries have been cultivated carefully for a long time in 

 several villages near Montlhery [Translator's note: a historic town in a market garden 

 region about 25 km. south of Paris]. This is where the residents of Montreuil & many 

 gardeners get plants for their strawberry beds. They're called the Ville-du-bois or 

 Villebousin strawberry after the villages where they're grown. 



