MY GARDEN. 



Besides these common varieties, we are very particular about our 

 growth of Alpine strawberries. I have grown many kinds, of which 

 there are two, one white and the other red, without runners, which are 

 commendable. . - These may be raised from seed early in spring in a seed 

 frame, and pricked out, when they fruit in the autumn of the same year. 

 But for Alpine strawberries we rely upon a variety the seed of which 

 I procured in Paris some years ago (fig. 3 S3). Young plants are planted 

 out early in spring, when they bear immediately after the ordinary 



Fig. 354- — Cells of ripe 

 Strawberry. 



Fig. 3S3. — Perpetual Alpine Strawberry. 



strawberries, and last till autumn. They should be eaten with claret 

 and sugar, as is the custom in France. A few put into claret- 

 cup impart a very agreeeable flavour. 



The strawberry fruit is built up of cells with brown central nucleus, 

 as Quekett has shown (fig. 354). 



The strawberry likes good soil ; so does the nettle : hence the 

 allusion of our poet when he says ; — 



" The strawberry grows underneath the nettle ; 

 And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best, 

 Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.'' 



Shakspeare, /Ci/tg- Henry V. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The wild fruits of the country have given to us various varieties 

 of raspberries valuable for our winter preserves. The Falstaff 

 (fig- 3 SS) is a fine variety which we grow, and Red and Yellow Antwerp 

 are also tried kinds. To raise different varieties, seeds must be sown ; 



