Strawberries, 8 1 



of the two plants. Nothing is more ordinary than to 

 hear casual townsfolk exclaim that though there were 

 lots of strawberry blossoms a little while ago in such- 

 and-such a spot, there are no ripe strawberries to be 



Fig. 17.— The Wild Strawberry. 



seen now that the time has come for picking the 

 fruit. In such cases, careful examination will gener- 

 ally show that the spot is really covered by white 

 potentilla plants, whose little starry flowers were 

 easily mistaken by the world at large for true straw- 



