CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES. 
I HAVE thought it best to arrange the following varieties 
. alphabetically. as almost any other classification would be 
impossible, or at least would lead to confusion and mis- 
understanding. Not that the distinction between certain 
species is not broad enough, but the innumerable acci- 
dental and intentional crosses that have been produced 
have made it next to impossible to fix exactly the botan- 
ical rank and place of any named variety. 
I may. add that if any amateur wishes to study the 
strawberry critically, he will get much help from the ad- 
mirable essays in the Yardin Fruitier du Museum, and 
from the papers contributed by Knight and others to the 
Transactions of the London Horticultural Society. 
It is much to be desired that some competent botanist 
would take in hand the whole question of species and 
varieties in the strawberry family, and reduce to system 
and order what is now considerably confused. 
A thorough research would probably reduce the num- 
ber of species to two or three. 
Meanwhile it is very desirable that every originator, of 
a new-seedling should keep a careful record of its origin. 
From a comparison of these records with the varieties 
produced, a good deal of light will one day be obtained. 
The following is a pretty full list of the named varieties 
of strawberries. In a subsequent edition I hope to make 
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