FRAG ARIA. 
the Pine Strawberry hereafter defcribed, na a is lateft 
edition of his DiGtionary has left out the Gree awberry, 
zpparently from nage it the fame with ie Pine, though 
nothing can be more e. Ehrhart, who feems to. have 
it in a wild fe. has eftablifhed it asa épecies, and 
Duchefne’s original {pecimen anfwers to the above charac- 
ters. The latter had his Biante from aa cae 
his collina, the Brofling of the Ger 
reckons it the beit known of that race, or rather 
which he terms Breflinge, we it for the leading variety, 
and ped the following un 
man dark-leaved Giaches, Fragaria nigra ; 
Duchefne in Lam Diet n.12. F. minor, feu nigra; Thal. 
Harcyn. 43. Brifaling, Fraga ferotina; Camer. Kreuterb. 
» 394. pre! ibid. 395: ra- 
Ey 
; Hall. 
majori eeticaate cblonginfeulos 
i an Fragum album rn. Kreuterb. 346. f. 2 
This might perhaps, more properly ‘than the Green Straw- 
berry, be deemed the om {pecies, haa certainly in a 
wild itate. It is called nigra by Thalius and Duchefne 
oo of the dark hue art the leaves. The | atter cient oHs 
having had roots from ‘Haller, and that. the fruit adheres 
ut 
e 
e can find is that of a benenoat aie: were we have cited 
on account of the ere&t, narrow, elongated ‘calyx, which 
conftitutes the aman of the prefent {pecies and all its 
genuine varietie 
6. Bur aoe Strawberry. Fragaria penicules a pees 
in Lam. Did. n. 13. Called Fraifier-marteau, or Han 
Strawberry, from the fhape of its fruit, which is eile a more 
coloured than in the former variety, with a lefs powerful 
flavour. No feeds are produced on that part of the fruit 
covered by the calyx. It was received from Burgundy in 
1768, and is confidered, even by. Duchefne himfelf, as very 
near the laft varie 
. Rou ugh-leaved Strawberry, Fragaria hifpida ; Duchefne 
» Lam. Did. n. 14. F. foltis hifpidis ; Bauh. Pin. 327. 
Trag. 00. 
riety differs from 
their fynonyms. Ehrhart clearly unites them, and 
tion them feparately rather out of deference to Duchefne, 
who fays the /eaves are very rough, the fruit more clongated, 
tter 
where “it gro 
come out of the adjoining gardens m 
Fragaria abortiva; Duchefne in fT 
which we have mentioned, Rear! 
nal opinjon, under the eem: 
ther, by the calyx of hie ieee imen, to belong to the pre- 
fent, as he now feems difpofed to confider i it, As however it 
_ing fruit sree is moderately compre 
- by thee 
is probable that both = eal be fubjecé to the fame a 
€a e, and therefore we have ventur by eS . under eac 
e. Swedifh Straw ey. Fragaria “pra : 
i id. n. 1 vefca a pratenl : Lin, Sp. Pi. 
FEF = udu 
in 1765, which fuc eded ell, ed un 
tered when propagated by eed except | that the fruit was 
ometimes encreafed in fize. a ae has 
winte cumftance peculiar to this se he fruit, 
however, is pretty large, bright green with a very deep red 
perfe&tly round, firmly fixed: to the calyx, foa 
nge, 
— a noife when pulled from it. 
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often perfeels a 
ond crop at fruit. The ms come out of t ie. 
ike an Anemone, before the eave are jal rown.’ 
—We find i in the Linnzan he rbaria un 
eerie as ree as the real UE, r wood a 
which mpanies them, on another fheet of paper, and is 
a really our Englith kind. : 
extremely filky at the back, and have. the fhort terminal 
tooth mentioned by Ehrhart asa eer se of his F. colina, 
but on this laft mark we would not lay much ftrefs in this 
e wood itrav 
berry, and not fo fragrant, but both are eaten pone 
cuou 
f Provencal etic or Majaufe. 
uchefne in Laih 
in anno fructifica 
fa 
ed by Cz 
a bifera ; 
- in alpibus Bargeis, bis 
ns ; Cerfal a de Plant. 554. This is deferib- 
Ipinus, whom othe ie. ihe copied, as bear- 
effed and ftriated, with 
the tafte of a rafpberry. Duchefne. ced plants in 1766 © 
from the neighbourhood of Bargemon. In a wild ftate 
this kind sia fruit in - png be autumn, but al- 
mott all th r roun a gar ich renders it very 
Ge for aieeten. afpectall as it t lafts five or fix years 
without being frefh pla: nted. ‘The fruit is rather large, round, 
often flattened on the fhady mie of a reddifh yellow, except 
where the fun colours it of a The part covere 
calyx remains whitifh, reprefenting a ftar at the bafe. 
It has a peculiar perfur 
" g. Champagne Strawberry. Fragaria dubia ; ibid 
‘ This. variety,”? fays_ Duchefne, “ which is found eee 
a“ 
Ferté-fous-Jouarre, upon little hills, not in woods, is much 
lefs robuft than - ee Its fruit is sed ae 
higher coloured, very vinous. - It is difficu in- 
o di 
ee this kind se Majaufe from the “ftrawberries pre 
o called (F. vefca and its varieties), ‘and its exiftence leads 
us much to doubt of the diftinétion of thefe two kinds from 
thofe. This 
c 
feed, very few fertile erase’ are produced, and a 
