FRAGARIA. 
sues fome fterile ones among thofe fent us from the country 
1767.” Thefe remarks render it doubtful to which dif- 
tind’ fpecies of Fragariathe variety here defcribed may be- 
long, ay pea eGing the laft, the pofition of the calyx puts 
of doubt. 
3. F. virginiana. Scarlet Strawberry. Mill. Di&. 
8. n. 2. h. Beitr. n. 3. Willd. 
coccinee 
nibus in cortice loculofo altivs depres, svginian 
Arb. Fruit. v. 1. 181. t. 5.)—Calyx E fruit £ ae 
Hairs of the leaf-ftalks,- and of all the sae ten in. 
-riahie 7 ae on their upper furface. Ete of 
nia. n. ‘This in our gardens is one of the b 
iat and moe valuable kinds, on account of its plentfal 
fording an excellent fpecific charatter. i 
: colour of the fruit is well known. Its furface {wells be- 
n the feeds, making little cells in howe they are lodged. 
No Sate, nor any other variety is {pecies, except a 
flight os in the internal aN of the cao ‘i known 
in Europe. Linnzus feems to have been {carcel all ac- 
anainted with the Scarlet eeaniaeite not ne ein 
n his Hortus Cliffortianus. 
© juicy = 
arket, but 
find no fuch difficu ty in Backed ious it is conan 
more tender than moft others. onfine 
or over powerful, becomes apnea to moft people, and 
owever erstetl this fruit may be to perfons in genera 
there are perfons to whom one or two Scarlet ng bagi 
is an actual m The calyx. enfolds the unripe fruit i 
this fpecies, without touching it, but becomes (een 
expanded. 
4. F. elation. Hautboy Strawberry. Ehrh. Beitr. n. 2. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. 1091... (F. mofchata; Duchefne 145. 
mofchata dioica; Lam. Did. n. 18. F. vefca p,. pratentis ; 
Retz. Obf, . 6. 30. F. fructu parvi oo magnitu- 
dine; Bauh. Pin. 327: ¥F. murieata Mill. Dic. ed. 8. 
n. 3. F. et fra eke Ic. ve Dod Pempt. 672 
Ger. em. 997 - F. major es minor ; Fuchs. Hift. 853 
a Park, | 527. £. 7.)—Calyx 
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origin, which Ehrhart copies with a doubt. Some old au- 
thors reported that it came from Hungary and Bohemia, 
which ues are, difpofed to hélieve, becaufe fo many of the 
ters have figured this {pecies and not the F. uelea 3 
affured by Mr. Dickfon, Mr. Jackfon, and “Mr. 
ly ing near ge in 
that town. NV. Borrer alfo finds it in Chatheon forelt, 
Suffex. It ee coe be a native of other parts of Eu- 
rope, bps: often overlooked forthe Wood Strawberry, 
_and not detected even by the. indefatigable Ebrhart. No 
fees of any genus. can be better defined than this. 
The dire€tion of the copious oe on all the flowerflalks, | 
oth ce and partial, aswell as on the leaf-italks, being 
. colina. 
ny all excellent me botanifts, it is as f the 
Hertfordfhire, on : 
‘widely fpreading, | “pr rather png lasing. affords.a 
clear ad ge permanent e dried as well as 
frefh {pecim "The calyx of tite irhie is fhort and reflex- 
ed, much like cn of the Wood Strawberry. wh 
being. 
ars or pase es This fe 
ferved by Duchefne, whom Linnzus cautioned againft 
ing mifled by flowers rendered abortive by cold in the {pring ; 
t the former . 
a dark dull caters une high ee! perfume, but lefs of 
firmly fix the calyx, without any central cavity. Its 
furface is pitted, but lefs than in the S Strawberry. 
uch ai oeee hi pu saci that this fpe- 
ut in 
boy, which has ae Sbierved to dwindle away, wing 
to a neglect of the cultivation of the ie ete peels a 
the ey were obferved not to bear fruit. Hence the females 
the 
their direétion, being very faithfully eee 
herbarium of Linnzus is a fpecimen of the f{pecies or which 
we are treating, without a name, but marked by himfelf as 
Sea ed at Lund in Sc But unfortunately on the 
me paper is one of the Scarlet, fo that we cannot prefume 
fe former to be wild, as the latter tea snot. They 
were perhaps fent. han by Retzius, who has publifhed a 
fhort remark, quoted above, on the dioecione nature of the 
Hautboy 
a Royal Hautboy. aoe mofchata ; Duchefne in 
m. Dict. n. 17. s we na oars but from tke 
author here cited, who fufpe&s i may be a hybrid pro- 
duétion between the Hautboy aaa fome variety of the F. 
Of this he had met with another inftance, in which 
a very delicious and juicy little ftrawberry was produced, but 
the plants foon became fterile. ‘The prefent however proves 
. luxuriant and prolific, bearing two crops ina years. of light-co« 
loured firm fru s variety. 
5. F. grands fo Pine Strawberry. Ehrh, 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. 1092. 
Lam. Di&. n. a 
F. Foliis ovatis crenatis sel calycibus maximis; Mill. 
Ic. 192. oa fruit ere of the 
wer- ftalks, apne thofe 
= Leaves f{mooth above ; 
e cannot but a D 
original account of this ftrawberry more corr 
he has given in Lamarck. He juitly prefumed. it a native of 
Louifiana, rather than of Surinam, to which common re 
has attributed it.. no is now not unufually cultivated near 
London it agrees wil 
but in botanic I charadhers, though not at all in h 
qualities, with the fearlet : and thofé cuameer are fo ip pe- 
