haeamaee 
Frord. which alfo the habit is gel difimilar. This 
plant, indeed, con ie nea an wv genus, and we 
propofe to it Duchefnea fra paces aes memory: © 
writer who. has ideas te) fo much light on its near relation, 
Fragaria. 8. \ 
IA, in Cries comprifes, a plant of the lows 
vig) valle perennial, hardy fruit t kind. - 
nic e {pecies moftly cultivated is the eféulent 
Braw ber rry (Fs vefea), of -which. there are rain varieties 
n cultivation, but the following are the prin 
The wood-ftrawberry, which has the leaflets oval -lanceo- 
es noe ferrate ; the petioles woolly ; t fae ei 
soar Robot tinged yin purple; ahr wae or 
mo t fmall, and ufually red 3 it ae 
ec ainioaly little flavour ues fan ‘te plants being too eres 
d in the woods and hed pe {ub-varieties of whi 
ch 
in the feafon, and is often ay olen = it = its. ps flavour 
but as it feldom’ produces fi 
red fort, it is not i gener ie cultiy. 
"The alpine ftra which is a wig sei than: that 
which. 5 
crit 
white. . 
freely than in a oo forts. 
laiting ftrawb 
he ee or aiiet y trawbery, eee Ma artyn 
thinks nothin ng but an accidental variety, the flower 
greenifh ; the- fruit eal rough ane pri Sckty, of a greenifh 
eolour, with fome fhow ore ednefs. 
The oe is very | different ‘from the reft in 
The leaves are larger, thicker, 
apa very large, and of a 
val, fin e-fha ed, and | 
reen 
But this valet: er a is very.apt to degenerate, 
and to tees’ only dry effete fruit which, acco 
ce rhagne | is owing to there being tw two forts a a 
e bearing m the other female, or: rather imperfect 
here irodite nee -the former of which, being reputed 
ufelefs, are carefully deftroyed ; hence not only the feeds 
become abortive, but thé é receptacle agrnaes one the 
_ This M inks * be 
arg When cultivated 3 in atl flro 
the ean produce plenty of firm, well-flavov 
a bad bearer in moit ~places, it, hae ‘been lately tele 
cultivated than Moments 
a red than the arpa ae 
ale above, but.i is much lefs in all its parts, and: a 8 
Ace og ae eal: e fe it wf: attains the fize, 
‘of a ie. fomet n epg, 
flavour, It deferyes cultivation for the fingularity and fize 
of the fruit. And it varies digs round pale red, with globular 
pale red, with oblong-o ed, and deep red fruit. 
here is alfo the Carclina, fcarlet, and white-fruited; the 
royal large red; the large Dutch, Bath, and Devosthire 
Chili ftrawber. 
The {carlet flrawberry, which is the fort firft ripe. 
fruit is good, being preferred to ae others by many. It 
Aas ee from Virginia, wher oo naturally in the 
t is very ea ae fae ood ftrawberry in 
leaf, one and fruit; the leaves bene of a dark green, 
and of a more even furface, the flowering-ftems fhorter, the 
Fruit being frequently concealed amon — ; and it 
varies — roundifh leaves erie ci ‘ee 
¢ ftrawberry, in 
ieee to thofe of 
arger, of a thicker fubftance, and t entures of thei 
a blu he runners are much larger, and hairy; the 
Cc 
the = prope 
ding “_ "Mont. Tike it is raifed from the feed. 
of an “Chil Tae. The flower is very large, and the 
ruit has fomething of the fmell and tafte of the pine-apple.. 
It varies in the form of the fruit with ovoid, with oblate~ 
pher 
ans 
“The Carolina a which = refembles the 
airy; the 
; the flower-buds 
rui 
- other haley 
It is not oe but that dee may be meg otker- 
varitie and fub-v ae aay of this fruit which may be highly 
deferving of cultiv, 
The, ae od. ca “alpine a in general, bear beft. when 
raifed from ae and -planted in a rich light earth of a 
brownith ca : Scarlet, the hautboy, a Carolina, and 
the Chili, ania: wer mellow lo 
od of Cult 
07 
ures ena order to raife this { ae oF: fae to 
Met 
the greateft advantage ‘and :perfetion,. the foil fhould be of 
the friable loamy kind, with a moderate degtee of moifture, 
but. by no means. wet. 
- All the different vatieties and. fub-varieties may be made 
other cafes, 
The 
“he moft u ice, in for min ‘on beds of this fort of 
fruit, is by plantin out. the off-fets taken from the fides of 
as are, formed. fram the rooting of 
negleéted’ in their culture,’ but conftantly from fuch as have 
beea well kept in order, and are in a full bearing fate ; ae 
Ce off. 
