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mote reference to, any persons. It is very easy to see 

 tlie manner in wliicb. some have been led into error, 

 viz. : the mixture, well-nigh universal, of different kinds 

 of strawberries — an error productive of untold injury 

 to successful cultivation. We have never seen two 

 kinds of strawberry that might safely run in the same 

 bed. On no account suffer it. The poorest kind will 

 multiply its runners the most rapidly, and drive the 

 well-bearing plants from the bed ; particularly is this 

 the case, where that poor kind is a staminate. We 

 think the direction given by the late Mr. Downing and 

 others, to place the staminates on each end of the same 

 bed, with the pistillates in the centre, an unfortunate 

 one, for the beds and the plants are usually very soon 

 destroyed in that way. AVe are very particular to 

 place our staminates a greater distance from the pistil- 

 lates : if 30 feet to 60 feet off, it is better. The bees 

 and wind carry the pollen, and opposite sides of the 

 garden, if the distance is 100 feet, will, we think, be 

 found near enough to answer the same purpose. 

 Neither would we .allow pistillates, such as Hovey's 

 Seedling and Burr's New Pine, to run together, but 

 be very particular to keep each kind distinct and 

 apart. We think it is Mr. Longworth who has stated, 

 that if we place a single staminate plant, like the Large 

 Early Scarlet, in the centre of a productive bed of a 



pure pistillate variety, in less than two or three years. 

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