12S THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBEBBY. 



By a little ingenuity plants of different natures may be made 

 to grow in the same collection ; for instance, where there are 

 sunk fences the soil in most places will require draining, the 

 water from the drain or drains may be made to trickle among 

 the stones of the wall to a certain extent without injuring the 

 building. In such places the Chrysosplenium alternitolinm and 

 C. oppositifolium and plant* of a similar nature will grow 

 freely. 



The Woodroof (Asperula odorata) is common enough in shady 

 places and woods, but we never find it more luxuriant and 

 later in the season than when we meet it in company with the 

 Golden Saxifrage. In the practice of gardening there are flowers 

 for particular purposes, such as the concealment of local defect 

 or for the production of local beauties : among the former are 

 classed the covering of naked walls, posts, parts of ruins, or 

 other upright objects, conceal in horizontal defects, as naked, 

 sub-barren spots, or unsightly banks producing vegetation under 

 the shade and drip of trees. 



The above remarks are merely to draw attention to the subject. 

 From what I have learned of it I am satisfied that wall-gardening 

 with little trouble and expense could be made both useful and 

 ornamental, and form a distinguishing feature in many places 

 that have no interest at present in the eye of the lover of flowers. 



XTTII. — The Cultivation of the Strawberry. By James 

 Cuthill. Camberwell. 



(Communicated Nov. 20, 1849.) 



The cultivation of Strawberries, whether under glass or in the 

 open ground, requires much more attention than is generally 



given to it. 



The great secret with pot plants is to get them strong and 

 well rooted before winter. Where only a small number is grown 

 the following is undoubtedly the best plan of proceeding. Take 

 pots eight inches deep, place an oyster-shell in the bottom of 

 each, and on this put a good handful of soot ; then fill up the 

 pots with a compost consisting of half strong loam and half light 

 rich mould. The mixture ought to be moderately dry. for if wet 

 mould be put into the pots, it is very often the cause why plants 

 do not thrive. Carry the pots to the strawberry-runners, place 

 one in the centre of each pot. and have a basket of small stones 

 at hand, so that one may be laid upon each runner, just behind 

 the plant, in order to keep it steady, until it has taken root. I 

 do not follow this plan myself because I have such a large num- 



