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XCV. On the Cultivation of Strawberries in Forcing-houses, 

 during the Winter and Spring Months. By Mr. William 

 Morgan, Gardener to Henry Browne, Esq. at North 

 Mimms Place, in Hertfordshire. 



Read July 1, 1817. 



Strawberries are in such general estimation, that a plen- 

 tiful supply of them, during the seasons, when they cannot be 

 obtained in the open ground, is one of the principal objects 

 of the fruit-gardener's attention. The produce of out-door 

 Strawberries is terminated, by the frosts, at the end of Octo- 

 ber, from which time, until the following June, the assistance 

 of the forcing-house is required, to furnish the desert with 

 this sort of fruit. 



The Alpines are the first to be brought into bearing by 

 artificial heat, and these must be raised from seed, which 

 ought to be obtained, in summer, from the largest and best 

 fruit. The berries, from which the seed is to be taken, 

 must be gathered when quite ripe, and being dried, the seed 

 may be cleared from the pulp, and kept for use; in January 

 it is to be sown, and covered with about a quarter of an inch 

 of mould, in shallow boxes or pans, three or four inches 

 deep ; these must be placed in a gentle heat, such as that 

 of a succession pinery, or an early peach-house ; when the 

 rough leaves of the seedling plants appear, remove them to a 

 cooler position, to harden them, for potting in May. The 

 pots for this purpose should be six inches deep, and six 



