Description of the Roseberry Strawberry. 379 



become well known, before that time, in the neighbourhood 

 of Aberdeen. 



The general habit and appearance of the plants are those 

 of common Scarlets, from which, however, they differ in 

 the particulars stated below. They produce fewer leaves 

 than the Scarlet Strawberries ; they are shorter in growth, 

 of a lighter green, and have somewhat of a glaucous ap- 

 pearance, when viewed in opposition to the dark green of 

 the other kind; their leaves are also more rounded than 

 those of the Scarlets, and the stalks of the leaves have a few 

 hairs scattered over them, whilst the leaf stalks of the 

 Scarlets are quite smooth. The scape, or stem, which 

 produces the flowers, is also a little hairy, and very short, 

 notwithstanding which, soon after it begins to flower, it 

 overtops the leaves, and the whole bed appears covered 

 with the white flowers, which are the more conspicuous, 

 as the petals are considerably larger than those of the 

 Scarlet, though not equal in size to those of the Pine Straw- 

 berry. Each scape produces an extraordinary number of 

 flowers, the peduncles of which are stronger and shorter 

 than those of the Scarlets; the flowers, which have a pleasant 

 odour, continue to open in succession, through the season, so 

 that when the first fruit is ripe, there are numerous flowers 

 yet to be opened, as well as berries in all stages towards 

 maturity, on the same stem. The scapes also continue to 

 rise successively, and thus produce a continuance of fruit ; 

 the latter-grown scapes are generally taller than the first, 

 but are equally abundant in blossom, and fruit; they are 

 not so numerous on each plant, as in the spring, but still 



