By Mr. Michael Keens. 



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entirely to leaf. In planting the beds of Pines, I keep the 

 rows two feet apart, and put the plants eighteen inches from 

 each other in the row, leaving alleys of three feet wide be- 

 tween each bed : these large distances I find necessary, for 

 the trusses of fruit in my garden ground are frequently a foot 

 long. The duration of this Strawberry, with me, is three years : 

 the first year it bears the best, the second year the crop is 

 very good, and the third year it is less. 



The Imperial Strawberry, which was raised by myself, from 

 seed, and which is described and figured, at page 101 of this 

 volume, may be treated in a similar way, with respect to 

 planting, distance, &c. as the Pine ; but I have to remark, 

 that it requires rather a lighter and richer soil, and is not so 

 liable to run to leaf, when planted under trees. 



The Scarlet Strawberry must be treated also like the Pine. 

 With respect to distance for planting the beds of Scarlets, I 

 put each row twenty-one inches apart, and each plant 

 eighteen inches distant in the row, and make the alleys two 

 feet six inches wide. The duration of this Strawberry, with 

 me, seldom exceeds three years. 



The Hautbois, I have always found to thrive best in a light 

 soil : and it must be well supplied with dung, for excess of 

 manure does not drive it into leaf like the Pine Strawberry. 

 In planting the beds, each row must be two feet apart, and 

 from plant to plant, in the rows, must be eighteen inches, 

 leaving the alleys between the beds three feet wide. There 

 are many different sorts of the Hautbois : one has the male 

 and female organs, in the same blossom, and bears very freely ; 

 but that which I most approve, is the one, which contains 

 the male organs in one blossom, and the female in another : 



