By the Reverend Thomas Garnier. 481 



for three successive years, and 1 have invariably obtained 

 upon the same spot, a great produce of beautiful fruit, su- 

 perior to every other garden in the neighbourhood. 



Depth of soil I have found absolutely necessary for the 

 growth and production of fine Strawberries, and where this 

 is not to be obtained, it is useless, in my opinion, to plant 

 many of the best varieties. 



It is not generally known, but I have ascertained the fact, 

 that most Strawberries generate roots, and strike them into 

 the ground, nearly two feet deep in the course of one season. 

 The Pine and Roseberry succeed better than any other in 

 stiff and shallow soils, but they should always be planted in 

 an open situation, and not, as is loo commonly the practice, 

 in shady and neglected parts of the garden. 



Before I close this communication, it may not be unin- 

 teresting to subjoin a few remarks on the extraordinary quick 

 formation of the blossoms and fruit of Strawberries, and which 

 I believe has escaped the notice of many intelligent Horti- 

 culturists. I shall relate those facts only which have fallen 

 under my own observation. 



On the 1st of May, 1820, I took up some young well 

 rooted runners of the Mathven Castle Strawberry, and 

 planted them out in a bed, thinking they might produce a 

 small quantity of inferior fruit late in the autumn ; but, to 

 my great surprise, on the 3d of July I was enabled to gather 

 a considerable dish of very fine and well ripened Straw- 

 berries, and which were sent to London with other varieties 

 and exhibited at the Meeting of the Horticultural Society, 

 on the following day. These plants continued in bearing 

 till about the 20th of August, which was about a fortnight 



