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with them, he gave that of the person from whom he obtained 

 them. At the request of the Secretary, Mr. Da vies has 

 made particular enquiries as to the origin of the variety, and 

 finds that it was raised by Mr. George Dale, gardener to 

 Francis Tomkinson, Esq. at Bostock, near Middlewich 

 in Cheshire, and from him Mr. Vernon received his plants. 

 The same account of its origin has also been received from 

 Mr. Splatt, nurseryman at Watford, in Hertfordshire, who 

 lived in the neighbourhood of Middlewich at the time it was 

 raised. The name therefore should be Bostock, and that by 

 which it is known in the London market doubtless arose 

 from the mistake of a letter. The variety is of the Carolina 

 kind, of the same round form, but usually larger; the seeds 

 are numerous, and prominent on the surface, the flesh is 

 white, and generally hollow in the centre. It is a handsome 

 looking fruit, but inferior to the best varieties in flavour. It is 

 a very abundant bearer, forces particularly well, and from 

 the prominence of its seeds bears carriage better than almost 

 any other sort ; on this account it is valuable for the London 

 market. 



Specimens of the Mathven Ca&tle Strawberry were received 

 from the Rev. Thomas Garnier, of Bishop's Stoke, near 

 Winchester. Fruit of this variety had been formerly received 

 from Mr. Miller, gardener to Lady Rumbold, at Sydney 

 House, near Southampton, sent by Mr. Page, nurseryman 

 of that place. Mr. Miller stated, that it was raised by Mr. 

 Bishop, gardener to Colonel Smythe, at Mathven Castle, in 

 Perthshire, in 1814, and that it fruited for the first time in 

 1816. The fruit is very large, rather flat, and very much 

 knobbed, the fairest specimens resemble the Pine ; of a vivid 



