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seedling variety raised by him from the Pine Strawberry. It 

 is about the size of the Carolina, and like it, is globular ; the 

 colour is dark, penetrating nearly to the centre, which is 

 without cavity. The seeds are dark, and not deeply embedded 

 in the flesh ; the calyx is reflexed, but without any disposition 

 in the fruit to elongate at the neck, as is usual in the sorts 

 that have that peculiarity. It is an abundant bearer, and the 

 flavour of the fruit is of the highest quality. 



Mr. Keens also sent to the Meeting, on the 3rd of July, 

 specimens of a new Strawberry, raised by himself, which he 

 has subsequently named Keens Seedling. The fruit is gene- 

 rally as large as the finest of his Imperials,* from the seed of 

 which the Strawberry in question was raised. The largest 

 berries have somewhat of a cockscomb shape, but with little 

 regularity ; they measure in their greatest diameter near two 

 inches, in their narrowest an inch ; and an inch and a half in 

 depth. The colour is a very rich deep red, staining a con- 

 siderable way into the flesh, which is white only at the centre, 

 and in several rays stretching from thence to the outside. 

 The calyx is large, partially reflexed ; the seeds small, yellow, 

 deeply imbedded. The flesh is tender, free from fibre, close, 

 or nearly so, at the centre, very juicy, and in flavour approach- 

 ing to the Pine Strawberry. The plants are remarkably pro- 

 lific, very free growers, and possess the desirable habit of 

 bearing their fruit high from the ground. The annexed figure, 

 from a drawing made by Mr. Charles John Robertson, 

 conveys a very perfect idea of the fruit. 



At the Meetings of the Society on the 3rd of July and 7th 

 of August, Mr. John Wilmot exhibited specimens of a new 



* See Horticultural Society's Transactions, Vol. ii. page 101. 



