146 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



feet knowledge possessed of many of them would admit of; 

 but still sufficiently for the purposes of examination and 

 comparison, which business was carried on with care, through 

 the seasons of the year 1823 and 1824. My instructions 

 having caused me to pay particular attention to the subject, 

 and having drawn up descriptions of all the kinds which were 

 subjected to examination, I have been directed to prepare the 

 communication, which I have now the honour of submitting 

 to the Society. 



The first operation was, the uniting under one head those 

 which appeared to be identical; instances occurred, where 

 one parcel proved distinct from all others, but there were 

 other cases where the union of several became necessary, 

 and the assemblages thus formed have been the autho- 

 rity for the synonymous names, which, it will be observed, 

 are attached to some of the varieties hereinafter described. 

 This having been done, full descriptions both of the fruit and 

 important or conspicuous parts of the plants, were made; 

 and, as was expedient, the most proper established name was 

 attached to each kind, or, where necessary, new names were 

 given. 



It will be observed that it is not proposed, in this Paper, to 

 give a full history of British cultivated Strawberries ; but that 

 those alone are noticed, which have been not only cultivated, 

 but also satisfactorily examined, in the Garden of the Society. 

 The kinds now brought under observation are those most 

 known and used, but there are doubtless existing in private 

 gardens many, the knowledge of which have not yet reached 

 the Officers of the Society ; and there are also several at this 

 time in the Garden at Chiswick, on which sufficient certainty 



