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could not be obtained, to warrant their introduction to public 

 notice at present. Of these, as well as of future novelties, 

 accounts are intended to be hereafter prepared. 



I expected to have been able to derive some assistance from 

 the observations on and descriptions of the more established 

 and known kinds, from the writings of modern English Hor- 

 ticulturists, and from the popular manuals of English Gar- 

 deners ; but I have been altogether disappointed. Their 

 accounts and characters are very vague and imperfect. I 

 propose, however, after I have finished my descriptions, to 

 attempt to refer the different kinds mentioned in those works 

 to the names adopted in this Paper. 



The French Writers on Gardening, though little acquainted 

 with our varieties of Strawberries, have been much more 

 correct in describing their own ; but as I am not sufficiently 

 informed on all their kinds, I have deemed it more advisable 

 to omit the notice of the French Strawberries altogether, 

 rather than refer to them partially. 



I have also avoided, except in the general Classification, 

 using the scientific names given to certain kinds by Botanical 

 Writers. The question of which are species and which are 

 varieties is altogether foreign to my purpose, and the quotation 

 of those Names, on the application of which there are doubts, 

 might give an appearance of deciding on points, which I do 

 not propose to attempt. 



In order to facilitate the arrangement of the collection of 

 Strawberries in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, the 

 whole have been disposed into the following seven Classes or 

 Divisions: — 



I. The Scarlet Strawberries. The type of this division 



