150 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



former and more globose in tbe latter. There are red and 

 white fruited varieties of each. The Alpines produce fruit 

 in the autumn, which the Wood Strawberries do not. We 

 have of late received from France several varieties. It is 

 to these kinds that the attention of the French Gardeners is 

 almost exclusively directed. 



The following detailed notices do not include any of the 

 kinds belonging to the two last divisions. I have not had it 

 in my power to attend to them with the same advantage that 

 I enjoyed with the others : the different plants of these not 

 having all succeeded equally well, the opportunities of com- 

 parison were not sufficiently perfect, to enable me to make 

 descriptions of the whole, with such correctness as I could 

 rely on for publication. 



The following preliminary observations, as to the descrip- 

 tions, are necessary. — In mentioning the size of the fruits and 

 flowers it is to be understood that the comparison is only 

 made between those belonging to each particular Class, rela- 

 tively to which, the berry or blossom of any individual found 

 in it, is described as large or small. — Instances occur in which 

 it is noted that the fruit of the variety under description has a 

 core, the idea intended thereby to be conveyed is, that the 

 core readily separates, adhering to the calyx when the berry 

 is removed. Other Strawberries have such cores, but they 

 remain with the fruit when the calyx is torn away. — The 

 winter state of the leaves is different, in the varieties of each 

 class, where this difference is very remarkable it will be par- 

 ticularly noticed in the proper places ; but in general the 

 duration of the foliage is much affected by the quality of the 



