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moderate length ; the flowers are particularly small, with 

 short and apparently defective stamens, and they open late. 



This variety resembles the next in habit, but is without its 

 sweetness. Although the leaves are hairy, they have an 

 unusual shining appearance. It is not a kind of much excel- 

 lence. When preserved it has a peculiar flavour. 



12. Grimstone Scarlet Strawberry. The history of this 

 Strawberry is very obscure ; it was received, without a name, 

 from Mr. John Mearns, gardener to William Hanbury, 

 Esq. at Shobden Court, in Herefordshire ; his account of it is, 

 that four or five years ago, he received plants of three varie- 

 ties of Strawberries from the garden of the Earl of Oxford 

 at Ey wood, in Herefordshire, which were said to have been re- 

 ceived from Mr. James Lee of Hammersmith, in 1817 ; their 

 names, however, not having been retained. They were planted 

 by him in distinct patches, in the garden under his charge, 

 and afterwards received but little notice until they were taken 

 up, when it was observed that there were two kinds mixed 

 together in one of the patches, some of which were the Straw- 

 berry now under notice. It is scarcely credible that if 

 Mr. Lee had ever possessed this variety, he would have 

 neglected it, because no one was more alive to, or careful in 

 distinguishing and separating valuable novelties which fell 

 under his observation, and there was no Strawberry resembling 

 this in his collection in 1822. It must therefore be supposed 

 that it was an accidental production, but whether first raised 

 in the garden at Eywood, or at Shobden Court, must, pro- 

 bably, ever remain uncertain. The name it now possesses was 

 attached to it by a mistake in entering it, in the list of 



