204 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



have no account ; it was received with its present name from 

 the late Mr. James Lee, of Hammersmith, but it did not ap- 

 pear in any other list with the same appellation, nor were any 

 of the Synonyms given below used by two persons. 



Synonyms. 

 Mahone. King. 

 Cherokee. 



Mr. Kirke has informed me that this kind has existed in 

 his garden at Brompton for twenty-five years, as the Mahone 

 Strawberry, and that it was given to his father by General 

 Murray, who, it was said, introduced it from some foreign 

 country. Mr. Andrew Dickson, of Edinburgh, sent it from 

 his nursery to the Society as the King Strawberry, and it 

 came with the name of Cherokee from a private collection. 

 It is known in some of the Scotch gardens as the Surinam 

 Strawberry, 



It is a shy bearer, ripening late. The fruit is middle sized, 

 ovate, with a short neck, when ripe a dark purplish red next 

 the sun ; the seeds are embedded slightly on the skin ; the 

 flesh is soft, coarse red, with a long core, the flavour moderate. 

 The calyx is hairy, very large, incurved, extending over half 

 the fruit. The footstalks of the leaves are short, spreading, 

 and hairy ; the leaflets very large, oblong, generally con- 

 cave, of thick texture, with coarse serratures, the upper surface 

 hairy and dark glossy green. The runners numerous, coarse, 

 reddish on the upper side. The scapes short, stiff, hairy, 

 branching, with very long peduncles, and large flowers. 



It is a Strawberry not worthy of attention, but it would 

 be a matter of curiosity to ascertain its history and origin* 

 The leaves are particularly dwarf and spreading. 



