By Mr. James Barnet. 



one hundred years. The stamens are usually entirely abor- 

 tive, or very rarely produce anthers sufficiently supplied 

 with pollen to fecundate the stigmas, hence the plants 

 are rarely productive, for as they blossom chiefly after the 

 season when most Strawberries are in flower, they have no 

 chance of being impregnated from other kinds. A little atten- 

 tion however will always remedy this defect, for it is not dif- 

 ficult to contrive to have plants of the Roseberry or some 

 other free and late flowering variety ready for the purpose 

 required at the proper seasons, by being grown in a north or 

 shaded border, from which the blossoms could be taken ; or 

 if the plants were kept in pots, they might be removed and 

 placed in the beds among the scapes of the Chilis. 



It is called in some Gardens the Patagonian Strawberry, 

 and is probably known in the North of England under the 

 appellation of Greenwelts, having been imported from France 

 some years since, by a gentleman named Greenwell, and 

 given to Mr. William Falla, of Gateshead, near Newcastle 

 on Tyne, in whose nursery it is called GreenwelV s French, 

 or Greenwell' s New Giant, Strawberry. 



The fruit ripens late. It is particularly large, irregularly 

 shaped, but usually ovate or bluntly conical, when ripe a 

 uniform dull varnished brownish red ; the seeds dark brown 

 and projecting ; the flesh slightly tinged with red near the 

 outside, the rest whitish, very firm, hollow in the centre, with 

 a small core ; the flavour of the fruit is moderate, but it is 

 harsh, and has an ample portion of acidity. Calyx very large, 

 incurved. The footstalks of the leaves are tall, upright, stiff, 

 and covered very densely with hairs, the leaflets are small, 

 nearly oval, concave, with very obtuse serratures, the upper 



