212 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



sidered necessary, it would be better to have a separate and 

 contiguous plantation of the male plants, and not to allow of 

 any intermixture of their runners, or they might be planted 

 in pots, and when in blossom placed where they were expect- 

 ed to become useful. But I doubt if any assistance of the 

 sort is requisite; all the varieties of the Hautbois in the gar- 

 den of the Society last season were remarkably productive, 

 and even the Globe Hautbois, which usually has been sup- 

 posed to require the proximity of the male plants, bore as 

 well as others, and yet none of these had been introduced 

 when the beds were formed. They w ere probably fecundated 

 by the pollen of other varieties which produce hermaphrodite 

 flowers with perfect stamens. 



2. Globe Hautbois. The Synonyms applied to the Old 

 Hautbois are equally referable to the Globe Hautbois, and 

 are consequently not repeated. 



This is at all times but a moderate bearer, and possesses 

 no good quality which is not to be found in the other kinds. 

 It was the first improvement on what was in fact the Old or 

 Original Hautbois, the names of which seem to have been 

 transferred from that to this kind. 



The fruit is nearly spherical, small, becoming dark purple 

 when ripe ; the seeds prominent ; the flesh greenish, firm, 

 with a separable core, flavour good, with the aroma peculiar 

 to the Class. Calyx reflexed, very small. The footstalks of 

 the leaves very tall, strong, upright, and hairy ; the leaflets 

 small, oblong, spreading horizontally, pointed at the ends, 

 with irregular small serratures, the upper surface shining 

 yellowish green. The runners small, numerous, light brown 



