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tion of the numbers will be the immediate consequence, for 

 when Cultivators become acquainted with the characters of 

 the whole, they can make their selection without hesitation 

 or anxiety, because they will be certain that their choice will 

 fall on the sorts possessing the properties most desired, and 

 the consequence will be the rejection and ultimate annihila- 

 tion of those of inferior merit. 



A good selection of kinds from the contents of this Paper 

 would consist of the following. 



Scarlets— Old Scarlet, Roseberry, Carmine Scarlet, 

 Grove End, Duke of Kent's, Grimstone, American, Hudson's 

 Bay, Cockscomb, and Wilmot's late Scarlet. 



Blacks — Pitmaston and Downton. 



Pines — Bostock, Surinam, Old Pine, Keens' Seedling, and 

 Round White Carolina. 

 Chilis — Superb. 

 Hautbois — Prolific and Flat. 



If to these twenty sorts, were added plantations of Red 

 Alpines and White Alpines, the whole would form a more 

 perfect collection of Strawberries than has probably ever ex- 

 isted together in any one garden. It is to be observed that 

 flavour has not been the only property attended to in the above 

 selection ; certain kinds, though deficient in that important 

 point, have been included because of their superior produc- 

 tiveness ; it being considered that quantity, as well as quality 

 and variety, is usually required. 



At the beginning of this Paper I intimated my intention 

 of attempting to refer the names of the Strawberries given 

 in the modern English books on Horticulture to the kinds 

 cultivated in the Garden of the Society. I now proceed to do 



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