218 Account and Description of Strawberries. 



so, as far as I am able, but it is a task of some difficulty, and 

 I think nearly impossible to be performed with certainty, for 

 I am satisfied that many of the lists in these books, meagre 

 as they are, were neither founded on practical knowledge nor 

 on the information of persons in any way acquainted with the 

 subject. 



The works I shall examine are the following ; — I believe 

 they are the only ones used by persons who refer to books 

 for instruction in matters connected with Gardening. 



1st. Maive and Abercrombies Every Man his own Gar- 

 dener, 22d Edition. 

 2d. Abercrombies Practical Gardener, 2d Edition, by 

 Mean. 



3d. Marshall's Introduction to Gardening, 5th Edition. 

 4th. NicoVs Gardeners Kalendar, 3d Edition. 

 I have used the latest editions of each of the above named 

 books. 



Mawe and Abercrombies Every Man his own Gardener 

 has long been the most popular work of the kind ; the last 

 edition of it has undergone much improvement, many of 

 the new discoveries in Horticulture having been introduced. 

 The following Strawberries are mentioned in it. 1st. The 

 Wood. 2d. The Scarlet {Old Scarlet.) 3d. The Roseberry. 

 4th. The Downton. 5th. The Carolina ( Old Pine.) 6th. The 

 Hautboy or Musky, {Globe Hautbois.) 7th. The Chili, {True 

 Chili.) 8th, Red Pine, (Surinam.) 9th. White Pine, {Round 

 White Carolina.) 10th. Red Alpine. 11th. White Alpine. 

 12th. The one-leaved. I have added in Italics, both here and 

 subsequently, the proper names of what I consider to be the 

 sorts intended to be enumerated, where any doubt could be 



