THE PRACTICAL GARDENEH. 



13. MONTSERRAT. — Fruit middle sized, and tun-shaped ; pips larger and flatter 

 tliaa in other pines ; leaves of a dark brown, inclining to purple in the inside. 



13. Black Jamaica. — Fruit large; and the leaves and habit of the planta re- 

 sembling the following one. 



14. Black Antigua. — Fruit shaped like the frustum o*" a pyramid; pips large, 

 often an inch in diameter; size large, attaining the weight of from three to four 

 pounds ; color dark till it ripens ; very juicy, and high flavored ; leaves of a brownish 

 tinge, and drooping at their extremities, with strong prickles thinly scattered upon 

 the edges of the leaves. 



15. Providence, or New Prwickncc. — Of this there arc two varieties, the white 

 and green. Fruit much larger than any that are cultivated in this country ; shape 

 pyramidal ; color at first brownish, but when ripe of a pale yellow ; flesh yellow and 

 juicy. Tliis is a valuable fruit, but requires generally three years, and often four, to 

 bring it to maturity. 



16. Old Providence. — A very different and inferior fruit, originally from one 

 of the Bermuda islands of that name ; not generally cultivated. 



17. Envell. — An excellent pine ; attains a large size ; and is of good flavor. 



18. Blood Red. — Fruit equal in bulk at both ends; pips of moderate size ; color 

 brick red ; flesh white and opaque ; flavor inferior to most others, and is cultivated 

 more for curiosity than any real merit ; leaves of a changeable hue ; appearanca 

 rather sickly than otherwise. 



S T R A A\ B E 11 R I E S. 



Strawberry, Fragaria, Linn^us, — belongs to the class and order Jcotandria 



Polifgt/tiid, and ranks in the natural order Rusmrer. 



Botanists have disagreed, whether the several sorts of cultivated strawberries, are 

 re. illy distinct species of the genus Fragaria, or only varieties of one or two species. 

 The (Jrnndijiora, or pine; the Virginiana^ or common scarlet; and the Chiloeruh, 

 or C/iili, arc supposed by Knight, to be varieties of one species only, as they may 

 be all made to breed together indiscriminately. They are natives of the greater 

 part of Kurope, particularly the North, and are found in the temperate regions of 

 America. The fruit is held in high estimation, and is recommended to people of 

 gouty, and rheumatic habits. F*aticnts aiflicted with stone, have found much relief 

 from eating them largely ; and it is supposed by some, that the name Fragaria, is 

 derived from (Frnngans), to break, as they are of effioocy in dissolving or breaking 

 the stone ; others dciive the name from the fragrance of the fruit ; and the English 

 name of strawberry, fi-om the practice of laying straw between the rows, to keep the 

 fruit clean. Their juice dissolves the tartar of the teeth, and promotes perspiration. 



They have been long cultivated in this country. The wood-strawberry must have 

 attracted the attention of our ancestors at an early period. Their varieties till of 

 late years, were not numerous. They appear to have attracted the notice of the 

 Horticultural Society, soon after its formation, and to some of the members of that 

 society, we owe not only many of our finest sorts, but also the cultivation of them 

 upon good principles. In the lists of the last century, we had not uiore than 12 



