NAT. ORDER. 
Senticosce. 
FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA. VIRGINIA STRAWBERRY. 
Class XII. IcosANDRiA. Order V. Polygynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ten-cleft. Petals five. Acines naked, fixed on 
a large, pulpy, deciduous receptacle. 
Spe. Char. Leaflets broad-oval, smoothish above. Hairs of the 
petiole spreading. Peduncles appressed, fructiferous. Calyx 
spreading. 
The strawberry has been long in cultivation, and many excellent 
varieties have originated under the practical skill and care bestow- 
ed on their culture. The best and most convenient season for 
forming a new plantation of strawberries is the month of August, 
as then the young plants produced on what is called runners from 
the old stocks are fit to be separated from the parent, each having 
roots of its own. The best soil for most of the varieties is a mellow 
loam, but almost any kind of garden soil in good heart is suitable. 
The ground intended to receive them should be trenched or double- 
digged, and the surface well enriched. The improvements which 
have been made in this country, within the few years past, relative 
to the cultivation of this delicious fruit, has induced many to com- 
mence its culture, and it has now become one of the most valuable 
and acceptable luxuries of our markets. The most recent and im- 
proved method of planting is on beds of four-and-a-half feet wide, 
on which four rows of plants at twelve inches in distance between 
are dibbed ; and at like distances between plant and plant ; this will 
allow a margin of three inches on each side. The beds are sepa- 
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