THE STRAWBERRY-TREE. 
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have been fertilized the corollas drop off, so drat in the 
flowering season (September and October) the ground beneath 
will usually be found strewn with them. The fruit is a round 
berry, of an orange-red hue, whose surface is completely 
studded with little points. As these berries do not come to 
maturity until about fourteen months after the flowers have 
dropped their corollas, we may see both flowers and almost 
full-formed fruit on the tree at the same time. They are 
