PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES. 
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making a profusion of foliage, which is marbled with reddish 
bronze : the colour of the flowers is a deep vinous red with slight 
traces of subdued yellow on each petal. The stamens, as in 
several of the darker hybrids, are of deep orange shade, thus 
increasing the attractiveness of the flower. Young plants of it 
blossom quite freely. 
N. odorata sulphured and N. odorata sulphured gmndiflord 
may be termed the “Cactus Water-lilies,” as their petals are 
narrow and most numerous, likewise at times twisted as in the 
Cactus Dahlia. The colour is a clear deep sulphur-yellow, and 
in size quite equal to the N. Mdrlidced group. The distinctive 
affix of “ grandiflora ” well describes its quality. Last season 
these both flowered very well late in the summer, their blossoms 
being sent up some 6 or 8 inches above the water. 
N. Cdrolinmnd nived and N. Cdrolinidnd perfectd were both 
added last year; but so far they have not made good progress, 
through, I have no doubt, being badly placed. They are both, I 
know, excellent varieties, with rather narrow petals, and sweetly 
scented also. In colour the former is pure white and the latter 
a deep flesh-colour. For fragrance these are, I think, the best 
of any. 
N. fldmmed is our latest addition, but as yet it is not well 
established. In growth it appears to be moderate, whilst its 
specific name denotes its colour. It is in this respect more 
brilliant than N. fulgens . 
PERPETUAL STRAWBERRIES. 
By Mons. Henry de Vilmorin, F.R.H.S. 
[Read August 23.] 
Strawberries are so wholesome and health-preserving, as well 
as so delicious a fruit, that it is small wonder if every one should 
endeavour to make the season during which they are available 
last as long as possible. Now this achievement is actually not 
only a remote possibility, but an accomplished fact, and brought 
within reach of every one by the introduction of perpetual large- 
fruited Strawberries. We call those races perpetual which bear 
flowers twice or several times in the course of one summer as 
contrasted with those which usually bloom only once. 
