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METHOD OF GROWING STRAWBERRIES. 
Slater in 1790, and flowered, for the first time, in his collection in 
1791 ; but the R. semperjlorens was not then among his imported 
plants. 
Had that enthusiastic lover of plants, and excellent gentleman, lived 
till 1794, he would have been in possession of many Chinese plants, 
which he had for several years before been at great expense to obtain; 
as in that year he had a large consignment brought home for him ; but 
his death caused them to be distributed in other quarters, the chief of 
them to the collection at Kew, and of that then ardent collector, 
George Hibbert, Esq., of Clapham. 
The Botanical Register. —The April number of this periodical 
exhibits some fine plants, viz. Dracena terminalis; Berheris de- 
alhata ; Lcelia anceps; Monachanthus viridi ; Arbutus procera ; 
Brassia lanceata, a very curious orchideous plant; and Rhodochiton 
volubile, formerly Lophospermum rhodochiton. 
The Flower Garden —.The April number contains figures of Gla¬ 
diolus natalensis one of the most showy of the genus; Dianthus 
Carthusianorum ; Rhinopetalum Karelini ; Rhododendron Indicum , 
variety speciosum. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
To the Editor .— If you have cultivated with success the Oxalis 
crenata, I should be obliged by your informing me how to manage it, 
as I have completely failed. In the latter end of February I planted 
a dozen tubers; they grew most luxuriantly, having shoots from four 
to five feet long; and if, as is said, these make as good tarts a s 
rhubarb, I might have had abundance; but as my object in cultivating 
them was to obtain tubers (which are said to have a flavour between 
a potato and that of a sweet chestnut), I felt much disappointment on 
digging them up in November, that not a tuber had been formed. I 
may observe that the soil they grew in was very rich ; and this, per¬ 
haps, may be the reason I had all top and no bottom growth. 
Yours, truly, &c. 
We quite agree with our correspondent that they were planted in 
too rich a soil; as they never fail to produce tubers on light sandy 
land.— Ed. 
Method of Growing and Managing Strawberries, as prac¬ 
tised in America. —The plants are placed in rows on beds, as usual, 
but during the fruiting season the surface of the ground between the 
plants is covered with tanner’s bark to the depth of three or four inches. 
