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kernels of seed corn were mixed with fresh cow dung, and placed in 
the greenhouse to vegetate. March 27, one plant appeared, another 
on March 28, fourteen on March 30, and five on March 31. By April 
13, the remaining seed were rotten. The germination under these 
conditions was hence 21 out of 30, or 70 per cent. 
Does the size of seed differ in large and small fruits of the same 
variety ? 
Weight'of fruit. 
Size of seed. 
Weight of 
loo seeds. 
Hubbard squash 
Hubbard squash 
Field pumpkin 
Field pumpkin 
3 lbs. 5 ounces 
3 lbs. 7 ounces 
4 lbs. ounces — 
8 lbs. 8 ounces 
0.38x0.70 inches 
0.50x0.79 inches 
0.38x0.63 inches 
0.47x0.82 inches 
325 grains. 
480 grains. 
70 grains. 
240 grains. 
In 1884 we had among our seedling strawberries one plant bearing 
five leaflets instead of the normal three. In 1885 we received from 
John Lovel, a strawberry grower, of Driffield, England, plants of a 
five-leaved strawberry, named Filbert Pine (previously noticed in 
Nature, Vol. XXXI, p. 601). This peculiarity of the strawberry is by 
no means modern. In L'Horticulture Francais, 1824, " le fraisier a 5 
feuilles " is mentioned among the curiosities of culture, as also by 
Noisette in 1829, and Chabrfeus in 1677 quotes Brassavolus, an author 
of the early part of the sixteenth century, as affirming that strawberry 
plants with five leaflets are commonly to be met with in the fields about 
Verona. 
The white-fruited form of Fragaria vesca is abundant in the fields 
about Skaneateles, N. Y., as Peck observes in the Twenty-Fourth 
Keport of the New York State Botanist. I have myself found these 
white-fruited forms elsewhere. In culture we have Lennig's White. 
White strawberries are, however, by no means modern. White Alpine, 
White Chili and White Wood strawberries are named among cultivated 
varieties by Mawe, in 1778. White strawberries are mentioned by C. 
Bauhin in 1596, 1623, 1671; by J. Bauhin, 1651; by Swertius, 1654; 
by Chabrseus, 1677; by Turre, 1685; are mentioned as wild by Tragus, 
1552, and Dodonseus, 1616; as cultivated by Buellivs, 1536; Mizaldus, 
1560; Lobel, 1576; Camerarius, 1586; Porta, 1592; Gerarde, 1597; 
Quintyne, 1793, etc. 
Strawberry plants are occasionally found with double flowers, and I 
have frequently noted specimens with more than the usual number of 
petals. The double-blossomed wood strawberry is named among varie- 
ties by Mawe in 1778, and Noisette in 1829. The double blooming 
are also named as a species by Morison in 1669, and in Blackwell's 
Herbarium, 1749, by Tournefort in 1700, etc. 
