FRAGARIA, the STRAWBERRY: A genus of the polygynia order, belonging to the icofandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 35th order, Semiose. The calyx is decemid; the petals five; the receptacle of the seeds ovate, in the form of a berry, and deciduous. There is but one species, viz. the vesca, or cultivated strawberry. The principal varieties are, 1. The sylvestris, or wood-strawberry, with oval sawed leaves, and small round fruit. 2. The Virginian scarlet, or Virginia strawberry, with oblong oval sawed leaves, and a roundish scarlet coloured fruit. 3. The moschata, or hautboy, or musky strawberry, having oval, lanceolate, rough leaves, and large pale-red fruit. 4. The Chilensis, or Chili strawberry, with large, oval, thick, hairy leaves, large flowers, and very large firm fruit. 5. The Alpina, Alpine, or monthly strawberry, having small oval leaves, small flowers, and moderate-sized, oblong, pointed fruit.
All these varieties are hardy, low, perennials, durable in root, but the leaves and fruit-stalks are renewed annually in spring. They flower in May and June, and their fruit comes to perfection in June, July, and August; the Alpine kind continuing till the beginning of winter. They all prosper in any common garden soil, producing abundant crops annually with-