. A complete manual for the cultivation of the strawberry; with a description of the best varieties. Strawberries. SEXUAL CHARACTER. 51 or both.: it is, tlierefore, only important to notice tlio presence of the staniinates in every collection of varie- , ties, keep them distinct, and no sacrifice is required to conform to this theory, which seems to be pretty universally established. Mr. Longworth's article in the Appendix, D, gives an interesting account of its discovery. Another series of plants are called Hermaphrodite— like Longworth's Prolific—because both stamens and pistils are in a gre
. A complete manual for the cultivation of the strawberry; with a description of the best varieties. Strawberries. SEXUAL CHARACTER. 51 or both.: it is, tlierefore, only important to notice tlio presence of the staniinates in every collection of varie- , ties, keep them distinct, and no sacrifice is required to conform to this theory, which seems to be pretty universally established. Mr. Longworth's article in the Appendix, D, gives an interesting account of its discovery. Another series of plants are called Hermaphrodite— like Longworth's Prolific—because both stamens and pistils are in a greater or less extent developed, and they are represented to bear well, being alone. The great war that has j'aged so fiercely on the bor- ders of the strawberry kingdom duiing the past year or two, has been on the point, whether staminates evei cnange to pistillates, or vice versa. For many years we have noticed, with scrupulous care, these distinct characteristics of the various strawberries when in blossom, and we have never seen the first symptoms. Fig. 1. Fi&. 2. Fro 8. Fig. 1. A perfect flo-^er famished with stamens and pistils, a. the stainoiia 5. the pistils hermaphrodite. Fig. 2. A staminate or male flower. Fiff. 3. A pistillate or female Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pardee, Richard Gay, 1811-1869. [from old catalog]. New-York, O. Judd & company
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