. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 354-—Cells of ripe Strawberry. Fig. 3S3.—Perpetual Alpine Strawberry. strawberries, and last till autumn. They should be eaten with claret and sugar, as is the custom in France. A few put into claret- cup impart a very agreeeable flavour. The strawberry fruit is built up of cells with brown central nucleus, as Quekett has shown (fig. 354). The strawberry likes good soil; so does the nettle: hence the allusion of our poet when he says;— " The strawberry grows u
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 354-—Cells of ripe Strawberry. Fig. 3S3.—Perpetual Alpine Strawberry. strawberries, and last till autumn. They should be eaten with claret and sugar, as is the custom in France. A few put into claret- cup impart a very agreeeable flavour. The strawberry fruit is built up of cells with brown central nucleus, as Quekett has shown (fig. 354). The strawberry likes good soil; so does the nettle: hence the allusion of our poet when he says;— " The strawberry grows underneath the nettle; And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best, Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.'' Shakspeare, /Ci/tg- Henry V. RASPBERRIES. The wild fruits of the country have given to us various varieties of raspberries valuable for our winter preserves. The Falstaff (fig- 3SS) is a fine variety which we grow, and Red and Yellow Antwerp are also tried kinds. To raise different varieties, seeds must be sown;. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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