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Fig—continued. 
hardier than most others, and not suitable for forcing. It has 
large deeply-divided leaves. 
Castle Kennedy. Fruit very large ; skin greenish-yellow ; flesh 
whitish, stained with red near the eye. Early and very prolific, 
suitable for walls. 
Col di Bianca. Fruit medium, pear-shaped, with a 
long neck; skin thick, yellowish-white when ripe; flesh dark 
blood-red, syrupy and delicious. This is considered one of the 
finest Figs in cultivation. A 
Early Violet. Fruit small, roundish; skin brownish-red, with 
blue bloom ; flesh red, and of good flavour. A small-fruited but 
hardy and very prolific variety. 
Grizzly Bourjassotte. Fruit round, much flattened, with a 
short neck ; skin reddish-brown, with a thin bloom ; flesh blood- 
red, thick, and highly flavoured. 
rosse Monstreuse de Li Fruit very large and broad, 
flattened at the apex ; skin chestnut-brown, cove with a thick 
bloom ; flesh red, thick and juicy. A large handsome Fig, that 
grows and bears freely. 
Negro Lar Fruit pear-sha: ribbed, very large and long ; 
skin black tek pale red, —— uicy, and rich 
A variety of good habit when restric 
best for pot culture. 
y flavoured, 
at the root; one of the 
Fig. 16. FIG OSBORN’s PROLIFIC. 
Fruit roundish, turbinate, with a very I 
y, off to brown Sewanee 
surface of fruit 
the neck, which is green; : y dotted with 
; flesh milky-white, of exquisite flavour. An ex- 
= : t introduced by Messrs. Osborn, of Fulham, in 1879. 
san al 
undant bearer, and well adapted for culture in pots. 
(Dr. Hogg's “Fruit Manual”) See Fig. 16 
Panachée. Fruit roundish, with a short neck; skin yellow, 
beautifully — with b —* ; flesh red inside, thick 
and syrupy. — adasi i erleg * 
White Ischia. Fruit small; skin greenish-yellow, thin and 
delicate ; flesh dark = juicy, sweet and sich Small-growing 
and a great bearer, well adapted for pot culture. 
White Marseilles, Fruit large, almost round, i 
ribbed, with a shore thick —— 
white *— ripe; flesh almost t, and rich. 
One o hardiest varieties, and suitable for forcing. 
It bas several synonyms, including Figue Bi , Ford's 
Seedling, White Genoa, White Naples, &c. 
FIG MARIGOLD. ‘See Mesembryanthemum. 
PIG-TREE. See Ficus. 
FPIGWORT. See Scrophularia. 
PILAMENTOSE. Thready. 
FILBERT. Among cultivated nuts, Filberts are 
usually distinguished by the extension of the husk 
beyond the point of the nut inclosed (see Fig. 17). In 
PFilbert—continued. ; 
early spring, the male or pollen-bearing catkins (see Fig, 
18, a) appear considerably in advance of the female 
Fic. 17. FRUITING BRANCHLET OF FILBERT, the Husk being the 
much-enlarged Bract and Bracteole. 
Fig. 18. LEAFLESS TwiG OF FILBERT, showing (a) Pendulous 
* Male Catkins and (b) the Sessile Female Flowers. 
flowers (see Fig. 18, b). The preservation of the former, 
greater or less in quantity, is essential for securing fer- 
tilisation. For culture and list of varieties, see Corylus. 
FPILICES. One of the most important orders of 
acotyledons or cryptogams. Perennial (very rarely — 
annual) herbs, sometimes shrubby or arborescent, with 
fibrous or creeping rootstocks. Leaves (fronds) 
tufted or alternate on the rootstock, simple, pinnatifid, 
