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sJalfc J the sTcin (hin, oFa yellowish colour when 

 fully ripe, and red within. U is a good fruit, 

 but the trees arc not good bearers. 



The Black Ischia Fig, \\hieh is a short fruit, 

 of a niidciling si/c, a little flailed at the crown ; 

 the skin almost black when ripe, and the inside 

 of a deep red; the Htsh very high-flavoured. It 

 bears well, and ripens in August. 



The Malta F'g, which is a small brown fruit, 

 much conipressecl at the top, and grea;ly jiinched 

 towards the tool-stalk ; the skin ami inside arc 

 of a pale brown colour; the tlc^h very -iwect, 

 .and well flavoured. When the fruit is permit- 

 ted to hang upon the trees till shrivelled, it be- 

 comes a fine sweetmeat. 



The Mnrnnf, or Ihoicn Niapli-s Pig. which 

 has a prettv large globular fruit, of a light brown 

 colour on theoutsid<', with taint marks of a dirty 

 white, the inside nearly of the same colour; the 

 grains are preltv large, and the flesh well fla- 

 voured. It ripens the latter end of August. 



The Green hrhia Fig, which has an oblong 

 fruit, almost globidar at the crown ; the skin is 

 thin, of a green colour ; but when fully ripe, 

 stained through by the pulp to a brownish cast; 

 the inside purple, the flesh high flavoured. It 

 ripens about the end of August. 



The Madonna, brunmick, or Hunovcr Fig, 

 which has a long pvramidal fruit of a large size; 

 the skin brown ; the flesh of alightbrown colour, 

 coarse, with little flavour. It ripens the end of 

 Auijust and the begiiniing of September. 



The Common Blue, or Purple Fig, which is 

 oblong ; it is a great bearer. The fruit ripens in 

 August. 



The Long Broun Naples Fig, which has the 

 leaves deeply divided ; the fruit long, somewhat 

 compressed at the crown ; the foot-stalks pretty 

 lone ; the skin of a dark brown w hen fully ripe ; 

 the flesh inclining to red; the grains large, 

 and the flesh well flavoured. It ripens in Sep- 

 tember. 



The Yellow Ischia Fig, which has a large 

 fruit, of a pyramidal f )rm ; the skin is yellow 

 w hen ripe, and the flesh purple and w ell flavour- 

 ed. It is not a good bearer, but ripens in Sep- 

 tember. 



The Small Broun Ischia Fig, which has a 

 .small pvramidal fruit, with a very short foot- 

 stalk ; the skin of a light brown, the flesh in- 

 clining to purple, of a very high flavour. It 

 ripens late in September. It is nk)t a good bearer. 



The Gentile Fig, which has a middle-sized 

 globular fruit ; the skin w hen ripe, yellow ; the 

 flesh also Inclines to the same colour ; the grains 

 large, and the flesh well flavoured, hut it ripen* 

 verv late, and is a bad bearer. 



There are also olhciSj ;'js thv; Rest Early White. 

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Black Provence, Cvprian, Ford's Seedlin'j, firecn 

 Naples, Ijrgc HIack, Large Hliie, Marseille!, 

 Milward, Small Bl.ick Ischi.i, White Ischia, 

 Yellow C.TJar. 



Those most proper for a small garden, accord- 

 ingto Mr. Fors) lb, are : the Liirge White Genoa ; 

 Karly White; Murray ; Small Brown Ischia; 

 and the Black Ischia. 



In a good season, he observes, the Brown or 

 Chesnut colourcil Ischia; the Black Cenoa ; the 

 Small White Karlv ; the Murray, or Brown Na- 

 ples ; and the C'onnnon Blue, or Purple Fig, 

 will ripen on st.Tiulards. 



The second ~pecie< is a large tree, with kavc3 

 like those of the Mulberry ; llie fruit pioduced 

 from the trunk and large branches, having the 

 shape of the Connnon Fig, with a slight aroma- 

 tic sweet taste. 



It is here called the .Svcontorc-trce, and Mid- 

 bcrry Fi>i-tree. This, and not the Great Maple, 

 is the riffht Sycomore. It is native of Egli-pt. 



The third, in its native situation, is a large tree, 

 with a short trunk, and verv long s]ireadijig 

 boughs: the leaves smooth, of a light green, si.\ 

 or seven inches long, and three mchcs and a half 

 broad tow ards the base, diminishing gradually to 

 the top, where they run out into a narrow point, 

 an inch and half lorni : the fruit comes out on 

 the branches, is small, and of no value. It is a 

 native of the East Indies. 



The fourth species has a shrubby stent, round, 

 upright, all smooth, a fathom in height: the 

 branches like the stem: the leaves somewhat 

 waved, nerved, the size of the hand, on a senii- 

 cylindric petiole half an inch in length. It is a 

 native of the East Indies. 



The fifth, in its native climate, is a vast tree, 

 entirely smooth, the branches spreading very 

 wide, bowed down, the lower ones rooting, 

 ash-colotircd : the leaves acuminate, with a 

 blunt point, obscurely waved, marked with pa- 

 rallel nerves, paler underneath, a ■span long, on 

 semicylindric ash-coloured petioles of a finger's 

 length : fruits aggreeate here and there on the 

 branchlels, peduncled, the size of a hazel nut. 



It is known by the name of Banyan-tree. It 

 is a native of the East Indies. 



Culture. — The first sort and varieties may be 

 readily increased, cither by suckers, layers, or 

 cuttings; but the two last are the best melho'.ls, 

 according to jVIr. Forsvth. 



The Mickers should be taken ofl' from the 

 roots is low down as possible, and, after being 

 trimmed, planted tjvii in nursery rows at the 

 distance of two or three feet from each other, 

 with the top entire, tf) take its natural crowth, 

 w hen intended for standards ; but, when fur w alls, 

 espaliers or dwarfs, in the situations where they 



