244 The CuUure of the Fig. 



In one of the houses, we saw several plants of Justicia 

 persicsefolia, a fine showy species, with yellow flowers. The 

 night-bloommgjasmmes were very pretty, with their branches 

 loaded with white berries. A new crassula, with white flow- 

 ers, Mr. Feast stated to be very beautiful. Mr. Feast's col- 

 lection is not so remarkable for novelties, as for an abundant 

 supply of the popular and generally admired kinds of flow- 

 ers. 



City Garden of S. Feast. — Our time did not give us an 

 opportunity to visit the out-of-town garden and nursery, but, 

 connected with his seed store in Charles street, is a large green- 

 house, which we found filled with a good collection of plants. 

 Mr. Feast has quite a lot of seedling camellias, and we were 

 desirous of seeing them. Since our visit, he has forwarded 

 us a most beautiful seedling, which flowered this year for the 

 first time, and which we have noticed in another page. 

 [To be contitiuecL] 



Art. II. The Culture of the Fig. By the Editor. 



The growth of the fig under glass has recently attracted 

 considerable attention among cultivators. Flourishing well 

 in graperies either with or without heat, and producing abun- 

 dant crops, it has been much sought after, and is greatly 

 esteemed as a delicious addition to the dessert. 



With the increasing desire for the cultivation of the fig, 

 there is also a want of practical information in relation to its 

 growth in order that the greatest results may be obtained. 

 For a long period, it has been cultivated somewhat exten- 

 sively in England, and the general management of the trees 

 is detailed by the principal writers upon gardening. To these 

 sources American authors have been indebted for their in- 

 formation upon the subject. 



Our correspondent, Mr. J. F. Allen, of Salem, has been 

 highly successful in his treatment of the fig, and annually 

 produces two fine crops on a large tree on the back wall of a 

 vinery, which is forced in December. The first crop matures 



