VIII. FIGS. 



Less is perhaps practically known of Figs than of any other kind 

 of fruit extensively cultivated ; a circumstance which no doubt 

 arises from our climate being ill adapted to their cultivation. 



The characters now introduced are taken from the colour, form,' 

 size, and quality of the fruit. The abbreviations are as follow ; 



1. Colour, d. dark ; p. pale ; br. brown; g. green; v. violaceous; w. whitish; 

 y. yellowish. 



2. Form, round, roundish, or of a flatly-turbinate shape ; round, ob. roundish- 

 obovate ; pyr. pyriform. 



3. Size. 1. Large; 2. Middle-sized; 3. Small. 



4. Quality. 1. Good; 2. Middling; 3. Indifferent. 



