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inc! cs lung, with one frot in b'-eadth and deph. 

 Thev arc constructed of inch-deal, well secured 

 by cramps at kite corners, having a small iron 

 handle at each end to secure them by. Id these, 

 melons, currants, cherries, pears, peaches, nec- 

 tarines, plums, grapes, and otticr similar sorts 

 may be carried, the heaviest fruit or each sort 

 being put at the bottom, the first sort w rap- 

 ped up in soft paper, and all the others, ex- 

 cept the currants and cherries, first in vine- 

 leaves and then soft paper. The other two 

 are conveyed in flat tin boxes, about four- 

 teen inches in length, ten in breadth, and four 

 in depth. 



In packing them, for the melon.', a layer of 

 finenioss and short soft dry grass well blended to- 

 gether is placed at the bottom of the deal box, 

 then the melons packed in with it in a tight 

 manner in every direction, choosing them as 

 much of the same size as possible. When the 

 melons are put in, a thin layer of moss and 

 grass is placed over them, upon which the 

 tin box having the currants and cherries pack- 

 ed in it by intervening layers of fine dry moss, 

 so as to be quite full, is packed firmly in with 

 grass and moss all round to prevent its moving ; 

 over which another thin layer of moss is spread, 

 .and the pears packed in closely in the same manner 

 as the melons, proceeding in the same way with the 

 .other fruits, so as to close with the grapes, filling 

 up with moss, so as that the lid of the box may 

 ""shut down quite tight, and prevent rubbing.. 

 Each box should be provided also with a lock, and 

 two keys to serve the whole, one for the packer, 

 and another for the emptier. When the boxes are 

 locked down, thev should be well corded. 



In this manner his majesty's fruit is sent to 

 different places, and may be conveyed to any 

 part of the kingdom. When it is only sent 

 a short distance, "the moss and boxes should be 

 returned, and be kept well aired. 



FRUIT-GARDEN, that sort of garden which 

 is principally planted with trees for the purpose 

 of aff< rdingrruit of different kinds. The situa- 

 tion of this sort of garden should be warm shel- 

 tered, and open to the south or south-west, in 

 order that it may enjoy the full benefit of the 

 sun, and of course ripen the fruit in the best 

 and most perfect manner. See Gakdkn and 

 Orchard. 



FRUIT-ROOM, an erection constructed for 

 the purpose of storing up different sorts of fruit. 

 Thev arc formed of different dimensions accord- 

 ing to circumstances, being lined with thin 

 boards, and titled up with shelves, bins, boxes, 

 . ,;:;il other conveniencies for the re- 

 ception i;f Fruit; all of which, as well as the 

 flooj*, should be of white deal, as Mr. Forsyth 



remrks, that when red deal is made use of for 

 these purposes, it is liable to give a dis- 

 agreeable resinous taste to the fruit and spoil 

 its flavour: on this account, under other cir- 

 cumstances, he advises covering the shelves 

 with canvass, 8cc. as mentioned in the preced- 

 ing article. 



FKU IT-TREE, is that which produces eatable 

 fruit, either for the table or culinary uses. 



There are many fruit-trees, fruit-bearing shrubs 

 and shrubby plants that ripen their fruit per- 

 fectly in this climate, with their several species, 

 and numerous varieties : the principal sorts of 

 which are those of the almond kind, as the al- 

 mond, peach, and nectarine trees ; theplum sort, 

 containing different kinds of plum, apricot, and 

 cherry trees, the pear kind, comprehending va- 

 rious sorts of pear, apple, and quince-trees ; 

 the vine, containing many sorts of grape-trees ; 

 the fig, comprehending many sorts of fig-trees ; 

 the stseral sorts of medlar-treus ; the different 

 kinds of mulberry-trccs ; the chesnut and wal- 

 nut-trees; the common nut kind, containing 

 many sorts of filberts and other nut-trees ; the 

 currant-, goosberry-, and raspberry-trees, with 

 many others ; the nature and management of 

 each of which will be fully explained tinder their 

 respective genera. 



FUCHSIA, a genus comprehending plants of 

 the flowery exotic kind, for the stove. 



It belongs to the class and ordv r Octavdria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Onagrtp. 



The characters arc : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, funnel-form, coloured, su- 

 perior, decitluous : tube ovate at the base, con- 

 tracted above it, then gradually widening, patu- 

 lous, angular : border short, four-parted; parts 

 ovate, acuminate, spreading : the corolla has 

 four petals, ovate, acuminate, sessile, spreading, 

 the same length with the parts of the calyx : 

 the stamina have four filaments (or eight) fili- 

 form, erect, inserted into the tube of the calyx 

 below the middle, and a little longer than the 

 tube: anthers twin: the pistillum is an inferior 

 germ, ovate, below die insertion of the calyx 

 constricted : style simple, the length of the 

 stamens: stigma obtuse (club-shaped) : the pe- 

 ri carpi una is an ovate berry, four-grooved, four- 

 celled : the seeds many, ovate, fixed in a double 

 row to a columnar receptacle in the middle of 

 the berry. 



The species cultivated are: 1. F. triphylla, 

 Three-leaved Fuchsia ; 2. F. cocci/>ea, Scarlet- 

 flowered Fuchsia. 



The first has a woody, branched, reddish root : 

 the stem is herbaceous, upright, quite sin. pie, red- 

 dish green, leafv, two feet high at most : the 



