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FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



FIG-HOUSE. 



The successful cultivation of the fig does not neces- 

 sitate any peculiar or special arrangements in provid- 

 ing a structure suitable for it, provided it has plenty 

 of light and means of ventilation, and a moderate 

 command of heat. It is successfully cultivated trained 



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FIG. 18. 



on trellises all over the roofs of houses in all respects 

 like vineries and peach-houses, both lean-to and span- 

 roofed in form in narrower houses, mere glass cases, 

 trained to the back wall like a peach or planted out 

 in pits of less dimensions, in bush form like a goose- 

 berry or currant, or with its roots confined to pots of 



