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ting a drop of sweet oil on the spot : it is said that this causes 

 an increase in the size of the fruit. The trees may be grown by 

 layers and suckers at the commencement of the rains, and 

 during the cold season. Cuttings strike easily in the course of 

 six weeks. The finest fruit that I have seen grown has been on 

 young trees of two years old, near which dead animal matter had 

 been buried. The trees should be pruned annually, and the 

 best way is to cut down the old branches that have borne fruit, 

 leaving one or two buds that promise to throw out healthy 

 shoots. The fruit when ripening must be protected from birds, 

 either by nets or bags. 



Ficus INDICA. NAT. BUR. TAM. ALAVEREI. Banian, or In- 

 dian Fig-tree. Common all over India, growing to an immense 

 size, from the branches of which stems descend and on reaching 

 the earth take root : a glutinous juice is extracted by incision, 

 from which bird-lime is prepared. 



Ficus RACEMOSA. 'NAT. GULLAR KE CHAWL. TAM. ATTIE. 

 A large tree common throughout the country, the milky juice 

 of this tree is considered a valuable external application in ring- 

 worm. 



Ficus EELIGIOSA. NAT. PIPUL. TAM. ARASUM. This tree is 

 equally common with the last, and is generally planted about 

 Hindoo temples. The roots are most destructive to buildings, 

 for if once they establish themselves amongst the crevices, there 

 is no getting rid of them. 



Ficus GLOMERATA. NAT. OOMBUR. A large tree with fruit 

 like the common fig, grows in clusters along the branches, flav- 

 our insipid, but eaten by the poorer classes. This tree thrives 

 best near a watercourse, or on the banks of rivers. 



Ficus ELASTICA. Indian rubber tree. Common in gardens, 

 with handsome large glossy leaves, from the large branches 

 stems descend as in many of the Indian species of Ficus. 



FIR TREE. Vide Casuarina Muricata. 



FLACOURTIA SAPIDA. Flacourtiacece. THE PANEOLA PLUM. 

 NAT. BINCHA. T. PUDDA-KANAEW. This fruit tree is generally 

 cultivated about Calcutta, and grows to the size of a common 



