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FIG 



Fi'cJrs. Fig-Tree. (The fig-tree has 

 nearly the same name in all the Euro- 

 pean languages, and is supposed to he 

 derived from the Hebrew name fag. 

 Nat. ord., Morads [Moracese]. Linn., 

 1%-Polygamia 2-Di(ecia.) 



Besides the cultivated figs, there are a vast 

 number of other species belonging to Ficus, all 

 natives of the tropics, where they arrest the 

 attention of the traveller either by their grate- 

 ful shade, their enormous growth, or by their 

 manner of sending down roots from their 

 branches to support and extend their distorted 

 arms, as in the Banyan tree. By layers and 

 cuttings ; by the latter mode in the case of 

 greenhouse and stove species. In either case 

 dry the cut ends before inserting them in 

 sandy soil, but not removing more of the leaves 

 than those at the joint cut through ; in each 

 case place a hand-light over them. For the 

 stove species there should be the addition of a 

 hotbed ; peat and loam will suit them well, the 

 latter should preponderate when compactness 

 of growth is desirable. F. elastica is the Indian 

 rubber plant. F. Cnrica, the cultivated fig, is 

 the only one hardy enough to bear our climate. 

 Most of the stove species will do in a warm 

 greenhouse. See Fig, 



GEEENHOUSE EVEEGEEENS. 



F. Cape'nsls (Cape). 4, Cape of Good Hope. 

 1816. 



Ca'rica (Carian. Common fig). 15. June. 



South Europe. 1548. Deciduous. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). 6. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1802. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 14, New 



Holland. 



jfu'mila (dwarf). . China. 175Q. Trailer. 



stipula'ta (stipulate). $. China. 1/71. 



Creeper. 



STOVE EVEEGEEENS. 



F. arbutlfo'lia (Arbutus-leaved). March. 1825. 



auranti'aca (Orange-like). 10. 18*24. 



Benjami'na (Benjamin-tree). 10. East 



Indies. 1757. 



coria'cea (leathery-teaped). 10. East In- 



dies. 1772. 



corona 1 ta (crowned). 6. June. 1800. 



crassine'rvia (thick- nerved). 10. South 



America. 1823. 



dumo'sa (bushy). 6. 1825. 



elu'stica (elastic-gwrn). 20. East Indies. 



1815. 



eUi'ptica (oval). 20. South America. 1824. 



Hooke'ri (Hooker's). 6. West Indies. 1816. 



infecto'ria (staining). 15. West Indies. 



1763. 



leeviga'ta (polished). 6. West Indies. 1823. 



leucato'ma (white-cleft), 20. East Indies. 



1763. 



Lichtenstci'nii (Lichtenstein's). 3. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1824. 

 Loga'nii (Logan's). 20. Caraccas. 1824. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 20. East Indies. 



1825. 



myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved) . 4. 1824. 



nymplnBifo'lid (Water-lily-leaved). 10. East 



Indies. 1759* 



F. oltusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). 20. Mexico, 

 1823. 



oppositifo'lia (opposite-leaved). 4. East 



Indies. 1802. 



pertu'sa (piercer-leaved). 8. South Ame- 



rica. 1780. 



popu'lnea (Poplar -leaved). 12. South Ame- 



rica. 1812. 



recemo'sa (racemed). 4. East Indies. 175. 



religio'sa (religious. Banian-tree). 25. East 



Indies. 1731. 



re'pens (creeping-summed). . East In- 



dies. 1805. Creeper. 



rubine'rvia (red-nerved). 10. Brazil. 1824. 



sagitta'ta (arrow-head-teawed). . East 



Indies. 1810. Creeper. 



tincto'ria (dying). 14. May. Society Isles, 



1793. 



urophy'lla (tail-leaved). 2. June. India. 



1829. 



veno'sa (veiny-leaved). 10. East Indies. 



1763. 



viscifo'lia (clammy-leaved). 10. 1820. 



FIDDLE-WOOD. Cithare'xylum. 



FIE'LDIA. (Named after Baron Field, 

 once chief judge of New South Wales. 

 Nat. ord., Gesnerworts [Gesneraceoe]. 

 Linn., 14:-Didynamia \-Gymnospermia. 

 Allied to Cyrtandra.) 



Greenhouse climber*; cuttings of points of 

 shoots getting a little firm, or, better still, firm 

 side shoots, about two inches in length, in sandy 

 soil, under a bell-glass, kept shaded, and after 

 a fortnight placed in a mild bottom-heat ; peat 

 and loam, with a little sand, and pieces of char- 

 coal. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 F. austra'lis (southern). 1. White. July. New 

 Holland. 1826. 



FIG. (Fi'cus ca'rica}. 



Varieties. For forcing, we recom- 

 mend the Brown Turkey, or Lee's Per- 

 petual, Pregussata, and White Marseilles. 

 The Nerii is also well spoken of. To 

 plant out-doors, the Brunswick, Brown 

 Turkey, Brown Ischia, Black Ischia, and 

 Pregnssata. 



Propagation. The fig roots so firmly 

 by cuttings, that few resort to any other 

 mode. They propagate, however, as 

 freely by layers. Some persons, also, 

 have raised them from seed, hut it does 

 not appear that they are valuable, though 

 new kinds have been originated by such 

 means. Cuttings of ripe wood, about 

 three or four inches long, planted 

 in pots in January or February, and 

 plunged in any ordinary bottom-heat, 

 will make very nice plants during the 

 same summer. Those for forcing in 

 pots or boxes, must be potted off when 

 rooted, and again plunged in bottom 

 warmth, and the highest course of cul- 



