FIGS. 169 



The tree is a very luxuriant grower, but it does not 

 produce much fruit in this country. 



A Selection of Figs for a small Garden in the Southern and 

 Midland Counties of England. 



Black Ischia - -3 Pregussata - - 14? 



Brown Turkey 7 Large White Genoa - 22 



Brunswick - 8 Marseilles - 23 



Chestnut - 9 Nerii - 24? 



Malta - 11 Small Early White - 25 



In the North of England and in Scotland Figs can- 

 not be usefully cultivated except under glass. 



It is much to be regretted that our knowledge of figs 

 should be so imperfect, and our means of obtaining any 

 interesting information respecting them so confined. 



I have searched for authorities and descriptions to 

 enable me to point out those differences which should 

 distinguish one sort from another ; but I have not sue*- 

 ceeded in satisfying myself. I have, indeed, found names 

 in books on gardening, accompanied by what the writers 

 might have considered as descriptions; but several of 

 them have been so defective as to give the reader but 

 little chance of applying them to the fruit they were in- 

 tended to designate. Many sorts therefore still remain 

 imperfectly described here, for want of better ma- 

 terials. 



Propagation. 



FIGS are propagated by cuttings, and by layers : the 

 latter method is the best, as plants at the end of a year 



