I002 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introductory 897 



Crops of the Fig 899 



General remarks 899 



The Varioi;s Crops of the Fig 899 



The Crops of the Caprifig 900 



Names of the Crops 902 



Names of Various Crops of Edible Figs 903 



Names of the Caprifig and its Various Crops 904 



Characteristics of the Various Crops of the Caprifig 904 



Characteristics of the Crops of the Edible Fig 905 



Pollination 906 



General remarks , 906 



The Fig and the Caprifig 908 



The Fig 910 



The Male Flowers 912 



The Female Flowers 913 



The Gall Flowers 916 



Mule Flowers 917 



Male Flowers in Edible Figs 918 



The Cordelia Fig ; 920 



Various Kinds of Maturity 922 



Seeds in Smyrna Figs 923 



Pollination of San Pedro and Gentile Figs 929 



Pollination of First Crop San Pedro Figs 930 



Seeds in Common Edible Figs 931 



Flowers in Other Fig Species 933 



Evolution of the Fig 934 



Evolution of the Fig Flowers and the Fig Receptacle 935 



Origin of the Edible Fig 937 



Caprification 946 



General Remarks 946 



Historical Notes on CaiDrification 947 



The Fig Wasps or Blastophagas 963 



Life-History of the Caprifig- Wasps, Blastophaga psenes 964 



Table of the Life History of the Blastopaga 969 



Process of Caprification 969 



Separate Plantations of Caprifigs 971 



Quantities of Cajarifigs Required 972 



Proper Time for Caprification 973 



What Takes Place in Caprification 974 



What Does Not Take Place in Caprification 975 



The Effects of Caprification 977 



