FIG-TREE, . 91 
liked.,, The foliage of the tree is large and elegant, and 
the mode of fructification is curious; the pulpy part,.which 
we call.the fruit, being, in fact, a common receptacle, and 
the anthers and stigmata being produced inside. The 
nomenclature of figs is still very uncertain, and it is with 
some hesitation that we give the following names : 
1. Black Ischia, ' 5. Brown Turkey. 
2. Black Genoa. 6. Pregussata. 
3. Brunswick or Madonna. 7. Lee’s Perpetual. ie 
4, Brown Ischia or Miller’s chest- 8, Early White. 
nut fig. 9. Marseilles or Figue Blanche. 
Of these the Marseilles, the Early White, Black Ischia, 
and Brown Turkey, are the best adapted for forcing; the 
others are suitable for walls. Lee’s Perpetual answers 
well for either mode of culture; but is not recognized by 
Loudon or by Lindley as a distinct variety. 
Fig-trees may be propagated by cuttings put into flower- 
pots, and placed in a gentle hot-bed. They are, however, 
most speedily obtained from layers. The shoots laid down 
should be two or three years old; and those when rooted 
will form plants ready to bear fruit the first or second 
year after planting. Suckers ought never to be used. 
In some places in England, fig-trees are planted out as 
standards; and in Kent and Sussex, a few small fig orch- 
ards exist. In Scotland, a south wall is indispensable, 
trained to which, in good situations, and when the trees 
are old enough, they bear remarkably well. The best soil 
for a fig border is a rich friable loam, on a subsoil not re- 
tentive of moisture, or which has been effectually drained, 
It is advantageous to have a lofty wall, and the trees 
should be planted at considerable distances, perhaps not 
nearer than forty feet, to allow them full space to exhaust 
their luxuriance. 
