ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
branches. Pinch point off vigorous young shoots in July. Apply 
liquid manure once, in Aug. to trees bearing heavily. Figlets size of 
filberts remove in Sept. or Oct. Protect branches in Dec. with straw 
or mats, removing both in April. : 
CULTURE OF FIG UNDER GLASS: Compost, position, border, time 
of eee as above. Branches trained up roof or against wall. 
Mode of bearing: On shoots of previous year’s growth for first crop; 
those of current year for second crop. Prune & pinch as above. 
Disbud young shoots when too many are forming. Water & syringe 
freely in summer. Apply liquid manure occasionally in summer. 
Temp. for forcing, 50° to 65°, 
POT CULTURE OF FIG: Compost, turfy loam, little bonemeal. 
Position, ordinary greenhouse, vinery or forcing house. Pot, Nov. to 
April. Size of pots, 10 or 12in. Water freely when growing, very 
little when not. Apply liquid manure twice weekly to trees bearing 
fruit. Syringe daily when in growth. Pinch points off young shoots 
when latter are 9in. long. Protect pots with covering of straw Nov. 
to Jan. & partially expose branches to the air. 
Propagate the fig by seeds sown in light soil in a temp. of 65° to 
70° in Jan., afterwards growing seedlings on in pots until they bear fruit 
and it can be seen if they are worth growing ; cuttings of previous year’s 
shoots 6in. long and having a heel of older wood attached at base, in- 
serted in a warm border outdoors or in pots in gentle heat between Oct. 
and March; cuttings of young shoots, 3 or 4in. long, removed with a 
heel of older wood, and inserted in pots of light sandy soil in a propa- 
gating frame (temp. 70°) in June; layering shoots in summer; grafting 
by approach just after tree comes into leaf; budding in July; suckers 
removed in autumn. 
TENDER SPECIES: F. elastica (India-rubber Plant), leaves green, India; 
elastica variegata, leaves variegated; Parcelli, leaves green and white, Polynesia; 
pumila (Syn. E. repens), leaves green, shoots creeping (a good plant for covering 
walis), Japan; pumila minima, oa smaller variety; radicaus variegata, leaves 
variegated with silver. 
wee SPECIES: F. Carica (Fig), Mediterranean Region; introduced in 
Figt.—See Ficus. 
Fig Marigold (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum).—See Mesem- 
bryanthemum. 
ig Tree (Ficus carica).—See Ficus. 
Filbert (Corylus Avellana).—See Corylus. 
Filmy Ferns.—See Hymenophyllum, Todea, & Trichomanes, 
Finger Fern (Asplenium ceterach).—See Asplenium. 
Finger Flower (Digitalis purpurea).—See Digitalis. 
Fir.—See Abies, Picea, & Pinus. 
Fire Bush (Crategus pyracantha).—See Crategus. 
Fire Cracker (Brevoortia Ida-Maia and Cuphea platycentra).— 
See Brevoortia & Cuphea. 
Fish-bone Thistle (Cnicus Casabonz).—See Cnicus. 
Fittonia.—Ord. Acanthacem. Stove evergreen perennial trailing 
lants. Orn. foliage. First introduced 1869. Leaves, dark green or 
right green, with red or pure white veins. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam & sand. Position, 
shallow pans, pots, or surface of beds in shady part of plant stove, also 
in Wardian cases. Water moderately Nov. to Feb., freely afterwards. 
Temp., Oct. to March 55° to 60°; March to Oct. 65° to 75°, Propagate 
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