236 THE NURSERY LIST. 



Fig {/^I'nis Cai'ira]. frticarrtc. 



Figs grow readil\' Irom the i)hinip seeds in the ccmim^r- 

 cial fruit. Wasli out the seetls, aud those that sink may 

 Ije sown in a fraine. Tlie young plants will appear in 

 three or four weeks. In from three l:o five years the 

 plants will begin to bear. Xew varieties are obtained in 

 this way. 



X'^arieties of the fig are multiplied with ease by layers, 

 suckers and cuttings. Make cuttings of mature wood in 

 autumn, cutting just below a bud. Scarce varieties may 

 be multiplied by single-eye cuttings. Fig cuttings are 

 handled in the same way as grape cuttings. Some prefer, 

 however, to place the cuttings where the tree is to stand. 

 A well-grown plant will bear at two or three years of age. 



The fig is readily budded and grafted, but these meth- 

 ods are seldom employed, because the plant is so easily 

 multiplied by cuttings. Shield, ring or tubular buddings 

 are employed. X'arious m.ethods of grafting are adapted 

 to it, and cleft-grat"tiiig is usually enipUjyed (ju old plants. 



Filbert. See CorvUis. 



Fir, See Allies, Picea and Pinus. 



Fire-pink. See Silene. 



Fittonia. ^UaiithacecC. 



Increased by ili\ision, and by cuttings of half ripened 

 shdots, planted in sandy loam, in bottcim heat. 



Fitzroya. Conifi-nT. 



Seeds. Increaseil also by cuttings nf half ripened 

 shoots. 



Flax. See Linnni. 



Flower-de-Luce [/■7i-iif-i/c-/Js]. See Iris. 



Fontanesia. O/carcir. 



Layers are used ; also cuttings, planted inider a h.md- 

 glass in autumn. Or it ma>' be grafted on the privet. 



Forget-me-not. See Alyosotis. 



Forsythia (Golden Bell). 0/eacr,r. 



Propagated e.xtensiveh' by green cuttings in summer, in 

 a frame; also grown from ripe cuttings taken in kdl and 

 winter, and planted in the open air in early spring. 



