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FIGS. Figuiers. Ficus carica. 



Class, Polygamia. Oi'der, Trioecia, 



The cultui'e of this delightful fruit having recently become an object oF 

 particular attention, and requiring no more care to covering in winter 

 than the delicate kinds of grapes, the greatest pains have been tt^ken lo^ 

 extend the collection by imi)ortations of the choicest kinds from the south 

 of France, Italy, and elsewhere; and it now forms a eoncenU'ation of 

 tliis fruit unrivalled in extent and excellence. 



Those marked thus * 50 cents. 



f 75 cents. 



Those not marked are 1 dollar. 



D denotes those described in Duhammel. 



t tEarly bi'own, a great bearer 



2 * Large late brown 



3 fLarge white Genoa^ 



4 flschia 



5 Marseilles yellow 



6 t Brown Malta 



7 Large blue 



8 Early white 



9 Brunswick 



10 Versailles, D 



11 Servantine, D 



12 Napolitaine 



13 Poulette 



14 White bourjassotte 



15 Large green, g-rosse verte 



16 Violette, or perruqui7ie, I> 



17 Cuprea 



18 Geneva 



19 * Small blue 



20 Green Ischia 



21 *Yellow 

 22* Celestial 



23 Caprifiguier 



24 Bourjassotte gi-ise 



25 Bourjassotte noire 



20 Clementine 



27 Coucourelle brune, I> 



2S gavotte • 



29 Datte 



30 Datte montagnette 



31 Franque paillarde 



32 Grosse aubique noire, D 



33 Jerusalem 



34 Li pari, D 



35 Longue printani^re 



36 Marseillaise, D 



37 Negrette 



3S Oeil de perdrix 

 39 Peau dure 

 Petarelle 



41 Pied de bceuf 



42 Recousse noire 



43 Rose peyronne 



44 Rougette 



45 Rougette de montagnette 



46 Vernissenque 



47 V6rte petita 



POMEGRANATE. Grenadier. 



Class, IcQsandria, Order, JMonog^ynia* 



Those marked thus * are 75 cents. 

 f are 1 dollar. 

 i are 1 dollar and 50 cents. 



This fruit requires in this latitude, that the trees should during winter be 

 placed in a cellar, or some other place free from frost. South of the 

 Potowmac, it is supposed, they will not require that care. 



1 *Fruit bearing Punica granalum 



2 tLarge Malta melitensis 



3 :^Sweet fruited dulcis 

 4tA.cid fruited acida 



