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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Potassa, 28.36 



Soda, 24.14 



Lime, 18.91 



Magnesia, . ... 9.11 

 Sulphuric Acid, . . . .6.73 



Silic Acid, 5.93 



Phosphate of Sesquioxide of Irou, . 2.76 



Chloride of Sodium, . . . 4.02 



100.06 



The best soil for the fig is a mellow loam, of a calcareous 

 nature. Ashes, marl, or composts, prepared with mild 

 lime, form the best manure. If the soil is too moist, the 

 fig continues its growth too late in the season, when the 

 new wood is killed by the frost. While young, it is best to 

 protect the tree during winter Avith evergreens. I have 

 found young trees will mature their fruit and wood much 

 more perfectly, and better endure the Avinter, if the young 

 shoots are broken off at the tips, and if all fruit forming 

 after that is removed, and no more growth permitted, after 

 the middle of September. As a general rule, however, 

 with the fig, " the more you prune, the less your crop." 

 This, however, does not apply to root pruning. If from 

 too rank growth of wood the tree drops its fruit, cut off all 

 the roots that project more than half the length of the 

 branches at any time during the winter. Root pruning 

 can also be applied with success to the pear or any other fruit 

 tree, rendered unfruitful by too luxuriant growth of wood. 



The nomenclature of figs is still very uncertain, few 

 being described with minuteness and accuracy. The 

 names of several of our common varieties do not appear in 

 the books ; or they are there so imperfectly described, that 

 we do not recognise them. 



Brunswick. — Fruit very large, long, pyriform, with an 

 oblique apex ; eye depressed ; stalk short and thick ; 



