FIG. 



sions oftentimes the loss of the fruit. The same 

 effect happens in consequence of severe drought ; 

 so that extremes should be guarded against. If 

 water be given at all, it should be that manured 

 liquid before mentioned. This application supersedes 

 the necessity of dunging, which should never be 

 brought in contact with the roots, unless it be in a 

 very decomposed state. 



A south aspect is most suitable for the fig, when 

 trained to a wall ; and the waroiest corner of the 

 garden, when planted out as a standard. 



Young plants intended for pots, may be raised by 

 either layers or cuttings. Several persons have sig- 

 nalized themselves in raising and cultivating figs, as 

 appears by various communications in the Gardener's 

 Magazine. But no one more for successful forcing, 

 than W. T. Alton, Esq., royal gardener at Kew ; 

 whence the royal table is supplied all the year 

 round. They are most conveniently forced in pots 

 or boxes. 



As the fruit that will ripen in the autumn are just 

 visible, and situate at the points of the young wood 

 produced in summer, it is particularly necessary 

 that these should be protected through the winter. 

 The large green fruit that are on the branches at 

 the same time never ripen in the open air, and 

 therefore should be all pulled off before the trees are 

 covered up. 



There are various methods of covering. Some 

 gardeners use reed mats, .which are convenient, 

 seeing they may be put up or taken down as the 



