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inches in length, has been evidently destroyed by the 

 frost. 



I have also sent a specimen, from a neighbour's garden, of a 

 branch of a Fig tree which has not been treated in the way 

 I recommended ; on this there is the appearance of minute 

 gemmae at the base of those immature Figs, which have not 

 been broken off, as well as those which have. Whether these 

 are leaf or fruit buds is uncertain. But even if they are the 

 latter, we know that with the usual management they always 

 prove abortive. 



I have two Fig trees, each planted in a corner facing 

 the south, the corners being formed by walls meeting at 

 right angles ; of course one part of each tree has a south- 

 east and the other a south-west aspect ; and I have gene- 

 rally observed that the first Figs ripen on the south-west. 

 These two trees cover less than forty square yards of walling, 

 and the crop on them, including those already gathered, 

 will amount to, as near as I can count them, about twenty 

 dozen of Figs. This, considering the severity of the last 

 winter, and that one of the trees is in an advanced state of 

 decay, will probably be considered as a pretty fair crop. 



I remain, 



Your very humble servant. 

 George Swayxe. 



Dgrham, near Bath, 

 September 1 5 th, 1820. 



