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LXXIII. On Fig-trees, and an Account of their Cultivation 

 in a Fig-house, in the Garden of the late Earl of Bridge- 

 water, atAshridge in Hertfordshire. By Joseph Sabine, 

 Esq., F. R. S. $c. Secretary. 



Read March 16, 1824. 



Xh e management of the Fig-tree , whether in houses or in 

 the open air, in Great Britain, is, I conceive, less perfectly 

 understood than that of any other of the fruits which are 

 usually introduced into Gardens. In the Transactions* of 

 the Horticultural Society, the details of the plans of several 

 skilful cultivators have been already recorded ; from the com- 

 parison of these, and of others yet to be communicated, the 

 improvements in our practice will be derived, and we shall 

 thus gradually proceed towards perfection, the attainment of 

 which, either in this or any other branches of the gardener's 

 art, I apprehend is yet very distant, notwithstanding the ex- 

 traordinary advancement which has been made in it within 

 these last few years, to which the exertions of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, and the encouragement it has afforded, have 

 mainly contributed. 



My object in this Paper is to make known another instance 

 of skilful practice in the cultivation of the Fig-tree under 

 glass, which has been much spoken of, but not yet made 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. i. pages 252, &c. Appendix page 6, &c. 

 Vol. ii. page 228. Vol. iii. page 307, &c. page 461. Vol. iv. page 185, &c. page 

 428, 504, &c. Vol. v. page 163, &c. page 346, &c. 



