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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



who found it in the garden of the Priory some years after its introduction. Af 

 the original trees are dead, this fruit might liave still been unknown to us, had not 

 Mr. Calvart presented grafts of it to the Hon. Society; in which collection it haj 

 been deservedly propagated. Fruit middle size, heart-shaped ; beautiful pale red ; 

 flesh firm, sweet, and rich ; much esteemed at Florence ; ripens in September. Trco 

 hardy, and a good bearer. 



33. Whitk Heart. — Fruit large, ncart-shaped ; a shy bearer ; one of our finest- 

 flavored cherries when ripe ; ripens in September. 



34. MoRiiLLo, or Milan. — Fruit large, round; light red; becomes dark when 

 very ripe, or on a south wall ; flesh soft and acid. Ripens in September, and will 

 keep till December. Generally planted on standards and north aspects ; when 

 planted on a south wall, or trained over the wall from the north aspect to the south, 

 is much improved in size and flavor. It is the most useful cherry we have for culi- 

 nary i>urpn.>e<, and is a prerit bearer. 



In the llurticultural Society's Catalogues arc enumerated 12 varieties of this class 

 of cherries, but there are many more cultivated in Scotland. Some of them, although 

 very small, are extremely high-flavored. Those that are most worth cultivating, 

 are — 



3.). P>L.\CK IIuxr..\Ri.\N. 



30. White Ditto ' '"'^ 



\ Very 



37. LuNDiE.— First cultivated at a seat of Lord Duncan's, near Dundee, of that 

 name. 



38. Transparent. 



39. White Swiss. 



40. Castle Mf.nzies. — Froin a venerable seat of Sir N. .Meiizies, Bart, in 

 Braedalbane. 



41. Large Black. — Flesh of which is hard, and apt to crack ; flavor good. 



42. Amber. 



These may be introduced into the park, where their various habits will give va- 

 riety, and the beautiful red tinge which their decaying leaves assume in autumn, 

 give a color to the landscape highly interesting. 



FIGS. 



Fig, Fictts Carica, Linna-us, — belongs to the class and order Poli/gamia Diacia^ 

 and ranks in the natural order Vrtirca: 



Is a native of Asia ; naturalized in the south of Europe, and forms trees as large 

 as our apples. It seldom acquires any magnitude as a standard here, although in 

 the Isle of Wight there are some trees of considerable size. It is with us, as is the 

 case in every part of Europe, a deciduous tree, while in tropical countries it is ever- 

 green. The fig is supposed to have been introduced here by Cardinal Pole, in 1525, 

 and still exists in the garden of the archbishop, in Lambeth. Some of these trees 



