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CHAPTER IX. 



OF FIGS. 



Different Sorts defcribed — Of Raijing, Pruning, Training, and 



Sheltering Fig-Trees. 



The Fig has been cultivated in England ever fince the year 

 1562, Some of the oldeft that we know of in this kingdom 

 are in the Archbifhop of Canterbury's gardens at Lambeth. 



This genus of plants is arranged in the third order of Lin- 

 naeus's twenty-third clafs, entitled Polygamia Trioecia. 



The following are the Sorts beji worth cultivating in this Country* 



1. The Brown, or Chefnut-coloured Ifchia Fig. This is 

 one of the largeft that we have : it is of a brown or chefnut 

 colour on the outfide, and purple within; the grains are 

 large, and the pulp fweet and high-flavoured. It ripens in 



S 2 Auguft ; 



