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of 'the Fig, but it is also possible to grow it for a skorter season in 

 pots. For this purpose I should select * St. John/ ' Brown Turkey,' 

 and ' Bourjassotte Grise.' These varieties, if given gentle heat to 

 start them into growth in the spring, will yield a good supply without 

 an undue amount of forcing. If placed in a cool house in the 

 summer they will dO' well. It will be safer, however, to close the house 

 towards the evening until the fruit begins to ripen. Under this 

 system I would encourage the trees to grow into fairly large speci- 

 mens. During the winter they could be kept in a shed, so long 

 as the roots were well protected against frost. Mice, however, must 

 be guarded against, for they have a liking for the bark of Figs, and 

 will soon do irretrievable harm. 



On one occasion when in Eome, I went, as all tourists do,, along 

 the Appian Way. Seeing a Fig-tree overhanging the road I secured 

 a few cuttings, tliinking I might obtain something different, and so I 

 did, but it was not worth growing. We are now discarding it from 

 amongst our pot Figs. On another occasion I found in our own 

 locality a very strong- growing Fig-tree, which showed plenty of 

 embryo fruit. Of this I procured some cuttings and grew them on to 

 the fruiting stage, when the variety proved to be * St. John,' of which 

 I had quite enough already. Next season I hope to receive a few of 

 the best kinds grown in the South-West of France from a friend 

 resident in that district, and to see if anything is at all worth adding 

 to those already grown in this country. There are, no doubt, many 

 varieties still not catalogued in our trade lists. 



[Note, December 29, 1911. — We have just commenced re-potting 

 the main stock of Figs, and find that each plant has a mass of fine 

 fibrous roots.] 



