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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
I must also acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Little, of 
Hillingdon, to Mr. Tverman, to Mr. Atkins, and to Mr. Barr, who 
have afforded me much valuable information which has been incor¬ 
porated in this paper. 
There are still several points in connection with the specific 
distinctions of the genus Cyclamen which have yet to be satis¬ 
factorily cleared up, these may form the subject of a further com¬ 
munication at some future date. 
XIII. On the Culture of the Eig as a Standard in the Open Air. 
By Colonel B. Trevor Clarke. 
[Read at Society’s Meeting, 5th March, 1878 ] 
The zone of culture for the Eig as a standard out of doors has been 
hitherto mostly restricted toj the sea-coast, or otherwise to the 
more southern parts of the island, but I have long had reason to 
believe that it might be extended further northwards. 
In order to gain some knowledge on this subject, I turned out 
two of the hardiest kinds—viz., the Marseilles and Brown Turkey 
—into the open ground, thejformer about five years ago, the latter 
two years later. Boughly stated, our geographical position may be 
considered as being nearly in the centre of England. 
The Marseilles kind has ripened its figs regularly (thirty last 
year), and makes a handsome, compact little tree. The Brown 
Turkey has succeeded equally well. 
Although I had some confidence in the experiment, I was not 
prepared to find that the wood ripens itself as well, or even better, 
than against the wall, and as regards the fruit, in good seasons 
there is but little difference in the periods of maturation, and in 
favourable ones, the crop seems neither better nor worse than that 
on the walls. 
I have lately added several sorts from the Chiswick collection, 
and have purposely included several of the prolific or twice-bearing 
Varieties. These latter do not bring to perfection either the winter 
or summer crop here as wall trees, but I think it not unlikely that 
they may hold their fruit in the open garden better than when 
subject to the uneven excitement of a wall. These last-named 
