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necessary work which will now require attending to. Bulbs have "been well pro¬ 
tected by the snow. Look over Pinlcs , Pansies , Carnations , &c. Plant Roses in 
deeply-dug, well-enriched soil. Look over Alpine Plants. Trees and Shrubs 
may still be planted, but the sooner it is done the better.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
BOURJASSOTTE GRISE FIG. 
HE opinion of Mr. Barron—who has paid great attention to the 
collection of Figs grown at Chiswick—in respect to this variety, is? 
that it is u decidedly the richest and most constantly good kind in the 
whole collection,” and that it “ is amongst Figs what the Green Gage is 
amongst Plums.” It is a variety exceedingly well adapted for pot-culture, bear- 
Bourjassotte Grise Fig. 
ing fine handsome fruit in the greatest abundance, so that it ought find its way 
into every garden where Figs are prized. It is of moderate growth, and very 
prolific, ripening its fruit in August and September. The fruit is rather above 
the medium size, of roundish form, but much flattened about the eye, giving it 
a somewhat oblate figure. The skin is thin, chocolate-coloured, covered with a 
