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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ January, 
managed YinGr 3 \ They are, in short, the result mainly of the roots being in 
a cold, wet border. To prevent their formation, or to recover vines subject to this 
evil, the amelioration of the borders must be seen to. Some varieties of vines, 
such as those of the Frontignan class, being of a more tender constitution, are more 
subject to the formation of air-roots than others. When they are produced, they 
need not be cut off, except for appearance’ sake, for they will wither up and die as 
the wood ripens.—A. F. Barron, Chlsivick. 
FIG NEGRO LARGO. 
|F all the Figs which grow in the garden, this is, to my mind, the most de" 
sirable, being fruitful to a degree, and the flavour being the finest I ever 
tasted. My experience of its good qualities is as grown under glass, and I 
^ do verily believe it will yield fruit continuously for eight months out of 
the twelve. In the early part of December*, the flavour was as good as it was in 
June. No class of fruit-trees are more improved by root-pruning than the Fig ; 
they are thus kept within bounds, and made to produce fruit at an earlier period, 
while those on the open wall should have a double net over them during April and 
May, to guard them from the frost.—J. Bust, Bridge Castle. 
NERTERA DEPRESSA FOR CARPET BEDDING. 
C^THE Nertera is certainly a very effective little plant, and deserves a place in 
every establishment where there are any pretensions to carpet bedding. 
f Here, the first week in October the plants are taken from the beds, good-sized 
plants being divided into three, each piece neatly rounded, and then potted 
in a light compost, having a small portion of peat and sand mixed with it; 3-in. 
pots well crocked are used. The pots are then plunged in coal-ashes in a cold frame 
facing the south, in an open space not shaded by trees ; they are well watered, 
the lights put on, and very little air given until they get established. They must 
never be allowed to get dry, for they are water-loving plants, and I do not think 
it is possible to give them too much. Although the plant is almost or quite 
hardy, I think it best to put a mat on the frame in severe frosty weather, though 
I have had them frozen through many a time, and have not found the frost injure 
them at all, if it is allowed to go out of the frame quietly, as it went in. 
During the winter the plants will make some growth, but not so much as 
some persons would like ; and here it is that they make a mistake. They grow 
it too fast, and get a lot of growth, but not the kind to bring flower, consequently 
they are not successful in getting a mass of berries. To make it berry freely it 
must be grown slowly, so as to obtain matured growth, and this will flower freely. 
In the beginning of March give plenty of air and water, and by the middle of 
the month take the lights off in the day-time; and if there is any appearance of 
frost, put the lights on in the evening. Towards the end of the month the lights 
can be left off altogether. The plants will begin to show flower about the end of 
April, and by the end of May the little green berries may be seen nestling in 
