nearly white next the skin, but chiefly semi-transparent reddish brown, extremely rich, sweet, and high-flavoured. Ripe the beginning and middle of August.

This is one of the most useful of the hardy figs. In a south-eastern corner, trained against a wall, it ripens by the middle of August, in even unfavourable seasons. In an ordinary summer, in the neighbourhood of London, it begins to mature by the beginning of that month. It is, perhaps, the largest purple fig we have, and the most useful variety that can be selected for a small garden.

9. CHESTNUT. Miller, No. 1.

Chestnut-coloured Ischia. Ib.

Fruit of a large size, globular. Eye pretty large, and pinched in at the stalk. Skin of a brown or chestnut colour. Pulp purple, sweet and high flavoured. Seeds large.

This sort often bursts open when it ripens, which is generally in the beginning or middle of August. It will also ripen well frequently on an open standard, when planted on a warm soil; and if planted against a hot wall two crops may be obtained annually.

10. LONG BROWN NAPLES. Miller, 11. Long Naples. Hanbury.

Fruit long, somewhat compressed at the apex. Stalk pretty long. Skin dark brown when fully ripe. inclining to red, and well flavoured.

Ripe in September.

11. MALTA. Miller, 4.

Small Brown, of some Gardens.

Fruit small, much compressed at

Pulp

Seeds large.

the apex, and very

much pinched in towards the stalk. Skin pale brown. Pulp the same colour as the skin, very sweet and well flavoured.

Ripe towards the end of August.

If this sort is permitted to hang upon the tree till the fruit is shrivelled it becomes a fine sweetmeat.

Fruit small. Skin brown. Pulp high flavoured. Hitt says the tree is always low, and will bear without the assistance of a wall.

Round Naples. Hanbury.

Fruit pretty large, of a globular figure.

Skin light

brown, with some faint marks of dirty white. Pulp nearly of the same colour as the skin, and of a good flavour. Seeds large.

Ripe the latter end of August.

Skin,

14. PREGUSSATA. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57. Fruit large, oblate. Stalk short and thick. where shaded, purplish brown; where exposed, of a very dark brown, sprinkled with pale spots. Pulp deep red, remarkably sweet and rich. Seeds unusually small. Ripe from August to October.

This very beautiful and most excellent fig was sent to this country, a few years ago, by Dr. Skey, from the Ionian Isles.

15. PURPLE GENOA. Hanbury.

Fruit large, long. Skin dark purple, when perfectly ripe. Pulp extremely sweet and luscious.

16. SMALL BROWN ISCHIA. Miller, No. 13.

Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure, with a very short foot-stalk. Skin light brown. Pulp inclining to purple, of a very high flavour.

Ripe late in September.

The leaves of this tree are less divided than any of the other sorts.

17. VIOLETTE. Figue Violette.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 67.
Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2. f. 1.

Fruit small, shortly turbinate, and flattened at the apex, one inch and three quarters or two inches in diameter, and nearly the same in height. Skin deep violet. Pulp near the skin white; the interior enveloping the seeds deeply tinged with red.

The Violet Fig, like the Angélique, is cultivated in the neighbourhood of Paris, and produces two crops annually: the autumnal one is the most productive; and in a warm season the fruit is excellent.

SECT. III.-Fruit yellow, white, or green.

18. ANGÉLIQUE.

Duhamel, Vol. i. No. 2.

Coucourelle Blanche.

Mélitte. Ib.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 1.

Fruit rather small, somewhat pyramidal, about two inches long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter. Skin yellow, mottled with greenish white specks. Pulp white, having the interior which envelopes the seeds tinged with red.

This sort is somewhat like the Marseilles, but longer, and, like that, in the neighbourhood of Paris, produces two crops annually: the first is usually thin, but the second very abundant; and in a fine season the fruit is excellent.

19. GENTILE. Miller, No. 14. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 15.

Fruit middle-sized, of a globular figure. Skin yellow, when fully ripe. Pulp yellow, with large seeds. Its flavour is very good, but it ripens late, and the trees are seldom good bearers, so that it is not much grown in this country.

20. GREEN ISCHIA.

Miller, No. 8.

Green Ischia. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 9.

Fruit oblong, somewhat globular at the apex. Skin

very thin, green; but when fully ripe, it is stained through by the pulp to a brownish cast: the inside is purple, and will stain linen or paper. Pulp high flavoured, especially in warm seasons.

Ripe towards the end of August.

21. LARGE WHITE. Hanbury.

Fruit large, oblong, with a short foot-stalk.

Skin

white and thin. Pulp white, but often more or less tinged with purple, sweet and rich.

Ripe in August.

22. LARGE WHITE GENOA. Miller, No. 4. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 4.

Fruit large, globular, a little lengthened towards the stalk. Skin thin, of a yellowish colour when fully ripe. Pulp red, of a good flavour.

Ripe about the end of August.

Mr. Forsyth says this bears two crops annually. 23. MARSEILLES. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48. White Marseilles. Ib.

Pocock. Ib.

Figue Blanche. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 210. t. 1.

Fruit small, about two inches in diameter, and nearly the same in height, slightly ribbed, somewhat turbinate, and flattened at the apex. Skin pale green, becoming yellowish white when highly ripened. Flesh white, dry, sweet, and rich.

Ripe in August.

The Marseilles Fig has been for many years cultivated by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle; and he informs me that it succeeds well in the highest temperature of a pine stove.

24. NERII. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 55.

Fruit rather less than the Marseilles, and more long in shape. Skin pale greenish yellow. Pulp similar in colour to that of a pomegranate.

It is much the richest of its species; and there is in its

juice a slight degree of very delicate acid, which renders it peculiarly agreeable to most palates. The Nerii Fig is also cultivated by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle, who has been so obliging as to furnish me with the above description, dated Sept. 23. 1830. He says, "It offers fruit very abundantly; but the whole falls off alike in the stove and in the open air; low temperature, under glass.

and it succeeds only in I have obtained it, in

high perfection, by bringing the fruit forward, till it was about one third grown, in the stove, and then removing the pots in which the plants grew to a conservatory.” 25. SMALL EARLY WHITE. Langley, t. 52. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23.

Early White.

Small White Early. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 3.

Fruit somewhat round, a little flattened at the apex, with a very short foot-stalk. Skin thin; when fully ripe, of a pale yellowish white colour. Pulp white, sweet, but not high flavoured.

Ripe in August.

Mr. Forsyth says this sort produces two crops annually. It scarcely differs from the Marseilles.

26. SMALL GREEN. Nursery Catalogues.

Little Green.

Hanbury.

Green Red within. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 32.

Fruit small.

excellent.

Skin green and thin. Pulp red and

The tree is a low grower, hardy, and a very good bearer.

27. YELLOW ISCHIA. Miller, No. 12.

Cyprus. Ib. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42.

Fruit large, of a pyramidal form. Skin yellow when fully ripe. Pulp purple, and well flavoured. The leaves are large, and not much divided.

Ripe in September.