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CULTIVATION OF FIGS.

F.on The Journal of The FER. Andrs'e B'se
ious Traptls IN Malta, Sicily. Sc'
The snnpxs Il ace QUA, OF the culture OF hgs' -
fr,,n lbis entertaining work. aftoids some
cur,ou, mar .iculars, Which, no doubt, WIZ W
vfetitying 10 the iostrs Of figs supported MS
ibey ate not only by the testimony oil "'e wi
e. Who had good opportunities % re 50 '"'
examination as to the facts, but h'so ~ "e
testimony of several nndoubled aa'hV'i"e''
rho,n he has followed in his description
" Tbs class o trees may De ni''oe NV
species, nancy, the domestic atu '"e I'''
f.. On tie ihirlg varieits, which haiu a'!S's
haoa enumerated u,def tue fsrHer specie,
seven or eis hi are cnlystrd IN NJ l''d' A"s
best are those commonly kho"n as Inc rou"u
sod tie ,ny fq The se,oud bears II o' II Il f,
ne Il .ti.yery ticn and succnlrnt, aud Is ear =
H,si,n,,.eniag. The Wild hg.ree les III les
in all It's uarts, the domestic rs 'iee o"' 10
.1to,ly use less other THAI As NJ lag tue ha'u-
m ,nn ofihpfIuil IL the later. rms Is the u
,,a.a,ton ,vl,fh has been disputed bs s1u'e WHO,
he, a,se they did not STE IT, would not oehe'e
il, ar uerhaps ihey tnoneh', II II wee Proved
that 6g, v oud not atei"alas 'as'e q''e 81
plea anily as before. .,,c..,, H. -
,o,...aI haun,s of peculiar kind of gnats
n",nd only in the npighborhoad. lhey
h,,nc,.,e the Ggs and deposte their eggs /"
- ,.hiei. after awhile, produce little worms
80 Ginning black color. which are considered
,ec;es of very small ichnenmons. Al c.,
,,,,, time these worms, rausioi med ihlo smaI'
nn.is themselves, punalIri Other h5s, AMI mus
the proces, con inues in successor lhe Hr''
mel. of the Is are the habita''ons OF the 'c'o,
pnets and the figs which these insects refuse |"
en,o, IA, pnish. beco ye dry aud shriVeiied' an
f.u =, ,1bu,, rmeniug. On the other hah"
those xh,,h are formulated by The Iunc'nr'
o! the pna,s, yislhly inolease III sHr' a"" u''
seeds. which ara Lager than III ,"'
mesnc fig, Sooa fl The who're Sa'"y o. '"'
raind. -, ,ha.
sender To the domeslH nss 'e"an'' ~ "
sxuI.iu.d. The 6Isi OF ihr tno species mos
prize d in Malta gives b Go"o'e ka'' n.e
vss,lv oanolv in juue and August the ONE
a., oo.. md i. the same sOIl men !
ce ,rb,a,sd for IFS fruitiulness III Tue o'ee'
islands. Tire June crop OF tue '"fmei 30 IL"
cxbau,ts the tree, thAt lis secoad "ou'u NC
little account uuess O remedy wee al ""iA'
ia the little insects which ale III t"e WIZ
6gs hen the SUMMER crop 'hdnes 10 %
ptarance The Maliese are carelu' " '''p "
in d,as,e,, ,,.r,s ol a domestic Gg Tree, se'e
raj Wild figs siruug on a thrtau' i"o
pnat. vh,' h nroc,ed from these, ln'IoouC
themselves Into the domestic nSs, anu " ~.
puuctures cause IN them iefm' MA 1p"' WIZ
contributes 10 ,heir ripenmg. MS p";.r
called caprihcht,un, from c"ptfheus' '"'
tile name oi the vi hs-u'' ,s
AS respe,ts the second sort OF good NJ
The same conservative aud qu'ckening oitr'
ton Is necessary, Ion reasons substantially s'a
liar. Being a mus, prohhc bearer II 'e IL.
itself il Won d oyerwoik It's strength Al
young Zig. sprout so abuadan'ly hom the stem
tina. II, quenhy the branches cannot De see" (. 0
account oil the fruit Nth which me! 1'e 'oa'
ed. Accordingly, if the tree be n.s'ee'eu'
grea, quantity OF the fruit ""s''a'' u"''P."I
and be lost. Bu,by distributing ie" wi
figs among the bonehs, The little ichnenmo OF
which they breed, s.ue forth, and soon pros -,
Tor themselves snug quarters, or al least stcui
lnem Tor their progeny, in the good figs wa
their little twetze,s, tue shape oil par
sharp Teeth, they bore passage anu s'o