. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. tories, 99; raising from seed,100; properties of, 100; varie-ties of, 221. Villarsia nymphseoides, 372. Vital action of plants, 31. Vine culture, new system of, 239 ;at Wilinots, 240. Virgilia lutea, 525. Vriesia glaucophylla, 41. Wailesia picta, nymphceoides, 372. Walk-making, , 302. Warrea Wailesiana, 553; W. dis-color, , , large plants in tubs, 238 ; principles and practice of, , principles and practice of, 293, 406; tools for, , annual,
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. tories, 99; raising from seed,100; properties of, 100; varie-ties of, 221. Villarsia nymphseoides, 372. Vital action of plants, 31. Vine culture, new system of, 239 ;at Wilinots, 240. Virgilia lutea, 525. Vriesia glaucophylla, 41. Wailesia picta, nymphceoides, 372. Walk-making, , 302. Warrea Wailesiana, 553; W. dis-color, , , large plants in tubs, 238 ; principles and practice of, , principles and practice of, 293, 406; tools for, , annual, 295 ; to destroy, on neighbouring premises, , perennial, 296 ; to destroy, Nile, vegetation on the banks of, , to destroy, sinensis, var. alba., 347, , structure of, 119. Zabucago-nut, Fischeri, 197; Z. tenuifo-lia. 197. ERRATA. In Page 37, for Ceres belleforme, read Cerise Belle forme. In Page 191, several places, for potatos read potatoes. In Page 225, for Ageratum mexicanum read Ccelestina THE FIG : ITS NATURE AND CULTURE UNDER GLASS AND IN THE OPEN AIR. The Fig is one of those singular kinds offrnit that are totally useless unripe, and how-ever near they may come to perfection, anything short makes them worthless. Whenthoroughly ripe they are very delicious,—whenbut a little short of it, they are mawkish, sickly,and even rank. It would appear that the lastfew days of solar heat changes the entire cha-racter of the fig, and if the fruit be gatheredbefore this change, they are unfit to eat, and,unlike almost every other of Pomonas gifts,they will do for nothing but the pigs ; theyare of no use in tarts, they cannot be made intowine, and so far as we have been able to dis-cover they are good for nothing. Strictlyspeaking, they require protection to bring themforward, although they will fairly ripen in ahot summer, on the open wall in a southernaspect, and we have even known them, in veryfa
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