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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Freycinetia— continued. : 
F. Banksii (Banks’), P spikes cylindrical, 3in. tò 4in. long, 
surrounded by white, fleshy bracts. „fr. 6in to 8in. long, and 6in. 
to 8in. in circumference, of a rich brown hue when ripe, edible. 
New Zealand. (B. M. 6028.) 
FIG. 36. FREYCINETIA CUMINGIANA, 
A (Cuming’s). This has shorter, ascending or 
horizontally spreading leaves (not arching, asin F. Banksii). It 
is, moreover, a more slender grower. See Fig. 36. 
FREZIERA (named after A. F. Frezier, 1682-1773, a 
French engineer and traveller in Chili, who published an 
account of his travels in 1716). Syn. Eroteum. ORD. 
Ternstrimiacee. A- genus containing a dozen or more 
species of evergreen shrubs, with small axillary flowers, 
natives of tropical America. None are worthy of special 
mention. í 
F. theoides (Tea-like). A synonym of Cleyera theoides. 
FRIESIA (named after Elias Magnus Fries, M.D., 
1794-1878, a celebrated cryptogamic botanist). ORD. 
Tiliaceæœ. This genus, now included under Aristotelia, 
contains but a single species, a very ornamental green- 
house evergreen shrub, and an excellent plant for grow- 
ing against the wall of a conservatory. It thrives freely 
in a mixture of turfy loam and peat. Increased by cut- 
tings, which root readily in sandy soil. 
F. peduncularis (peduncled),. 
spreading, one-flowered, somewhat 
osite, lanceolate, serrated. 
818. (B. M. 4246.) 
FRINGE FLOWER. See Schizanthus, 
Jl. white; pedicels axillary, 
nodding. September. t. op- 
A, šít. to 6ft. Van Dieman’s Land, 
FRINGE-TREE. See Chionanthus. 
FRITILLARIA (from fritillus, a chess-board ; refer- 
ring to the chequered flowers of some species). Fritillary. 
Including Rhinopetalum and Theresia. ORD. Liliacee. 
A genus comprising upwards of fifty species of hardy, 
bulbous plants. Flowers drooping, terminal or axil- 
lary, campanulate; perianth of six divisions, each with 
a nectar-bearing hollow at the base on the inside; style 
three-groved or trifid. Stems leafy. The usual mode 
of propagation is by offsets that are naturally developed 
by the plants when left undisturbed. Some of the free- 
growing species produce many more of these than the 
small slender ones. Seeds are ripened freely by some 
species, but not by all of them in this country. If desired, 
these may be sown when ripe, in pans of sandy soil, and 
the seedlings allowed to remain for the first year, the 
young plants being impatient of root disturbance. It 
takes from four to six years to grow them from seed to 
a size sufficiently large for flowering. All small offsets 
should be collected when the old bulbs are being lifted 
or replanted. If they are placed in lines, a short dis-- 
tance apart, in a piece of prepared ground, flowering 
specimens may be more quickly obtained.  Fritillarias 
are best suited for positions in the mixed flower border, 
arranged according to their several heights. They should 
have a rich, well-drained soil, as anything like stagnant 
water near the bulbs, especially with the small-growing 
species, proves destructive. It is not advisable to lift 
the bulbs oftener than every three or four years, if it 
can: be avoided, and then they should be replanted with- 
out delay, and surrounded with some new soil. A dress- 
ing of manure, to established plants of Crown Imperials, 
just after growth commences, is beneficial, as a number 
of roots proceed from the flower-stem just above. the . 
bulb. The latter should be planted at least 4in. to 6in. 
below the snrface, and from 14ft. to 2ft. apart. Fritil- 
s. 
FIG. 37. FLOWERING STEMS OF FRITILLARIA AUREA. 
