FAGUS, Beech. [Cupuliferae.] A family of well-known 

 ornamental trees, propagated by seed, and the vari- 

 eties by grafting. They thrive in any good soil. The spe- 

 cies and varieties are — 



Evergreens. — F. betuloides (birch-like) ; hardy ; 50 feet ; 

 Magellan; 1830. F. C««;««^i^d:w« (Cunningham's) ; half-hardy ; 

 New Zealand ; 1843. 



Hardy Deciduous. — F. antarctica (antarctic) ; 50 feet ; Mag- 

 ellan ; 1830 ; F. castancEfolia (chestnut-leaved) ; flowers in 

 June ; North America ; F. comptonicEfolia (comptonia-leaved) ; 

 flowers in May. F. ferriiginea (American rusty) ; 30 feet ; 

 flowers in June; North America; 1766. F. fei-ruginea Caroli- 

 niana (Carolina) ; Carolina. F. purpurea (purple) ; flowers in 

 April ; Germany. F. sylvatica (common wood) ; 70 feet ; flowers 

 in June ; Britain. F. sylvatica Americana (American) ; 100 

 feet ; flowers in May ; North America. F. sylvatica atrorubens 

 (dark-red-leaved) ; 30 feet ; flowers in June. F. sylvatica cristata 

 (crested-leaved) ; 30 feet ; flowers in May. F. sylvatica cjiprea 

 (copper-colored-leaved) ; 70 feet ; flowers in May. F. sylvatica 

 foliis argenteis (silver-leaved) ; flowers in May. F. sylvatica 

 foliis aureis (golden-leaved) ; flowers in June. F. sylvatica 

 heterophylla (various-leaved); 40 feet; flowers in April and Ma}'. 

 F. sylvatica incisa (cut-leaved) ; 10 feet ; flowers in June. F. 

 sylvatica pettdula (pendulous) ; flowers in May ; gardens. 



Feather-Grass. See Stipa. 



Fedia. [Valerianaceas.] A genus of hardy annuals, al- 

 lied to Centranthus, which are rather pretty garden plants. 

 Sown in pots about April, and planted out subsequently, the 



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