I/O GARDEN FLOWERS. 



(Russian) ; hardy bulb ; i foot ; flowers purple, in May ; Cau- 

 casus ; 1826. F. tenella (slender); hardy bulb ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers purple, in May ; Caucasus ; 1826. F. verticillata (whorled) ; 

 hardy bulb ; i foot ; flowers purple, in May ; Crimea ; 1823. 



FuMARiA. See Dicentra. 



FuNKiA. [Liliaceae.] Very pretty hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials. They grow freely in any light common soil, and 

 require no particular culture ; but they must have a warm 

 and rather dry situation to induce them to bloom freely. 

 Increased by division of the roots. 



F. albo-niargmata (white-margined) ; hardy perennial ; 18 

 inches ; flowers lilac, in July ; Japan ; 1837. F. lajicifolia (lance- 

 leaved) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers lilac, in July ; Japan; 

 1824. F. ovata (ovate-leaved); hardy perennial; 18 inches; 

 flowers bluish-hlac, in June ; Japan ; 1790. F. Sieboldiana 

 (Siebold's) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers lilac, in June ; 

 Japan ; 1 830. F. sub-cordata (sub-cordate-leaved) ; hardy per- 

 ennial ; I foot; flowers white, in August; Japan; 1790. F. 

 undulata (wav^'-leaved) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 lilac, in August ; Japan ; 1834. 



