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FOTHERGILLA. 



bet'ween the pots in the stand with 

 moss. Generally speaking, the 



FIG. IS. — WIRE FLOWES-STAND. 



observations already given respect- 

 ing plants in balconies apply to 

 plants kept on flower-stands. 



Fly Honeysuckle. — The up- 

 right shrubby species of Honey- 

 suckle, such as Lonicero. xylosteum, 

 the common Fly Honeysuckle, and 

 L. talarica, the Tartarian Honey- 

 suckle. — See Loxi'cERA. 



Fly Orchis.— See O'phrts. 



Fortux^'a. — JuglandacecB. — F. 

 chinensis is a most remarkable shrub,, 

 nearly allied to the Walnut-tree, vnth 

 a cone like that of Fir, which the 

 Chinese use to dye black. The genus 

 is named after JMr. Fortune, who 

 introduced the jjlant from China in 

 1849. 



FoRFi'cuLA. — See Earwig. 



FoRGET-ME-xoT. — Myosotis pa- 

 lustris. — A British plant worth cul- 

 tivating for its blue flowers, as well 

 as for its name. It is a marsh plant, 

 and should be grown near w^ater. 

 J/, syhdtica has smaller flowers, 

 and of a paler blue. The other 

 plants belonging to the genus 

 Myosotis are known by the popular 

 English names of Scorpion -grass and 

 Mouse-ear. 



Forking. — A mode of stirring 

 the gi'ound so as to admit air and 

 moisture to the roots of plants, with- 



out disturbing or injuring them, 



j which would be unavoidable if the 



I ground were dug. 



I Forsy'thia.— OZcdccce. — F. viri- 



I dissima forms a compact deep-green 



bush, with balsamic leaves, wliich, 



though smooth, are of a rich deep- 



gi-een, without the slightest lustre. 



j The flowers are of a bright yellow, 



and arc produced in great abundance 



all over the tree. The plant is a 



native of China, w^hence it was 



introduced in 1847. It grows about 



eight or ten feet high in the north 



of China, and sheds its^ leaves in 



autumn..^ -,/£>':; - ' "; , ^ ^'^.^^ .^y,. 



FoTHERGf LLA. —Hamamefide'cs'. ' 



— American dwarf shrubs, with large 



handsome leaves, and white fragrant 



flowers. The jjlants should be grown 



in a moist peaty soil, and they are 



injured by very severe frosts. The 



flowers appear before the leaves. 



FouNTAiNSare of two kinds ; jets, 

 which rise up in a single tube of 

 water to a great height, and then fall 

 in mist or vapour ; and drooping 

 fountains which are forced up through 

 a pipe, terminated by a kind of rose 

 pierced with holes, called an adjutage, 

 which makes the water assume some 

 particular shape in descending. The 

 principle on which fountains are con- 

 structed is, that if a large quantity of 

 water be contained in a cistern, or 

 other reservoir, in any elevated situa- 

 tion, and pipes be contrived from it 

 to carry the water down to the ground, 

 and along its surface, the water will 

 always attempt to rise to its own 

 level the moment it can find a vent. 

 When the orifice is large, this incli- 

 nation is only shown in a kind of 

 bubbling upwards, as the ascent of 

 the water is prevented by the weight 

 of the atmosphere above it ; but 

 where the orifice is small, the column 

 of water will force its way through 

 the air very nearly to the height of 

 the large body of water from which it 



