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this species strike as freely as any 

 of the other sorts ; but they require 

 care, as they are liable to damp off. 

 In some cases a single leaf has struck 

 the roots proceeding from the thick- 

 ened part at the base of the petiole. 

 F. arbor escens forms, in its native 

 country, a handsome low tree ; but 

 in England it proves much more 

 tender than the other species, and 

 succeeds best in the stove, where it 

 deserves a place on account of its 

 fine foliage and its terminal heads of 

 lilac flowers. It grows very freely 

 from cuttings, which often attain the 

 height of five or six feet in one year. 

 F. discolor is a very hardy species, 

 a native of Port Famine, near the 

 Straits of Magellan, but it is not 

 very handsome, from the dingy 

 colour of its flowers. F. cocclnea is 

 interesting from having been the 

 first Fuchsia grown in England, and 

 the only one grown in this country 

 for many years, it having been intro- 

 duced in 1788 ; while the oldest of 

 the others (F. gvdcilis) was not intro- 

 duced till 1823. F. coccinea should 

 be kept in the greenhouse. All the 

 Fuchsias hybridise freely with each 

 other, and vaiy very much from 

 seed, which most of the kinds ripen 

 every year. The fruit is a dark- 

 purple berry, which when ripe is 

 eatable. Among the Fuchsias that 

 have been introduced within the last 

 ten years may be mentioned F. 

 ^■orymbijldra, which is nearly hardy, 

 F. eximia, F. radicans, a creeping 

 or climbing plant like the Ivy, F. 

 macrdntha, F. serratifblia, F. 

 spUndens, F. dependens, and F. 

 spectdhilis, which last has been 

 called the Queen of the Fuchsias ; 

 besides innumerable hybrids. 



Fuma'ria. — Fumariacece. — 

 Pretty little plants with curiously- 

 shaped flowers, which grow best in 

 calcareous or sandy soils. The an- 

 nual kinds should be sown with other 



! annuals in March, April, or May ; 

 i and the perennial species are in- 

 creased by division of the root. 

 { Some of the kinds are now called 

 ; Corydalis, and some Dielytra. 

 } Fumitory. — See Fuma'ria, 

 ! Fu'neia. — HemerocalUddcea'. — 

 I The Japan Day Lily. — Bulbous- 

 j rooted plants that were formerly con- 

 sidered to belong to the genus Heme- 

 t rocallis. They are natives of China 

 I and Japan, and are grown in the 

 open air in England. F. cceruUa 

 is quite hardy, and will grow any- 

 where, but F. alba requii-es a warm 

 dry border, as do the newly -intro- 

 duced species. They are all very 

 ornamental, and some of them are 

 fragrant. 



Furze. — See Flex. 



r^A'GEA. — Asphodddcece. — • 

 ^ Pretty little European bulbous 

 plants, generally -with small dingy . 

 yellow flowers. They should be 

 grown in sandy soil, and will not | 

 require taking up in winter. The : 

 plants belonging to this genus were ' 

 formerly considered to belong to 

 Ornithogalum. Gagea liitea or 

 fasciciddris is a British plant. I 



Gailla^rdia. — Compositce. — 

 Very showy herbaceous plants, i 

 natives of America, some of which i 

 are annuals, and others perennials, i 

 They grow best in peat soil. G. j 

 Drummondii or picfa, and G. 

 pidchella, or bicolor, as it is called ; 

 in the seed-shops, are annuals ; and 

 their seeds should be sown on a 

 slight hotbed in February or March; 

 or in the open ground in the same 

 months, and covered with a hand- 

 glass, or a flower-pot turned over 

 them, to preserve them if the wea- 

 ther should be frosty when they 

 come up. It is necessary to sow 

 the seeds of these plants in Feb- 

 ruary or March, as they are a long 



