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vary above 3° in fourteen hours, dur- 

 ing which time it required no atten- 

 tion, and tiie cost of the fuel did not 

 exceed twopence in twenty-four hours. 

 When slight storms occurred, a cover- 

 ing of Russia-mats was substituted in 

 lieu of fire-heat, which is always, to 

 a certain degree, injurious to green- 

 house plants, but more particularly so 

 to heaths, a class of plants which, when 

 cultivated in properly constructed pits, 



Whitney's or Tanner's conipositiona; 

 or the gardener may employ the follow- 

 ing preparation : — 



"Old pale linseed oil, three pints; 

 sugar of lead (acetate of lead), one 

 ounce; white resin, four ounces. Grind 

 the acetate with a little of the oil, then 

 add the rest and the resin. Incorpo- 

 rate thoroughly in a large iron pot over 

 a gentle fire ; and, with a large brush, 

 apply hot to a fine calico stretched 



have a decidedly more healthy appear- , loosely previously, by means of tacks. 



ance than those grown in green- 

 houses." — Card. Chron. 



Shelter for the Glass. — In proportion 

 to the number of lights, matting for 

 shading and sheltering must be at hand. 

 The usual mode of covering at night is 



upon the frame. On the following day 

 it is fit for use, and may be either done 

 over a second time, or tacked on tightly 

 to remain." — Gard. Chron. 



The quantity made according to this 

 recipe will be sufficient for about 100 



by laying on mats, and over these litter, ' square feet of calico. — Johnson's Gard 



Almanack. 



FRANCISCEA unijlora. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



FRANCOA. Three species. Hardy 



thickness according to the severity 

 of the season. Some gardeners lay 

 hay immediately in contact with the 

 glass, and over this the mats. Every, 



person conversant with these modes of > herbaceous. Seed. Common light soil 

 shelter is aware of their inconvenience. ! FRANKENIA. Nine species. Chief 

 In rainy weather they soon become ly hardy evergreen trailers. Cuttings 

 wet, and rapidly chill the beds ; added 

 to which, the trouble caused in placing 

 and removing them, and the danger to 

 the glass from the stones laid on as a 



Loam and sandy peat. 



FRANKINCENSE. Pinus tcoda. 



FRAXINUS. The ash-tree. Forty- 

 one species. Hardy deciduous trees, 

 resislance to the wind, are by no means I Seed, or budding or grafting on the 



inconsiderable 



Mr. Seton, to obviate these incon- 

 veniences, employs a particular cover- 

 ing, which he constructs of four laths, 

 two of such a length as to exceed a 

 little that of the frame, and the others 



common ash [F.eicelsio)). 



FREE-STONE peaches and necta- 

 rines, the flesh of which p^rts readily 

 from the stone. 



FRENCH BEAN. See Kidney Bean. 



FRENCH MARIGOLD. Tagetes 



in a similar manner that of its breadth. \ patula. 



These are bound together at right 

 angles, so as to form a parallelogram 

 of the form and size of the frame ; and 

 pieces are bound across this at a foot 

 apart from each other. Over this a 

 mat is spread, and over the mat a layer 

 of straw is fastened, laid on level like 

 thatch, from three to six inches thic 



FRIESIA peduncular is. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Turfy 

 loam and peat. 



FRINGE TREE. Chionanthvs. 



FRITILLARIA. Fritillary. Twenty- 

 three species, besides varieties. Hardy 

 bulbs. Offsets. Sandy soil. 



' The season for planting or trans- 



as may appear necessary. If the i planting all these bulbs is when their 

 breadth of the frame is, or exceeds, flower-stalks are decayed, in July or 

 four feet, it is best to have the covering ; beginning of August, though the bulbs^ 

 in two parts, otherwise it becomes taken up at that time may be kept, if 

 weak and unwieldy. These panels, ! necessary, by being laid in dry sand ; 

 as they may be called, Mr. Seton also | but the fritillary {F. pyrenaica) and 

 employs in preserving tender plants [ Persian lily (F. Prrs/cfl) arc rather more 

 through the winter. A pit of frames, I impatient, out of the earth, than the 

 earthed up all round, and covered with I crown imperial (F. imperialis), and 

 one of them, or two or three if needful, j therefore should always be put in again 



is completely impervious to frost. 

 Substitutes for glass. — Oiled paper 



as soon as possible. 



Propagation of all the species. — The 



was formerly employed ; but this has general mode of propagation of all 

 been superseded by linen dressed with ! these plants is by offsets, which may he 



