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dale, should be consulted. The first crop of figs grows 
on wood of the preceding year; the last crop, how- 
ever, on wood of the current year. Varieties of partic- 
ular excellence are known from Genoa, Savoy, Mil- 
aga, Andalusia. 
Flemingia tuberosa, Dalzell.— Western India. The 
tubers of this herb are said to be edible. Another 
species, F. vestita, ison record as cultivated in North- 
western India for its small esculent tubers. 
Feeniculum officinale, Allioni.—The Fennel. Med- 
iterranean regions, particularly on lime-stone soil. A 
perennial or biennial herb, of which two primary 
varieties occur—the so-called sweet variety having 
fruits almost twice as large as the other. The herb 
and fruits are in use as condiments, and the latter 
also for medicine. The fruitsare rich in essential oil, 
containing much anethol. 
Fourcroya Cubensis, Haworth. — West India and 
continental tropical America. A smaller species than 
the following, but equally utilized for fiber and im- 
penetrable hedges. . flavo-viridis, Hooker, from 
Mexico, is still smaller. 
Fourcroya gigantea, Ventenat.—Central America. 
With species of Yucca, Agave, Dracgena, Cordyline, 
Phormium, Doryanthes, and this and a few other Fur- 
croyas, we have gigantic liliaceous plants available 
industrially for fiber. Frost injures the leaves of this 
species. Svape up to 30 feet high. 
Fourecroya longeva, Karw. and Zuec. — High 
mountains of Guatemala and Mexico, at an eleva- 
tion of about 10,000 feet. One of the most gigantic 
and magnificent of all liliaceous or amaryllideous 
plants, in volumen only surpassed by Dracena Draco, 
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