THE 



DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



En Enc^clopsebia of Ibovticulture. 



The following are the Abbreviations used : fl. flowers ; fr. fruit ; /. leaves ; h. height ; (ley. degrees ; 



rhiz. rhizomes ; can. caudex ; sti. stipes. 

 The Asterisks (*) indicate plants that are especially good or distinct. 



FABA (the old Latin name, from the same root as 

 phago, to eat; the seeds are esculent). Bean. ORD. 

 Leguminosce. This genus, which contains but the species 

 described below, is now included under Vicia. For 

 culture, see Bean. 



F. vulgarls (common), fl. white, with a blackish-blue silky spot 

 in the middle of the wings. I. thick, with two to five broad, oval, 

 mucronate leaflets ; stipules semi-sagittate, oval ; tendrils of 

 leaves almost wanting, h. 2ft. to 3ft. As is the case with so 

 many commonly cultivated food plants, the origin and native 

 country of the Bean are doubtful. It was cultivated in pre- 

 historic times in Europe, Egypt, and Arabia ; and, according to 

 De Candolle (" Origine des plantes cultivees "), it may be truly 

 native about the Caspian Sea and in North Africa, There is a 

 variety of this species (equina) called the Horse Bean. 

 FABACE2E. See Leguminosa. 

 FABIANA (named after Francisco Fabiano, of 

 Valencia, in Spain, a promoter of botany). ORD. Sola- 

 naceoe. A genus containing about eleven species of South 

 American shrubs. F. imbricata is a very pretty hardy 

 evergreen Heath-like shrub, of erect, rigid growth. It 

 thrives in almost any soil, and succeeds best when grown 

 against a wall ; in the more northern counties of England, 

 it is necessary to protect it during severe weather. In- 

 creased readily by cuttings of firm young shoots, inserted 

 in sandy soil, in a cold frame, in spring. 

 F. imbricata (imbricated).* fl. pure white, terminal, solitary, 

 produced in great profusion ; corolla funnel-shaped ; limb short, 

 reflexed. May. I. small, ovate, sessile, crowded, h. 3ft. Chili, 

 1838. This forms an excellent plant for the hardy Heath border, 

 or for the decoration of the cool conservatory. (B. B. xxv. 59.) 



FABRICIA. Now included under Leptospermum 

 (which see). 



FADYENIA (named after James MacFadyen, 1800- 

 1850, author of a Flora of Jamaica). ORD. Filices. A 

 peculiar and pretty monotypic genus, admirably adapted 

 for a Wardian case. Sori oblong, in two series. In- 

 volucre large, sub-reniform, attached by the centre. For 

 general cultivation, see Ferns. 

 F. prolifera (proliferous).* fronds entire, dimorphous ; the sterile 



ones fin. to lin. broad, elongated, and rooting at the apex ; fertile 



one ligulate, narrowed below, 6in. to 9in. long, about Jin. broad. 



Cuba and Jamaica, 1843. 



FAGELIA (named after Caspar Fagelius, a cultivator 

 of plants). ORD. Leguminosce. An ornamental decumbent, 

 greenhouse, twining sub-shrub, clothed with clammy hairs. 

 For culture, see Kennedya. 



F. bituminosa (pitchy), fl. yellow, keel tipped with violet, on 

 long, distant pedicels; racemes axillary. April to September. 

 I. petiolate, pinnately-trifoliolate ; leaflets rhomboid ; stipules 

 ovate, acuminated. Cape of Good Hope, 1774. (B. B. 261, under 

 name of Glycine bituminosa.) 



FAGOPYRUM (from phago, to eat, and Pyros, 

 Wheat; in reference to the seeds being edible). ORD. 

 PolygonacecB. A genus of two or three hardy herbaceous 

 plants. Perianth cut into five equal divisions, and not 

 increasing in size along with the fruit, like some of 

 its allies. Seed mealy. Leaves cordate or lanceolate. 

 Stems erect, branching. The only species worthy of 

 mention is F. esculentum. For culture, see Folygonnm. 

 F. esculentum (edible). Common Buckwheat ; Brank. fl. pink. 

 Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, branched. Central Asia; but now na- 

 turalised in various parts of Europe. Annual. Buckwheat is 

 principally used in England as a food for pheasants ; but on the 

 Continent, and in some parts of the United States, it is largely 

 employed for human food. 



FAGBJEA (named after Jonas Theodore Fagraeus, 

 1729-1797, a physician and botanist). STNS. Cyrto- 

 phyllum, Kentia (of Steudel), KuUia, Picrophlceum, and 

 Utania. ORD. Loganiaceoe. A genus containing about 

 thirty species of ornamental stove trees or shrubs. 

 Flowers showy ; corolla funnel-shaped, with an imbricate, 

 five (rarely six or seven) cleft limb. Leaves large, op- 

 posite, broad, coriaceous. The species thrive in a com- 

 post of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings of young shoots, 

 made about April, root readily in sand, under a bell 

 glass, with bottom heat. The species described below 

 are probably the only ones yet in cultivation. 

 F. auriculata (auricled).* fl. yellow, very large ; peduncles ter- 

 minal, usually by threes. I. coriaceous, broad, cuneate-oblong, 

 acute, veiny ; interpetiolar stipules two-lobed, recurved. Java. 

 An epiphytal shrub. 



F. obovata (obovate). /. white, fragrant, coriaceous, smaller 

 than those of F. zeylanica ; peduncles terminal, three-flowered, 

 sub-corymbose. 1. 5in. to 6in. long, thick ; petioles furnished 

 with a few glandular ciliw, connected by interpetiolar stipules 

 h. 12ft. Ceylon, 1816. Tree. (B. M. 4205.) 



