THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Fedia continued. 



and the seedlings planted out thickly in the latter part 

 of April, at which time seed may also be sown in the 

 open border. 



FIG. 4. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FEDIA CORNUCOPIA. 



F. Cornucopioe (Cornucopia-like).* fl. red, corymbose, in 

 fascicles ; peduncles thickened, flstular. July. I. ovate-oblong, 

 toothed ; lower ones petiolate, upper ones sessile. Stem purplish. 

 h. 6in. South Europe, &c., 1796. See Fig. 4. (B. R. 155, under 

 name of Valeriana Cornucopia.) 



FEEA. See Trichomanes. 



FELICIA (from felix, happy ; in allusion to the cheer- 

 ful appearance of the plants). ORD. Compositce. A genus 

 of about forty-five species of dwarf-growing sub-shrubs 

 (rarely annual herbs), two of which are from Abyssinia, 

 and all the rest from Southern Africa. Felicia is very 

 nearly allied to Aster. Flower-heads radiate ; ray-florets 

 blue or white, the disk yellow; involucre hemispheric or 

 broadly bell-shaped, with from two to a large number 

 of series of narrow, imbricated, scarious-edged bracts. 

 Leaves alternate, entire or toothed. The shrubby species 

 like cool greenhouse treatment, and flourish in sandy peat. 

 Propagated by seeds ; or by cuttings, struck in sandy soil, 

 under a bell glass. 



F. fruticosus (shrubby).* fl.-heads solitary, upon terminal, soli- 

 tary, naked, very slender peduncles ; ray-florets purple, linear, 

 acute, with one or two serratures at the margin ; centre florets 

 yellow, tubular; involucre ovate-cylindrical, of several linear- 

 oblong, closely imbricated scales. May. 1. spreading, linear, 

 approaching to spathulate, impressed with dots ; margin cmite 

 entire and recurved. Stem woody, much branched in a zigzag 

 manner, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Cape of Good Hope. (B. M. 2718, under 

 name of Aster fruticosus.) 



F. reflcxa (reflexed). jl.-heads red, white, terminal, closely re- 

 sembling the common Daisy. Winter. I. ovate, sub-imbricate, 

 recurved, ciliate. h. lift, to 3ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1790. 

 Shrubby. (B. M. 884, under name of Aster reflexus.) 



FELWORT. See Swertia. 



FEMALE FERN. A common name of Asplenium 

 Filix-fcemiiia (which see). 



FENCES. See Hedges. 



FENESTRATE. Having a hole or gap through 

 a membrane, and so resembling a window in a wall. 



FENNEL (Fceniculum vulgare). A hardy perennial 

 herb, native of temperate Europe, North Africa, and 

 Western Asia, now become naturalised in some parts of 

 this country. It is cultivated for the use of its leaves 

 in fish sauces and for garnishing. The stalks are some- 



Fennel continued. 



times blanched, and eaten either boiled or raw. The 

 seeds are also used for flavouring. Fennel (see Fig. 5) 

 may be easily propagated by seeds or by division. The 

 former may either be sown in drills 15in. apart, and the 



FIG. 5. FENNEL. 



plants afterwards thinned to a similar distance, or be 

 sown in a bed, and transplanted when large enough. If 

 seeds are not required, the tops should be occasionally 

 removed, as this will encourage the production of 

 young leaves. A plantation will last for several years. 



FENNEL FLOWER. See Nigella. 



FENNEL, GIANT. See Ferula. 



FENUGREEK. See Trigonella Fcenum-Graj- 

 cu.ni. 



FENZLIA. This genus is now included under Gilia 

 (which see). 



FERDINANDA. This genus is now included under 

 Zaluzania (which see). 



FEREIRIA. See Hillia. 



FERNANDEZIA (named after George Garcias 

 Fernandez, a Spanish botanist). ORD. Orchidece. A small 

 genus of epiphytal stove orchids, allied to Brassia. They 

 are not of much horticultural beauty. The species best 

 known is F . robusta. For culture, see Brassia. 



F. robusta (robust), fl. bright yellow, barred and spotted with 

 red on the lower portion of the lip ; sepals oblong apiculate, bent 

 backwards; petals ovate, obtuse, stretching a little forwards; 



lip longer and larger than the petals, three-lobed. May. I. keeled, 

 liin. long, sharp at the extremities. Guatemala, 1841. This, 

 the largest species of Fernandezia, is closely allied to Lockhartia 

 lunifera, figured in Reichenbach's "Xenia." (B. M. 5592.) 



FERNELIA (named after J. F. Fernel, 1497-1558, 

 physician to Henry II. of France). ORD. Rubiacece. A 

 genus containing four species of small glabrous stove ever- 

 green shrubs, having much the habit of Box. Pedicels 

 axillary, very short, bracteolate, one-flowered; corolla 

 small. Leaves opposite, small, coriaceous, shortly petio- 

 late, obovate-oblong, or sub -orbicular. The species de- 

 scribed below requires treatment similar to Rondeletia 

 (which see). 

 F. buxifolia (Box-leaved). /., lobes of the corolla obtuse. 



Berry obovate, crowned by the subulate lobes of the calyx. 



I. five to six lines long, and three to four broad, h. 1ft. to 3ft. 



Mauritius, 1816. 



