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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Furcraea continued. 



rosette, lanceolate, 4ft. to 6ft. long; margin usually entire. 

 Trunk 2ft. to 4ft. high. South America, 1690. SYN. F. foelida. 

 See Figs. 64 and 65. 



FIG. 64. FURCK^A GIGANTEA. 



longaeva (long-lived).* fl. whitish ; scape 30ft. to 40ft. long ; 

 ranches spreading, compound. I. numerous, in a dense rosette, 

 inceolate, 4ft. to 5ft. long. Tri ' ' . . . - 



brand 



lanceolate, '4ft. to "5ft. long. Trunk 



wild state, said to reach 40ft. to 50ft., in height. Mexico,' 1833. 

 Ihis is probably the handsomest species of the genus; it is per- 

 fectly hardy in the open at the Scilly Isles, where it has W 

 quently flowered. (B. M. 5519.) 

 F. pugioniformis (dagger-shaped). A synonym of F. elegans. 



F \S?y oa> ( Sell ?'s)- / w Wte, tinged with green; scape 15ft. to 

 16ft. long ; panicle 3ft. broad. I. thirty to forty in a dense rosette, 

 lanceolate, 3ft. to 4ft. long; margin with upcurved brown ntMi 

 about Jin. long. Trunk none or scarcely any. (B. M. 6148.) 



F. undulata (waved).* /. all drooping, usually in pairs ; perianth 

 pale green ; segments narrow-oblong, obtuse, obtusely keeled 

 down the centre. November. I. forming a flat crown 3in. in 

 diameter, not very numerous, strict, spreading, thick, ensifonn 

 long acuminate, terminated by a pungent chestnut- brown spine 

 obscurely keeled at the back, which is scabrid ; margin sub- 

 umlulate, with incurved chestnut-coloured stout spines. Stem 

 none, or very short, h. 10ft. Mexico, 1868. (B. M. 6160.) 



FURFURACEOUS. Scaly, mealy, scurfy. 

 FURNACES. See Fuel and Furnaces. 

 FURZE. See Ulex europseus. 



FUSIFORM. Spindle-shaped, like the root of a 

 Carrot. 



GJERTNERA (named after Dr. Joseph Gaertner, a 

 celebrated German botanist, 1732-1791). STNS. Frutesca, 

 Sykesia. ORD. Loganiaceco. A genus containing about 

 twenty-five species of handsome stove glabrous shrubs 

 or trees, natives of West Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, 

 and the Malayan Islands and Peninsula. Flowers white, 

 green, or rose-coloured ; in some species, not unlike 

 those of the common Privet, and arranged in a similar 

 manner ; in others, disposed in compact terminal heads ; 

 and in others in corymbs ; calyx usually very minute. 

 Leaves opposite, entire, coriaceous, penniveined. They 

 thrive in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings of 

 firm shoots, made in April, will root, if inserted in sand, 

 under a hand glass, in heat. The species here described 

 are those best known in cultivation. 



G. obtusifolia (obtuse-leaved), fl. composed of five petals, the 

 lower two more expanded, the upper three completely reflexed, 

 the uppermost one has a rosy tinge round a yellowish base, 

 the other four are white ; fragrant. March. 1. oblong, obtuse. 

 h. 20ft. China, 1810. A large shrub. 



G. racemosa (racemose).* fl. somewhat resembling 0. oUusifolia, 

 but larger, more beautiful, and exceedingly fragrant ; exterior 

 petals oblong. April. I. ovate-oblong, acute. Various parts of 

 India, 1793. A very handsome species. (A. B. R. 600.) 



GAG-EA (named after Sir Thomas Gage, a British 

 botanist, who died at Borne in 1820). ORD. Liliacece. A 

 genus of about a score species of hardy bulbs, natives of 

 Europe, temperate Asia, and Northern Africa; formerly 



FIG. 65. BRANCH OF INFLORESCENCE, AND SINGLE FLOWER, OF 

 FURCR^A GIGANTKA. 



