FRAXINELLA. 



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FRITILLARIA. 



may be more easily pushed down or drawn 

 up into its place when down. Frames 

 should be glazed with 21 -ounce glass. 



Fraxinel'la (at. ord. Ruta'cese). 



Handsome, free-flowering, hardy herba- 

 ceous plants, perennials, suitable for mixed 

 borders ; succeed in any common soil. 



Fraxinella, red, 2 ft., from South Europe. 

 white, 2 ft. 



French Beans. See Beans, Kidney. 



Freesia (not. ord. Irideae). 



The name given to a species of bulbs 



in August or September, in light rich soil 

 with plenty of sand. The pots should be 

 well drained. When potted, place under 

 a south wall and cover with ashes or cocoa- 

 nut fibre until the bulbs begin to grow. 

 Then remove the covering and transfer to a 

 cold frame. Water sparingly, but when 

 the plants are going out of blossom with- 

 hold water altogether, so that the foliage 

 may be induced to wither. Stow away the 

 bulbs in their own pots and leave them 

 there until August when they should be 

 repotted. The best known varieties are 

 Freesia Leichtlinii major, French white 

 with orange throat, and F. reftacta alba, 



FIG. 3. TWO-LIGHT GARDEN FRAME IN ISOMETRICAL PERSPECTIVE. 



from the Cape of Good Hope that form 

 pretty plants for the conservatory. They 

 can be increased without difficulty from 

 seed, that should be sown in five-inch pots, 

 as the freesia does not like transplanting, 

 the seedlings being thinned out so as to 

 leave five or six plants in each pot. The 

 seed should be sown, when ripe, in light 

 sandy loam on light soil mixed with sand, 

 and be placed in a cool frame exposed -to 

 the influence of the sun's rays. The blooms 

 exhale a delicious fragrance and are useful 

 and beautiful as cut flowers. Bulbs should 

 be potted, or re-potted as the case may be, 



pure white with yellow blotches on lower 

 petal. 



Fritilla'ria (nat. ord. Liiia'cse). 



A species of perfectly hardy bulbs, among 

 which is included the Crown Imperial. 

 Many of them, as for example, F. Meleagris, 

 or Snake's Head, have singularly marbled 

 flowers. They are very interesting and 

 pretty, succeeding in any common garden 

 soil, a deep rich loam suiting them best. 

 They do well and thrive in a deep rich 

 loam, and as they are not averse to shade, 

 they will grow in shaded situations. 



