THE NUR^R'* LIST. ^ 



Flax. See Linum. 



Flower-de-Luce (Fleur-de-Lis}. See Iri<= 



Fontanesia. Oleacece. 



Layers are used ; also cuttings, planted under a hand-glass 

 in autumn. Or it may be grafted on the privet. 



Forget-me-not. See Myosotis. 



Forsythia (Golden Bell). Oleacece. 



Propagated extensively by green cuttings in summer, in a 

 frame ; also grown from ripe cuttings taken in fall and win- 

 ter, and planted in the open air in early spring. 



Fothergilla. Hamamehdcce. 



Propagated by seeds, sown in spring in a peaty soil ; by 

 layers. 



Four-o'clock. See Mirabilis. 

 Foxglove. See Digitalis. 

 Fragaria. See Strawberry. 

 Franciscea. See Brunfelsia. 

 Francoa. Saxifragece. 



Seeds, sown in early spring in a cool frame. Also by 

 division. 



Frangula. See Rhamnus. 



Frankenia, including Beatsonia, Hypericopsis. Frankeniacece. 



Increased by seeds and divisions. 

 Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. 

 Fraxinus (Ash). Oleacece. 



Propagated chiefly by seeds, which should be stratified. 

 The named sorts are budded upon seedling stocks if the sorts 

 are upright growers, or top-grafted if they are weepers. Both 

 the European and American species are used for stocks. 



Freesia. Iridece. 



Increased readily by seed, sown as soon as ripe in pots of 

 light, sandy soil, and placed in a sunny position, in a cool 

 frame. By bulbeJs. 



Fremontia. Malvaceae. 



Seeds may be used ; or cuttings, in spring, may be struck 

 under a hand-glass 



