FLOWER-DE-LUCE 



FLOWEK-DE-LUCE. The origin of the Fleur-de-lis 

 of the French coat of arms is not known. Bj- some it is 

 supposed to represent the head of a spear, by others the 

 flower of a lil.y. It has also been derived from the 

 points of a rrowii and from several animal forms, as 

 bees and t<':i(i<. Aiii'.irfTiil\- tin' Iris has nothing to do 

 with the In raMir I'h iir-.li'-l i ^. This name as applied 

 to Iris is "f hiirr ur'iu'iii mm-I nf a purely botanical sig- 

 nifli'ance, rifiiiiiii; .liirilv to /. (ii rmnnica. See under 

 "Fleur," Larousse; Dictioiaaire du XIX Siecle, 8:450. 

 H. Hasselbring. 



FLOWER-FENCE, BAEBADOES. Poinciann pul- 

 cherrima. 



FLOWEE-OF-AN-HOUE. Hibiscus Trionum. 



FLOWEEING MAPLE, fiee AhutUon. 



FLY POISON. See Z//r/<(./f»HS. 



FOLIAGE PLANTS. A term used to designate plants 

 whii'h are grown for the general effect of their foliage 

 rather than for their flowers. The terra is indehnite. 

 In some cases, and more correctly, it is used for plants 

 with unique or interesting leaves — usually colored — as 

 coleus, Re.K begonia, peperoniia, calatln-a, farfugium. In 



and gracet'ul lial.il .- planl - ' .1 :' ' ' ' ' !m ir 



general haMt (|iili.- a- i ': i the 



individual l.-av.-s. (if tlii^ ia:,- i . ..■-, -, i.,!,,,-. 



grevillea, screw piue. araiicaiia aru kauiiig (.xaiiijiUs. 

 The latter class contains the most popular commercial 

 subjects, and they are much used in room and table 

 decorations. The plants are often rented for use in 

 temporary decorations. For the culture of Foliage 

 Plants, refer to the various genera. 



FONTANfiSIA (after Rem? Louiche Desfontaines, 

 prominent French botanist, 1752-1833, director of the 

 botanical garden at Paris). OteAcece. Ornamental de- 

 ciduous shrubs, with opposite, rather narrow, entire Ivs. 

 and whitish fls. in short, terminal panicles. They re- 

 tain the foliage unchanged until late in fall, and are well 

 adapted for shrubberies, growing in any good garden 

 soil. F. Fortunei is nearly hardy North, F. phillyrceo- 

 ides only half-hardy. Prop, readily by greenwood cut- 

 tings under glass in early summer ; also by layers, by 

 grafting on privet, and by seeds. Two species from 

 W. Asia and China. Glabrous shrubs, with slender, 

 quadrangular branches : fls. perfect ; calyx lobes and 

 petals 4 ; stamens 2, exceeding the petals : fr. a flat, 

 winged nutlet. 



Fdrtunei, Carr. (F. Califirnica, Hort.). Shrub, to 

 15 ft.: Ivs. Lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 shining, fjuite entire, 2—1 in. long: fls. in axillary and 

 terminal clusters, forming a narrow, leafy panicle: fr. 

 broad, oval or ovate, >i->3 in. long Ma\ June thma 

 E.H. 1859, p. 43. -Sometimes united with the following 

 to which it is superior by its more vigorous growth the 

 darker and larger foliage, and by the gieater hardmtss 



pMlIyraeoides, Lab. Shrub, to 10 ft hsovat. lincco 

 late or narrow-elliptic, mostly with rough minuteh den 

 ticulate margin, VA-2)4 in. long fls almost hi i the 

 former. W.Asia. L.B.C. 14 H08 Var angiistildlia, 

 Rehder (F. unqnstifUia, Dipp ) Lis narrow 1 mcto 

 late or oblong-lanceolate. Alfred Rehder 



F0BA6E PLANTS are treated only incidentally m this 

 work, as they belong to agriculture rather th in to hor 

 ticulture. They are mostly grass, s i I I i 



plants, and have a very large speci il I i It 



which can be obtained free from tli I -- 1 ] 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D C W i t il In 

 sion of Publications, 



FORCING 595 



plants grow. For example, begonias are not forced: we 

 endeavor to protect them and to give them the season 

 and the conditions under whi(di they grow in the wild. 

 Carnations when flowered in the winter are forced, be- 

 cause we transpose their seasons. Chrysanthemums 

 blooming in October and November are not forced : they 

 are only protected. Sometimes the word Forcing is used 



838. House constructed without rafters. 



in a very special sense, to denote the production of flowers 

 from bulbs or tubers in a very short time under the 

 influence of a very high temperature. Thus, the lily-of- 

 the-valley may be placed in a temperature of 90° or 

 above, and the large buds be forced to throw out their 

 flowers before the plant obtains a firm foot-hold on the 

 soil. 



A Forcing-house is a building in which plants are 

 forced; but the term has come to denote a simple glass- 

 house in which plants are grown onh for sale, in dls 

 tmcti n fi m private conservatories or more elaborate 

 stiuctuies which aie used foi the display of plants 

 See fr( I / cnse 



The Fcicmg mdustij in \i 1 1 Here 



tofoteit hns confined itstlf n which 



see) 1 lit 1 ot p lants vegetal 1 ii mg 



more and moie ittent n Tl rs are 



the rose cam t i 1 t I I irious 



bulbs The 1 imes 



Of vegetal 1 pecies 



IS lettuce 1 I er and 



radish Oth i itance 



as Forcing 1 10 1 I t lU i n t tuiit uulerglass 



FOECING. 



Properly, it ^ 

 outside tliiir- 

 guishes F<rn'ii 

 house, which 



orm d season This distm 

 Lirdinary purpose of the gliss 

 e the usual season m which 



. this countrv Very 



1 I ss mclosurc IS us 1 1 th t ) i t t the 

 I I I I r rnalle better r u t I i i ti truit 



1 1 t I nmuchaheidof Its) ii 1 ii of this 



t , 1 1 „1 isshouse giapes sn ,« I < i ii ti leally 

 f rc( d h wever the whole pen d of veg tition and 

 bloom being greatly foiwarded Much attention is now 

 given bv floiists to the Foicmg of hard^ plants, and 

 this IS one of the most delightful of h iticultuial opera- 

 tions foi the amateur Man> ct i i tn ] 1 ints can 

 be forced with the greatest s ti I 1 i tl e busi- 



ness IS usually confined to ii i] i I I 1 florists' 



plints 



The Forcing house should be ot llit nn) U -.t construe- 



