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shade of purple, and also some with rosy pink varia- 

 gated Ivs. Var. purpurea p^ndula, Hort., has purple 

 Ivs. and pendulous l.raii.-h.-. Imt is of slow growth. 

 Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, ha- y.AU.w t,.Iiage. Less important 

 varieties, but sonntiin. - _'i-.iv. m. ai.- the following : Var. 

 cristita, Lodd., with .h. ply t...ithcd, curled, small and 

 clustered Ivs. : of slow growth. Var. incisa, liort. Simi- 

 lar to var. heterophylhi. I>vit Ivs. less 

 deeply cut. Var. macrophylla, Hort. 

 Lvs. large, to 5 in. long. \ar. quercoides, 

 Pers. (var. quereifoli" . 11 

 deeply toothed and sinuate 



PELICIA 



571 



With 



tuosa, 

 form, with twisted 

 and conto'rted 

 branches and small 



Alfred Rehder. 

 Both in Europe and the eastern U. S. the Beech 

 forms extensive forests. It is to-day the common hard- 

 wood tree of Central Europe, particularly in Denmark 

 and Germany, raised as pure growth or mixture. It re- 

 quires a loamy, preferably calcareous soil, shuns poor 

 sand and swamp, ascends to 3,500 ft. in the Alps; pre- 

 fers north and east exposures, endures much shade, 

 protects and improves the soil, and produces large 

 amounts of wood' per acre. The wood is heavy (sp. gr. 

 0.65-0.75) hard, straight grained, of close texture, not 

 durable. Beech is not used as building lumber, but is 

 extensively used for ordinary wooden ware, furniture, 

 wheelwright and cooperage stock. p. Roth, 



Double forms of Ba- 



FAIRY LILY. Cooperia iiedunciilata . 

 FANWOKT See Cabomba 



FAKFUGIUM. See Sen 



K(pmpfe: 



YhTSlik (from a Japanese name) AialiAcetf. This 

 genus IS doublv interesting as producing the famous 

 rice paper of the Chinese, and two superb rivals of the 

 castor oil plant in bold, subtropical effects, made by 

 large lvs. which spread out like fingers Fatsia has 1 

 species of trees or small shrubs belonging to the Pam\ 

 series, m which the petals .in \ ih iti while m the 

 Aralia series they are m<ir i 1 | | iii-' but tin 



sides affixed at the ba^i I i \ n ^, 



Panax itself has the p I 1 in'l i th. 



flower, while m ^^tsl1 iti i i ' ] In t 1 is 



contmumi tli tl i^ ^ ^ I u-lncllrum 



thehanii i ' ' v mthopauax 



by the .;. 



Whil. 1 

 hardy Ai i tl 



highly distill, t 

 denmgS HJ, wli i 1 



"This plant prod 

 rice paper . it gi t 



diam , full of whitt \ ith lik 

 specimen the pith is about 

 into pieces 3 m. long, and bv the aid of a sharp instru- 

 ment is unrolled, forming the thin, narrow sheets known 

 as rice paper, greatly used by the Chinese for drawing 

 figures of plants and animals', and also for making arti- 

 ficial flowers. Until about 1850 the source of this sub- 

 stance was unknown to scientists. The Chinese, on in- 



st\les 



i\ s of Ji". papyiif 

 1 substance knov i 

 I with a stem 4 in 1 1 

 kler; in a full grn-nn 

 1 diam. It is divided 



quiry, gave very fanciful figures and descriptions of it. 

 * * * It is destined to be a people's plant, as one- 

 half inch of the root will grow and form a good plant 

 the first season. It has survived most winters for the 

 past five years in Washington, D. C." 



As associates in groups of bold-habited plants, F. W. 

 Burbidge (Gn. 45, p. 321) suggests Polijgoiium Sacha- 

 Hiieiise, Chamarops Fortunei and Bodgersia podo- 

 phyjhi. For contrast with feathery and cut-leaved foli- 

 age, he suggests bamboos, aucubas, cut-leaved maples 

 and various ivies. For culture nf Fa'^i:: - n- n-iaenhouse 

 plants, see Aralia. The two •■' ! : ^ are un- 

 armed. J'. /lOJTi'da, from west. I » ; , i- a spiny 

 plant cult, abroad. Siebert au.i \ ihat most 



of the plants sold as Fatai'i ./ ', / a..- Aralia 



spinosa. These plants like shade. Full sunlight for 

 an hour or two in early morning is enough. They 

 should have a shelter-spot, where the wind will not 

 whip their foliage. 



papyrifera,Benth. &'E.on]i.{ArAliapapyrlfera,Sook.). 

 II. i-l.t :,-7 ft.: branches and young lvs. covered with 

 St. Hat.', 111. .re or less deciduous down: mature lvs. reach- 

 ing 1 ft. I..ug, cordate, 5-7-lobed ; lobes acute, serrate ; 

 sinus very deep: fls. inconspicuous, white, in sessile, 

 globose clusters. Formosa. B.M. 4897. A. P. 7:385. 

 Gng. 5:133. Gn. 45, p. 321. 



Jap6mca,Decne. & Planch. (4r57m JapSnica, Thunb., 

 not Hort.? A. Sieboldii, Hort.}. Lvs. downy at first, 

 finally shining green: fls. in umbels. Jap., China.— 

 Abroad are cult, forms with white or golden margins 

 and a form reticulated with gold markings. -^ ji_ 



FEATHER GERANIUM. Chenopodiin,, Bntrys. 



FEIJOA Sellowiana is considered a promising fruit 

 plant in S. France. The frs. are about 2H in. long, 2 in. 

 thick, and 4-celled. The flesh is thick, white, pulpy and 

 watery, with a sugary taste, resembling the pineapple 

 and the guava, and with a strong, agreeable odor. Int. 

 1890 from La Plata. R.H. 1898:264. G.C. III. 24:451. 

 Gn. 54, p. 208. Order Myrtdcece. 



FELlCIA (for Herr Felix, a German official). Com- 

 p6sitce. Much like Aster, from which it differs in having 

 pappus bristles in one series, and in other technical 

 characters. Forty to 50 herbs or subshrubs in Afr. 



805 Good spcci 



amellddes, Voss, (Ciner&ria amelMdes, Linn. Aster 

 otiiiHlifoliii.^, Thunb. A. Caphisis, Less. Agathaa 

 Tle'slis, Cass. B. rotundifolia, Xess. A. amelloldes. 



