FAB [ 8 



heat, in April or May; loam and peat. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 :. amorphoi'des (amoniha-like). 15. Pale yel- 

 low. June. Mexico. 1838. 



F. 



FA'BA. Garden Bean. (From phago, 

 to eat. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn., I7-l)iadelphia -De- 

 candria.) 



Botanists place the Garden Bean among the 

 Vetches (Vi'cia) ; hut, for practical purposes, we 

 prefer keeping it distinct, under the old name, 

 which now gives the comprehensive designation 

 Fabaceae to this large assemblage of plants. 

 Hardy annual. For culture, see BEAN. 

 F. vulga'ris (common). 3. White. July. Egypt. 

 equi'na (horse). 3. Purple. July. 



FABA'GO. See ZYGOPHY'LLUM. 



FABIA'NA. (Named after F. Fabiano, 

 a Spaniard. Nat. ord., Nightshades 

 [Solanacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Vestia.) 



A half-hardy evergreen shrub, having the aspect 

 of a Cape Heath. Seeds in a hotbed, in March ; 

 cuttings of firm young shoots in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in April; set at first in a cold green- 

 house or pit, and then plunged in a mild bottom- 

 heat ; sandy peat. Winter temp., 40 to 48. ' 

 F. imbrica'ta (scaly). 3. White. May. Chili. 1838. 



FABRI'CIA. (Named after Fabricius, a 

 Swedish naturalist. Nat. ord., Myrtle- 

 blooms [Myrtaceae]. IAnn.,l2-Icosandria 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Leptospermum.) 



Like Melaleucas, Beaufortias, Eucalyptus, Me- 

 trosideros, and other Australian Myrtleblooms, 

 they are peculiarly adapted for winter gardens, 

 either under glass, or for planting against heated 

 conservatory walls. Australian evergreens. By 

 seeds in a hotbed ; but as the plants thus raised 

 are long in flowering, more generally by cuttings 

 of the young shoots getting firm in summer, un- 

 der a bell-glass, and in sand; saudy loam and 

 peat. Winter temp., 37 to 45. 

 F. Iceviga'ta (smooth-leaved), S. Yellow. June. 

 1788. 



myrtifv 'lia (myrtle-leaved). 3. Yellow. 



seri'cea (silky). 2. Yellow. 1820. 



stri'cta (erect). 3. June. 182;. 



FADYE'MA. (Named after Dr. Fadyen, 

 author of a Flora of Jamaica. Nat. ord., 

 Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn.,24-CVy/)/o 

 gamia l-Filices. Allied to Aspidium.) 



This must not be confounded with Endlicher' 

 Fadge'nia, which belongs to Garryads. Stove 

 Fern. Division ; loam and peat. See FKRNS. 

 F. proli'fera (proliferous). $. Brown. May. 

 Jamaica. 1843. 



FAGE'UA. (Named after Fagel, a 

 botanist. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plant* 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia 4-De- 

 candria. Allied to Cajana.) 



Greenhouse evergreen twiner. Seeds, steeped 



4 ] FAG 



in warm water, sown in light soil, and put in a 

 mild hotbed. Cuttings of the points of young 

 shoots before thty fjethard, in sand, undera bell- 

 glass ; peat and loam, both sandy and lumpy. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



F. bitumino'sa (pitchy). 4. Yellowish-purple. 

 June. Cape of Good Hope. 1/74. 



FAGOPY'RUM. (From phago, to eat, 

 and pyren, a kernel ; referring to the 

 triangular kernel of the nut. Nat. ord., 

 Buckwheats [Polygoniacese]. Linn., 8-Oc- 

 tandria'S-Trigynia. Allied to Polygonum.) 



Hardy annual. Seed in April. Common soil. 

 F. cymo'sum (cymed). Pink. July. Nepaul. 1827. 



FAGRJL'A. (Named after Dr. Fagraus. 

 Nat. ord., Zo^aniads [Loganiacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Logania. ) 



Loganiads stand foremost among the most 

 deadly poisons in the vegetable kingdom. Stove 

 evergreen trees. Cuttings of young shoots be- 

 ginning to get firm, in April, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, and in bottom-heat; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 F. obova'ta (reversed-egg-feaued). 20. White. 

 Silhet. 1816. 



Zeyla'nica (Ceylon). 12. White. Ceylon. 1816. 

 FA'GUS. The Beech. (From phago, to 



eat ; referring to the edible seeds. Nat. 

 ord., Mastworts [Corylaceaej. Linn., 21- 

 Moncecia Q-Polyandria.} 



By seeds, gathered in autumn, dried in the sun, 

 kept dry during the winter, and sown in light 

 soil, in March. They might be sown in the 

 autumn, only mice, &c., make havoc among them ; 

 loamy soil, over chalk, suits them well, as tha 

 roots* seldom run deep. The different varieties 

 are propagated by grafting in March and April. 

 The male catkins, when swept up, arc often 

 used for packing fruit, and filling piilows for the 

 poor man's bed. The morel and the truffle are 

 chiefly found under beeches. 



EVERGREENS. 



F. betuloi'des (birch-like). 50. Magellan. 1830. 

 Hardy. 



Cunningha'mii (Cunningham's). New Zea- 



land. 1843. Halt-hardy. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 

 F. anta'rctica (antarctic). 50. Magellan. 1830. 



castaneefo'lia (chestnut-leaved). June. N. 



Amer. 



Comptoniafo'lia (Comptonia-leaved). May. 

 ferrugi'nea (American rusty). 30. June. N. 



Amer. 1/66. 

 Carulinia'na (Carolina). Carolina. 



puipu'rea (purple). April. Germany. 



syloa'tica (annt/io* wood). 70. June. Britain. 



Aniei'ica'na (American). 100. May. N. 



Amer. 

 a'tro-ru'bens (dark-red-/eaed). SO. June 



crista'ta (crested-teawed). 30. May. 

 cu'prea (copper -coloured-Veaoed). 70. 



May, 



fu'tiis arge'nteis (silver-leaved). May. 

 fo'tiis au'rris (golden-leaved). June. 



. heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 40. April. 



May. 



inci'sa (cut- leaved). 10. June. 



pe'ndulu (pendulous). May. Gardens. 



