FEL 



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FEB 



Composites [Asteracese} Linn., IQ-Syn- 

 genesia 2-Frustranea. Allied to Aster.) 



Natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Annuals, 

 sown in open border, in April ; evergreens re- 

 quire the protection of a cool greenhouse, and 

 may be easily raised by cuttings under a hand- 

 light, in May ; soil, chiefly sandy loam. 



HAEDY ANNUAL. 

 F. tene'lla (delicate). Violet. June. 17Gg. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 F. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 4. Lilac. May. 



1812. 

 glu'bra (smooth). 6. Blue. May. 1804. 



echina'ta (prickly). Yellow. May. 1820. 



refle'xa (bent-back). Red, white. February. 



1759. 



Some of the above have been described under 

 the genus Aster. 



FELWORT. Swe'rtia, 



FEMALE FERN. Asple'niumfi'lix-fce'mina. 



FENCES are employed to mark the 

 boundary of property, to exclude tres- 

 passers, either human or four-footed, and 

 to afford shelter. They are either live 

 fences, and are then known as hedges; or 

 dead, and are then either banks, ditches, 

 palings, or ivalls; or they are a union of 

 two, to which titles the reader is referred. 



FENNEL (Ane't/nimfceni'culum) in a dry 

 soil is longest- lived. It is propagated both 

 by offsets, partings of the root, and by 

 seed, any time between the beginning of 

 February and the end of April. The best 

 season for sowing is autumn, soon after 

 the seed is ripe, at which time it may 

 also be planted. 



Insert the plants a foot apart, and the 

 seed in drills, six or twelve inches asunder, 

 according as it is intended that the plants 

 are to be transplanted or to remain. 



When advanced to the height of four or 

 five inches, if they are intended for re- 

 moval, the plants are pricked out eight 

 inches apart, to attain strength for final 

 planting in autumn or spring. Water must 

 be given freely at every removal, and until 

 established, if the weather is at all dry. 



The stalks of those that are not required 

 to produce seed must be cut down as 

 often as they run up in summer. If this 

 is strictly attended to the roots will last 

 for many years ; but those which are 

 allowed to ripen their seed seldom endure 

 lor more than five or six. 



FENNEL-FLOWER. Nige'lla. 



FENUGREEK. Trignne'lla. 



FE'NZLIA. See DIANTHOI'DIS. 



FERNANDE'ZIA. (After Fernandez, a 

 Spaniard. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 dacefe]. Linn., %Q-Gynandrici l-Monan 

 dria. Allied to Brassla.) 



Stove orchids, with yellow flowers. Divisions ; 

 urfy peat and potsherds, raised in the pots, and 

 veil drained. Summer tern;)., 65 to 90, with 



moist atmosphere ; winter, 60, and drier. 



F. acu'ta (acute-leaned). . June- Trinidad. 1834. 



e'legans (.elegant). . June. Trinidad. 1817. 



longijo'lia (long-leaved). July. Merida. 



luni'fera(cTe&cent-lipped), July. Manilla. 1810. 



robu'sta (robust). May. Guatimala. 1841. 

 FERNE'LIA. (Named after J. Fernel, a 



French physician. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 "Cinchonacese]. Linn., k-Telrandria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Condalia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of firm young 

 shoots in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 Dottom-heat ; peat and loam, lumpy and sandy. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 to 55. 

 F. Imxifo'lia (box-leaved). Isle of France. 18l6. 



obova'ta (feversed-egg-/eaed). Isle of France. 



1816. 



FERO'NIA. (After Feronia, the goddess 

 of the groves. Nat. ord., Citronworts 

 [Aurantiacece]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to the Orange.) 



The young leaves, when bruised, are said to be 

 deliciously fragrant ; the flowers and wood also 

 partake of the fragrance of the orange and citron. 

 JStove evergreen. Cuttings of ripe young shoots 

 in spring or summer, in sandy peat, under a bell- 

 glass, and in bottom-heat ; loam, peat, rotten 

 dung, and a little sand. Bummer temp., 60 to 

 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 F. elepha'ntum (elephant-apple). 4. Blush. April. 



E. Ind. 1801. 



FERNS. STOVE FERNS. 



Propagation : by Division. Any species 

 of Fern that sends out stolons, or creep- 

 ing stems underground, readily increases 

 by division. This requires considerable 

 care. They should never be divided till 

 the parts to be separated have a portion of 

 roots to each. Turn the plants out of the 

 pots, and with a sharp knife divide the 

 plants into as many parts as have roots 

 and a small ball ; pot them into pots only 

 a little larger than the little ball ; drain 

 them well, give a gentle watering, and 

 place them in a shady place till they begin 

 to grow again, and send up fresh fronds. 



By Young Buds on the Fronds. Several 

 species produce miniature or embryo 

 plants on the fronds. These should be 

 pegged down in a pot filled with the 

 proper soil, and placed so near to the 

 parent plant as to allow the fronds to re- 

 main attached to it. When the buds 

 have made roots into the new soil, and 

 pushed forth some new fronds, they 

 should be detached from the parent, and 

 potted into 2f-inch pots, gently watered, 

 and placed in a shady place. Some few 

 kinds have thesebuds or knobs so strongly 

 developed, that they may, when in a 



