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FEN 



under a bell-glass, in bottom heat ; peat and 

 loam, both fibry, with silver sand, and lumps 

 of charcoal. 



F. odorati'ssima (most-fragrant). 6. White. 

 West Indies. 1793. 



FARI'NA, a name for the pollen or 

 fertilizing dust produced by the anthers, 

 or male organs, of a flower. 



FARM-YARD MANURE. See Dung. 



FARSE'TIA. (Named after Farseti, 

 an Italian botanist. Nat. ord., Cmci- 

 fcrs [Brassicacete]. Linn., \b-Tetra- 

 dynamia. Allied to Alyssum.) 



Hardy annuals sow in border in March or 

 April ; hardy perennials by division and seeds; 

 half-hardy evergreens by cuttings, under a 

 hand-light, in May, in sandy loam. Sandy 

 loam ; good for rockworks and mounds. The 

 half-hardy should have the protection of a pit 

 in winter. 



F. cheimnthifo'lia (Wall - flower - leaved). 1 . 

 Yellow. July. Levant. 1818. Annual. 



clypca'ta (buckler podded). 14. Yellow. 



July. South Europe. 1596. Her- 

 baceous perennial. 



HALF-HARD Y EVERGREENS. 



F. cheiranthoi'des (Stock-like). 1. White, 

 purple. July. Levant. 1788. 



erioca'rpa (woolly-fruited). 1. Yellow. July. 



Greece. 1820. 



lunarioi'des (Lunaria-like). 1. Yellow. July. 



Archipelago. 1731. 



suffrutico'sa (sub-shrubby). 1. Violet. April. 



Persia. 1823. 



FEABERRY. A local name for the 

 Gooseberry, 



FEATHERS. See Animal Matters. 



FE'DIA. (A word of unknown origin. 

 Nat. ord., Valeriantvorts [Valerianaceffi]. 

 Linn., 2-Diandria l-Monoyynia t Allied 

 to Centranthus.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds, in the open border, 

 in April. 



F. cornuco'picc (cornucopia-fruited). 1. Red. 

 July. South Europe. 1796. 



gracUiflo'rtt (slender-flowered). A. Pink. 



July. Algiers. 



FELI'CIA. ( From fdix, happy; from 

 their cheerful appearance. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracere]. Linn,, U)-Si/ii- 

 yenesia '2-Fnislranea. Allied to Asters.) 



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. 



HARDY ANNUAL. 



F; tene'lla (delicate). Violet. June. 1769. 

 2-3 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



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



May. 1812. 

 gla'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 de- 

 scribed under the genus Aster. 



FASCICLE is the name applied to 

 flowers on small stalks variously sub- 

 divided and attached to one flower- 

 stem, and collected into a close bundle, 

 level at the top, as in the Sweet Wil- 

 liam. 



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 Jicdyes, 

 or dead, and are then either lanks, 

 flitches, palings, or walls ; or they are a 

 union of two, to which titles the reader- 

 is referred. 



FENNEL (Ane'lhum fanii'cuhmi) in a 

 dry soil is longest-lived. It is propa- 

 gated 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 

 removal, 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 re- 

 quired to produce seed must be cut 

 down as often as they run up in sum- 

 mer. If this is strictly attended to the 

 the roots will last for many years ; but 

 those which are allowed to ripen their 

 seed seldom endure for more than five 

 or six. 



