FEN 



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FEE 



FENNEL-FLOWER. Niye'lla. 



FENUGREK. Triyone'lla. 



FE'NZLIA. See JDiauthoi'dis. 



FERNANDE'ZIA. (After Fernandez, a 

 Spaniard. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 dacese]. Linn., 20-Gynandria l-Monan- 

 dria. Allied to Brassia.) 



Stove orchids, with yellow flowers. Divi- 

 sions ; turfy peat and potsherds, raised in the 

 pots, and well drained. Summer temp., 65 to 

 90, with moist atmosphere ; winter, 60, and 

 drier. 



F. acu'ta (acute leaved). &. June. Trinidad. 

 1834. 



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



1817. 



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



luni'f era (crescent-lipped). July. Manilla. 



1840. 



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



FERNE'LIA. (Named after J. Fernel, 

 a French physician. Nat. ord., Cin- 

 chonads [Cinchonacese]. Linn., 4-7V- 

 trandia \-Monoyynia. Allied to Con- 

 dalia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of firm 

 young shoots in May, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and in bottom heat ; peat and loam, 

 lumpy and sandy. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; 

 winter, 50 to 55. 

 F. buxifo'lia (box-leaved). Isle of France. 1816. 



obova'ta (reversed - egg - leaved). Isle of 



France. 1816. 



FERO'NIA. (After Feronia, the god- 

 dess of the groves. Nat. ord., Citron- 

 worts [Aurantiacese]. IQ-Decandria 

 \-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. Stove 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. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 65. 

 F. elepha'ntum (Elephant-ajop/e). 4. Blush. 

 April. East Indies. 1804. 



FERNS. STOVE FERNS. 



Propagation : by Division. Any spe- 

 cies of Fern that sends out stolons, or 

 creeping stems underground, readily 

 increases by division. This requires 

 considerable care. They should never 

 be divided till the parts to be di- 

 vided 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 

 u 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. Se- 

 veral species produce miniature or em- 

 bryo 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 

 remain 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 2^-inch pots, gently 

 watered, and placed in a shady place. 

 Some few kinds have these buds or 

 knobs so strongly developed, that they 

 may, when in a sufficiently forward 

 state, be cut off and potted at once. 

 Examples of this kind of bud may be 

 observed in Pteris palma'ta, P. eff'u'sa, 

 Dare' a rhizophy'llwn, and Woodwardia 

 radicans. 



By Seed. Several of the finest Ferns 

 cannot be increased by division, or, if 

 they can, several years elapse. If right 

 means are followed, they may be raised 

 by seed. This requires a constantly 

 humid, warm, atmosphere, and little, if 

 any, sunshine. Procure a wide earthen 

 pan, a hand or bell-glass that will go 

 within it and rest on the bottom, and 

 a shallow wide pot that will stand 

 within the glass and above the rim 

 of the pan two or three inches. Fill 

 this pot half full of potsherds, and 

 upon them a sufficient number of 

 small pieces of turfy peat, mixed with 

 small pieces of sand stone, about the 

 size of peas, to come up to the rim of 

 the pot. Then take the frond of any 

 fern that is full of spores or seeds, 

 and, with the hand, brush them off 

 upon the prepared pot, set it in the 

 pan, place the glass over it, and till the 

 pan nearly with water. Place the whole 

 in the warmest part of the stove, shad- 

 ing it from the sun. The small pieces 

 of turf and stone can be easily sepa- 

 rated, and the seedlings on each put 

 into small pots, without any danger of 

 destroying them by the process of pot- 

 ting. In the moist atmosphere of the 

 orchid-house, several species of fern 

 will come up spontaneously in the pots, 



