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as for keeping, if such is attempted, 

 it must be on the retarding system, 

 by partial shade, and a lowering of 

 temperature just before ripening. 



Insects. The Bed Spider and the 

 Brown Scale alone cause any alarm to 

 Fig-cultivators. The spider must be 

 combatted by the syringe, by an occa- 

 sional dusting of sulphur, and by dress- 

 ing the shoots all over, before com- 

 mencing forcing, with soap water and 

 sulphur ; three ounces of soft soap to 

 a gallon of warm water, well beat up, 

 adding four handsful of sulphur, will 

 make a mixture, which, brushed into 

 every crevice, will extirpate both scale 

 and spider. Sulphur, however, should 

 be used on the pipes during the grow- 

 ing season. 



FIG MARIGOLD. Mesembrya'nthcmnm. 



FiGURE-OF-8 MOTH. Epi'sema. 



FIMBEIA'RIA. (From Jimlria, fringe ; 

 a second name for Schwannia, a fine 

 shrub with fringed leaves ; hence the 

 synonyme. Nat. ord., Malpighiads 

 [Malpighiacese]. Linn., 10-Decandria 

 4-Pentaqynia. Allied to Camarea.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of ripe 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in spring or 

 summer, and plunged in a sweet bottom-heat ; 

 sandy loam, turfy peat, a little silver sand, and 

 a few pieces of charcoal. Winter temp., 50 to 

 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



F. e'legam (elegant). Yellow. South America. 

 1842. 



FINGERS-AND-TOES. See Amlury. 



FINOCHIO, or Azorean Fennel (Ane'- 

 thum Azo'ricum) cannot be cultivated 

 successfully in this country. 



FIR. Pi' mis. 



FIRE. See Furnace. 



FISH. See Animal Matters. 



FISCHE'RIA. (Named after Dr. Fischer 

 of St. Petersburg!!. Nat. ord., Ascle- 

 j/t<ls [Asclepiadaeese]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria 2-Digynia. Allied to Gono- 

 lobus.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of shoots, 

 young or old, in light open soil, and in heat ; 

 peat and loam, with broken bricks and charcoal 

 mixed with the compost, in addition to good 

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

 48 to 55. 



F. sca'ndens (climbing). Green, yellow. May. 

 South America. 1826. 



FLACOU'RTIA. (Named after E. Fla- 



court, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Bixads [Flacourtiacese] . Linn., 22- 

 Dioecia 1%-Potyftndria.) 



Stove evergreens with white flowers, the fruit 

 of which are wholesome. Cuttings of half-ri- 

 pened shoots, in April, in sand, and in heat, 

 under a bell-glass ; peat and loam. Summer 

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

 F. cataphra'cta (all-armed). 4. East Indies. 

 1804. 



flave'scens (yellowish). 15. Guinea. 1780. 



ine'rmis (unarmed). 20. East Indies. 181Q. 



Ramo'ntchi (Ramontchi). 12. July. Mada- 



gascar. 1775. 



rhamnoi'des (Rhamnus-like). 4. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1816. 



rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). 12. East In- 



dies. 1820. 



sa'pida (well-tasted. Esculent). 10. East 



Indies. 1800. 



sepia'ria (hedge). 6. East Indies. 1816. 



FLAGELLA'RIA. (From Jlagello, to 

 whip or scourge ; in reference to the 

 long flexible shoots Nat. ord., Spider- 

 worts [Commelynaceae]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria 3-Trigynia.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, but chiefly by suckers ; peat 

 and loam ; more curious than beautiful ; leaves 

 very astringent. 



F. I'ndica (Indian). 7- White. June. India. 

 1782. 



FLAKE is the term by which a carna- 

 tion is distinguished that has two 

 colours only, and these extending 

 through the length of the petals. 



FLAME LILY. Pyroli'rion. 



FLAX. Li'niim. 



FLAX-LILY. PJio'rm'nim. 



FLAX - STAR. Lysima'chia li'num- 

 stella' turn. 



FLINDE'RSIA. (Named in honour of 

 Capt. M. Flinders, R. N., who explored 

 the coast of New Holland, in the be- 

 ginning of this century. Nat. ord., 

 Cedrelads [Cedrelacese]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Chloroxylon.) 



A greenhouse evergreen tree. Cuttings of 

 the ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in spring; loam and peat. Winter temp., 

 38 to 45. 



F, Austra'lis (southern). 60. White. New 

 Holland. 1823. 



FLORESTI'NA. (Derivation not ex- 

 plained. Nat. ord., Composites [Aste- 

 raceoe]. Linn., 19-Synyenesia l-^qualis. 

 Allied to Bahia.) 



Seeds of callosa in the open ground, in April ; 



